Delightful software

Most apps grow until their feature lists read like manuals, and get harder to use with every release. This is an ongoing project that goes the other way: exploring design by making apps that are small on purpose.

Each one does a single job, and the work goes into doing that job well rather than into doing more. The guiding idea is Dieter Rams’s: less, but better. They are paid for once, with no subscriptions and no tracking.

Apps

• Watch Setter — Set a mechanical watch to the second.
• String Setter — Guitar tuner, peg by peg.
• Adding Calculator — Add up without losing track.
• Bare Page — Two taps to write it down.