Independent app studio · Est. 2026

Small apps. Sharp reflexes.

Brightkat is a tiny independent studio. Every app we make is built with care, does something genuinely useful, and stays out of your way.

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iPhone + Apple Watch No accounts Offline-first

How we build

Four rules. No exceptions.

They're short because we actually follow them. Every app we make has to pass all four before it gets a version number.

01

One job, done properly

Every app starts as a single question: what should this do perfectly? Anything that doesn't serve that answer is cut before it ships.

02

Obvious on first open

No tutorials, no onboarding tours. A tap should feel like a reaction, not a decision. If a screen needs explaining, it goes back to the drawing board.

03

Quiet by design

No accounts, no servers, no trackers. Every Brightkat app works fully offline and forgets nothing, because it never collected anything to begin with.

04

We use what we make

We only build things we want ourselves, and we use them every day. If something annoys us, it never ships. If it's missing, we notice first.

Our first app

PadelScore

Focus on the game. Tap the score on your wrist.

Tap when you win a point, on your Apple Watch or iPhone. PadelScore handles games, sets, tiebreaks and serve rotation, keeps your progress, and logs every match to Apple Health.

  • Classic, Americano & Mexicano
  • Apple Watch first, mirrored to iPhone
  • Track your progress & share results
  • Apple Health: calories, heart rate, workout
iOS 17.6+watchOS 10+Free
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Classic
Americano
Mexicano

About us

A family thing.

Brightkat is run by a family who play padel enthusiastically and build software carefully. No investors, no growth team, no dark patterns.

We make the apps we wish existed, use them every day, and fix what bothers us before it bothers you.

RFX

Reflexes

Instant feedback on every tap. The app should react before you finish the thought.

NV

Night vision

Designed dark-first and readable anywhere: bright sun, dim room, one hand, on the move.

9L

Nine lives

Everything is saved as you go. Close the app, drain the battery, come back: nothing is lost.

SLT

Silent

No notifications begging for attention. No pop-ups asking for a rating. It waits until you need it.

Say hello

Questions, bugs, or an idea?

brightkat.app@gmail.com

A human reads every message. Usually the same day.