Software studio · Johannesburg, South Africa

Small studio.Amplified.

Packawacka Studios designs and builds apps, web apps and digital products. It’s one founder working with a team of AI agents, so we can make careful software that ships.

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01 / What we build

Software people use every day.

We make our own products first. Each one should do a single job well and still be worth opening a year from now.

Mobile apps

Native iPhone and Apple Watch apps, with widgets, Live Activities and Siri where they actually help.

Web apps

Fast, accessible web apps that work on any device and stay in step with their mobile versions.

Digital products

Focused tools and small services. We build things we would want to use ourselves.

02 / Our first product

Meet Beanlit.

Beanlit is the first product from the studio. It’s in active development and hasn’t launched yet.

In development · not yet launched

Beanlit

A calm baby-care app for the whole family.

Log feeds, sleep and nappies in a tap, and share your baby’s day with everyone who helps care for them. It’s designed to be easy to use one-handed at 3am.

  • One clear view of the day: last feed, next nap, nappies so far
  • Shared between parents and caregivers
  • Being built for iPhone, Apple Watch and the web
Visit beanlit.com
Bean, Beanlit’s mascot, a small green bean in a peach-coloured shell, waving hello.
03 / How we work

Human-led. AI-amplified.

AI lets a one-person studio work like a much bigger team. A human still makes every decision that matters.

01

A person is accountable

Steffen sets the direction, decides what gets built and reviews what ships. The agents take on clearly scoped work in design, engineering, QA, growth and admin.

02

Small, steady releases

We ship in small steps, and each one is tested and checked before it reaches anyone. Boring releases are good releases.

03

Private by design

We collect only what a product needs to work. We don’t sell data, and we keep tracking to a minimum.

04

Accessible from day one

Readable type, real contrast, support for larger text and reduced motion, and big tap targets. We plan for these from the start, not as an afterthought.

Contact

Got an idea or a question? Say hello.

Questions about the studio or what we’re building? Send us an email. A real person reads every message.

hello@packawackastudios.com