I didn't start by building apps for clients. I started by building apps for my own family. Over 8 years, I've created 15+ custom apps to run our household, farm, homeschool, and daily life. We use them every single day. Here are six of them.
To-do apps have been around for over 20 years. I've tried them all. And they all eventually suffer from the same fatal flaw: they get so crowded with data that figuring out what to do next becomes harder than just doing the work. Lists of lists of lists — and still that nagging feeling that something important is slipping.
Most to-do apps organize by project or category. This one organizes by priority and time. Groups are ranked. Items are scheduled. The app does the filtering so your brain doesn't have to. When your daily priorities include your faith, your spouse, and each of your children by name — and those rise to the top by design — it quietly shapes how you spend your time.
Grocery stores are masters of marketing. Clever packaging, misleading portion sizes, and "bulk deals" that aren't actually deals. Without doing math in every aisle, you're guessing whether you're getting good value — and usually, you're paying more than you need to. Multiply that across every shopping trip for a family, and the waste adds up fast.
We discovered that certain "bulk" items were actually more expensive per unit than smaller packages on the next shelf. As food prices keep climbing, this app becomes more valuable every year. We know which items cycle on sale, how often, and at what price. That confidence doesn't come from coupons. It comes from data.
Homeschooling multiple children across different grade levels means tracking courses, credits, assignments, due dates, and marks — all at the same time. We started with spreadsheets, but calculating weighted marks across quizzes, tests, and assignments was cumbersome and error-prone. Figuring out where each child actually stood required manual math that nobody wanted to do.
That's not cutting corners. It's eliminating the inefficiency of a traditional classroom. Every minute is productive. Everyone knows where they stand in real time. Used across 3 children from elementary through college — and our kids actually love using it. They don't have to report what they're doing because we can already see it.
Starting a serious garden means tracking a surprising number of details — what you planted, where, when it goes in, when to harvest, what seeds cost, what supplies cost, and whether any of it is actually saving you money. Without a system, you're guessing. Most people never find out if their garden is a smart investment or an expensive hobby.
That's not a guess. That's the app doing the math — every harvest, every expense, every season. We know exactly which crops earn their space and which don't. People in our community now approach us to buy our produce. What started as a family garden could become a business — and we'd have the data to run it from day one.
Running a pickup hockey league sounds simple until you do it 100 times a year for 20 years. Every outing needs two confirmed goalies or nobody has fun. Every game needs a full roster. Spreadsheets couldn't keep up. And third-party league apps? They blast your players with advertising and make it easy for other organizers to poach the group you spent years building.
What used to take hours of spreadsheet juggling and back-and-forth texting now runs at the press of a button. Players get one SMS on game day. They confirm. The roster fills. Zero advertising. Complete privacy. Full control over the group you built.
If you run a business from home, your vehicle expenses are tax-deductible — but only if you track them properly. The CRA requires a log. We tried clipboards, notebooks, and third-party apps. The paper solutions added to vehicle clutter. The apps were loaded with advertising and stored our confidential tax data on servers we didn't control. So the logs fell behind, and at tax time, we left money on the table.
It's amazing how much families spend on their vehicles and how much of that is claimable when you run a business. If you already have a business and aren't tracking vehicle expenses properly, this app could recover thousands in missed deductions — starting this tax year. If you're thinking about starting a business, the tax savings from this single app could more than pay for the cost of having it built.
These six are just the highlights. I've built apps for tracking workouts, logging fevers, managing household power systems, and more. Every one was built to solve a real problem — and every one is still in use today. Want something like this for your household or organization? Book a free Discovery Call →
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