Independent software studio

Small software, made properly.

Workbench Lab is a one-person workshop. I build small, focused apps — the kind that do one job unusually well, keep your data on your own device, and never ask you to make an account to get started.

No investors to please, no growth team, no roadmap by committee. Things get released when they're finished, and not before.

Est. 2026 One pair of hands 1 app shipped Privacy by default
On the bench

What's been built

One app at a time, finished properly, then the next. This list grows slowly on purpose.

NO. 01 Live · Android

Smart SMS

A private SMS app that organizes itself. Every text is sorted into Personal, Transactions, OTP and Promotions the moment it arrives — read and categorized entirely on your phone. There is no server.

  • Bill, EMI and renewal reminders pulled straight from your messages
  • OTP codes shown large, one-tap copy, auto-expire when they're done
  • Dual-SIM, scheduled send, quoted replies and delivery ticks
  • Fingerprint app lock and device-encrypted local backups
  • No accounts, no analytics, no ads — ever
Visit Smart SMS Free on Google Play · requires Android 12+
NO. 02 In progress

Unnamed, unfinished

Something is on the bench. It doesn't have a name yet, and it isn't good enough to talk about — which is exactly the point. Ideas get built here before they get announced.

Check back, or say hello below and I'll let you know.
NO. 03 Sketch

Still an idea

Notes, a rough sketch, and a nagging feeling that it should exist. Most ideas stop here. The ones that don't end up in the slot above.

Nothing to see yet — honestly.
How things get built here

Four rules, no exceptions

01

Your device, your data

Work happens on the phone wherever it possibly can. Nothing is uploaded because there's nowhere to upload it to.

02

No sign-up wall

Install it, open it, use it. No account, no email capture, no "create a profile to continue".

03

No ads, no upsells

Nothing on the screen is trying to sell you something or measure how long you looked at it.

04

Finished, then shipped

Small scope, done thoroughly. A short feature list that all works beats a long one that mostly does.

Get in touch

Say hello

Bug reports, feature requests, or an idea you think should exist — it all goes to the same inbox, and I read every message myself.

contact.workbench.lab@gmail.com