As a single independent developer, I build my apps with one clear priority: people, not numbers. My commitment stems from seeing how platforms often degrade.

The Problem: Fighting Against Enshittification

You’ve likely seen it happen: a great online tool slowly degrades in quality, becoming frustrating, cluttered, and manipulative. This process, often called enshittification, happens when platforms shift focus, moving from serving their users to aggressively extracting value from businesses, and ultimately, from users themselves.

I fundamentally reject this model. I do not design my apps to maximize engagement, screen time, or growth charts. I design them to be calm, respectful tools that help you keep track of the books, movies, music, or games you care about.

Platform Ethics: Why I Choose Privacy Over Data Mining

Most modern apps are funded by advertising or data. This creates the structural pressure that drives platform decay: collect maximum information, measure every click, and adjust the design around what keeps users hooked, rather than what respects them. This philosophy is the root of enshittification.

My stand against this decay is simple: Your data stays on your devices.

• Your library, your notes, and your reading statistics are stored locally.
• If you enable sync, your data is copied only through your personal iCloud account, managed securely by Apple.

I do not run servers that store your library data, I do not build profiles about you, and I do not sell or share any of your information. There are no ads, no hidden trackers, and no third-party analytics watching what you use. The app should feel like a private notebook that happens to be digital.

The Anti-Enshittification Business Model: Direct Support

Without the revenue from advertising and without selling data, the only way to keep these apps alive and actively maintained is simple: the direct support of users who find them valuable.

When you choose to purchase the full version, you make a philosophical choice: you support ongoing maintenance, fund new updates, and help the app stay independent and aligned with your interests, not with those of external investors or advertisers who demand continuous degradation.

Digital Wellness and No Manipulative Tricks

To further fight platform decay, I actively avoid the manipulative tricks that turn peaceful tools into sources of anxiety.

You will find: no manipulative notifications, no fake urgency, and no design that pushes you to open the app when you don’t need it. My goal is to give you clear, solid tools and then stay out of your way.

My Part in Building a Better Internet

In short, my apps exist because I believe software can still respect people. I believe we can build a better internet, one app at a time, that operates on trust and fairness.

Your data remains yours, your attention is not for sale, and every decision I make is guided by a simple question: Does this truly help you, or does it only help a metric on a screen?

Thank you for choosing to support this necessary stand against digital degradation.