A one-person software studio in Hackney, London.
I'm Tomi. I build useful apps — software that respects the person holding the phone.
What I make
Pause & Prose
An Android app for people who mean to read more than they do. Choose the apps that pull at you, and each time one opens, Pause & Prose first offers one great line of writing — Austen, Dickinson, Marcus Aurelius, Wilde — then steps out of the way. Or work through a whole book a passage at a time. Every word is built into the app, so a pause opens instantly and works with no signal at all.
On Google Play
Unwind
An Android app that puts something to draw between you and the app you reached for. Choose the apps that pull at you, and each time one opens, Unwind lays a labyrinth over it to trace with a finger. Finish the path and it asks one question: leave, and keep the walk — or open the app, and forgo it. The walks you keep tile a wall you can scroll back through. Every path is drawn on the phone, so no two interruptions look alike.
In development
I deserve
An Android app for the moment you pick the phone up without deciding to. Choose the apps that pull at you, and each time one opens — every time, or roughly one in three — I deserve puts a single line in front of you: rest is allowed, there is no rush, you did the hard part. Every line is built into the app, so it is on the screen the instant the screen is, and nothing is fetched from anywhere.
In development
World of Pomos
A Pomodoro timer where every work sequence is a roguelike descent. Each focus interval fuels the lantern that carries you deeper into the Endless Library, past the Shadows barring the stairs. Finish the sequence and you extract with the haul; stop early and you leave empty-handed. The work you did is never lost. Only the treasure is.
In development
FutureYou
An iPhone app that turns getting fit into a retro adventure: an AI coach lays out your training roadmap, pixel by pixel, and shows you the future you it is leading you toward.
In development