About

A small studio with a simple goal

SunnyOrbit is an independent studio that builds simple mobile apps for everyday life. We design around what helps you, not what keeps you on screen, and we work on one focused app at a time.

Why we exist

Small frictions deserve small tools

Everyday life is full of small frictions. Keeping track of the house kitty, remembering who paid for the groceries, working out what a shared trip actually cost. None of it is difficult on its own, but it adds up, and it usually lands on whoever is willing to keep the list.

Most apps solve these moments by asking for a lot in return. They want your attention, your contacts, your spending history and a subscription before they will show you a total. We think a tool for a two-minute task should not cost you any of that.

So SunnyOrbit builds the other kind of app. It does the job, stays quiet, and respects the person holding the phone.

What we believe

Four ideas decide what goes into a SunnyOrbit app and, more often, what stays out of it.

Usefulness over engagement

A good session is a short one. We judge a release by the time it saves, not the time it takes.

Privacy by default

We ask for the least data the app needs to work. Nothing is collected to sell, and nothing is shared with advertisers.

Clarity over cleverness

Plain words and clear numbers. If a screen needs a tutorial, then the screen is the problem.

Ship small and listen

We prefer small updates to big launches, and a real person reads what people write to us.

Where we stand today

No growth charts or milestones to show off, just the plain facts about the studio.

Pooled is the app we built first

Pooled is a shared money tracker for Android. It keeps a household's or a group's spending in one place, with a live balance for every member, and it works without an account: with no account, nothing leaves your phone.

Read more about Pooled
Pooled's dashboard on an Android phone, showing the month's balance and shared spaces

See what a quieter app feels like

Pooled is free during early access. If something feels off or missing, write to us and a real person will read it.