11 apps for iPhone
Apps we wanted, so we built them.
A small studio in Goldswil, Switzerland. Eleven iPhone apps for habits, budgets, workouts, invoices, flashcards and more. Most of them work without an account.
The apps
Eleven so far, newest first. Tap one to see what it does and what it needs.
Ampli
Music
Your music, from your own server.
Music from Jellyfin and Navidrome, books and audiobooks from Audiobookshelf, and live radio from 34 countries. On iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Free, no account.
Wavely
Radio
Swiss radio, wherever you are.
Over 80 Swiss stations from SRF, RTS, RSI and RTR to your local radio, in a player that feels like home on your iPhone. Free, no account.
Lumi
Habit tracker
Tiny habits, every day.
A calm habit tracker built on the ideas of Atomic Habits. One tap to check off your day, a calendar of your whole history and optional rewards. Free, no account.
Kenni
Identity
Know who's really there.
Check that the person on a call or in a chat is really the one you know. Cryptographic, works offline, open source.
Restli
Budget
Your budget in pots.
Plan income into pots, split shared costs with your partner and track the real money. No account and no backend, just the app and iCloud.
Puls
Fitness
Guided workouts, fully offline.
Guided planet workouts, a smart interval timer, custom routines and a muscle map. No account, no ads, no connection needed.
Sosify
Safety
Your silent guardian.
Hold the screen to arm it. Let go and your GPS location goes to your trusted contacts by SMS.
Knowli
Study
Notes to flashcards, instantly.
Photograph your notes or import a PDF and get exam-ready flashcards. Nothing leaves your phone until you ask for cards.
Vocaboly
Languages
Words and grammar that stick.
Checked words, short grammar lessons and smart reviews in five languages. No account, works offline, costs nothing.
Billo
Invoices
Swiss invoices, done right.
Professional invoices with a Swiss QR payment slip in seconds. Free, with optional donations and no paywalled features.
Lokado
Home
Know where everything is.
A calm home inventory for boxes, items, QR codes, values and maintenance, with cloud sync for sharing.
Built the way we’d want them.
No account unless it’s needed
If an app can work without a login, it does. You open it and start.
AmpliWavelyLumiKenniRestliPulsVocabolyBillo No ads.
Not in free apps, not in paid ones. No ad networks, and we don’t sell your data.
Works offline
Your data stays on the phone whenever the app can work that way.
Clear about servers and AI
Lokado syncs shared inventories through our server. Knowli sends the notes you pick to OpenAI. Sosify texts your location only when you trigger it. Our servers run at Hetzner in Germany.
Fair pricing
Free when an app costs nothing to run. Paid when AI or servers cost real money, and as cheap as we can make it. No fake countdowns, no subscriptions you can’t figure out.
The studio
benavo was started by Elias Frehner in Goldswil, above Lake Brienz. Most of the apps began as something we needed ourselves and couldn’t find without ads, a login or a monthly fee.
Have an idea for an app?
We also build apps on request. If there’s a small tool that should exist, send a short email. We can’t build everything, but we read every serious idea. Questions and press are welcome too.