Independent apps by Kevin Stauss

Apps for
human brains.

Small iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV apps for problems I ran into myself. Some are for work, some are for home, and one is for hunting shark teeth.

See the apps About me

Usually built after bedtime.

Handful’s Today list with five tasks and the most important one marked — Handful’s Today list

Bardo’s mode switcher previewing the Work mode — Bardo’s mode switcher

On the App Store

Each one started as something I needed for myself.

Spool

There’s a video in there.

Every Live Photo holds about three seconds of video. Spool finds the ones you took in a row and stitches them into a clip you can actually watch. It started at a soccer game.

See Spool

Spool’s video player and source Live Photo filmstrip in existing App Store artwork

Wedding day organizer

Anemone

The timeline, shot list, and vendor contacts for a wedding day, all in one app.

See Anemone

Notes and review

Volanote

Jot things down, then actually come back to them.

See Volanote

Focus timer

Triflow

Three tasks, a shuffle button, and a timer.

See Triflow

Shark tooth hunting

Mako

Tide times for shark tooth hunting, and a log of what you find.

See Mako

A list for each role

Bardo

A list for each role in your life, with a breath in between.

See Bardo

Daily to-do list

Handful

Five tasks a day. Park what you don’t finish.

See Handful

Weather

Cable Weather

The old cable forecast box, rebuilt, running your real forecast.

See Cable Weather

Dice game scorecard

Quickpad

Roll your own dice and keep score on a new card every game. A short code puts the whole table on the same one.

See Quickpad

Meeting countdown for Mac

Event Horizon

A countdown to your next meeting, with your task and note ready when it ends.

See Event Horizon

Kevin Stauss with his wife and their two boys

Hi. I’m Kevin.

Made for my brain,
and maybe yours.

I’m a wedding videographer, proud dad of two small humans (with big personalities), and an iOS developer with a neurodivergent brain.

Every app here started with something that kept getting in my way, like an 11-page wedding timeline I had to pinch and zoom through between shots, or a notes app full of things I never looked at again.

I have ADHD, so I pay attention to whether a tool works with my brain or against it. Usually that means less setup and fewer decisions before you can get going.

Real life is messy. The tools can be kind.

Get in touch.

Bug reports, feature ideas, and quick hellos all go to the same inbox, and it’s mine. I’d love to hear from you.

Email me