Independent software studio · Est. 2015
Software that pulls its weight.
small tools that earn their keep.
Metric Ton is a small, independent software studio. We build focused apps for everyday problems. The kind of tools we wanted to exist, so we made them. Each one is designed to be useful, easy to understand, and worth keeping around.
No dark patterns. No growth theater. We’d rather ship something solid and stick with it than chase attention.
Public products · each with its own site
Out in the world (The apps.)
Products with public homes.
None of them fight for your attention.
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Family care, without the noise
Holakare
Care for the people you love. Gently.
Open HolakareMeds, doses, treatments, and care episodes for a household, including the people you look after. iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, lock screen.
iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch App Store listing next
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Trip planning for groups
PigeonTicket
Everyone’s ideas. One itinerary.
A calm trip workspace: drop places and rough prices, mark must / yes / maybe / skip, then build a day-by-day plan with costs that add up.
Free to start in the browser
Open PigeonTicket
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Pizza night planner
Off the Peel
Dinner time in. Dough plan out.
Open Off the PeelTell it when you want to eat, how many pizzas, and which dough; it sizes the batch and works every step backward from dinner.
Free · private · no account
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How your house cooks
CookedHere
One photo. One messy caption. Done.
Visit CookedHereOne photo and one messy caption become a household record of what you cooked, who liked it, and what you’d change. Uses an Anthropic key you supply.
In private development
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The one-page till
OpenTill
One page. One offer. One button that takes money.
Open OpenTillSell one clear thing without standing up a full shop: offer, story and one buy button on a single page. For makers, coaches, and drops.
Kit $47 · Install $297 Sold via Gumroad
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The tip jar for one night
Tip Night
One night. One goal. We take no cut.
Open Tip NightA tip page for a tablet: a big QR, a goal meter, and tips straight through the host’s own Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, or Stripe. No hosted wallet, no monthly hosting.
Kit $47 · Install $297 Sold via Gumroad
Personal lab · not open yet
In the lab (Ours for now.)
Tools we built because we needed them. Not open to new accounts yet. Subscribe if you want a heads-up.
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Analytics without the creep
GoodDay
Measure the product, not the person.
No cookies, no device IDs, a visitor hash whose key dies every day. Also the analytics this family runs on.
Tell me when it opens -
Not open yet
Garage gym timer
TodayHurts
Your garage. Your gear. Go.
Start the session, track the work, get back to the bar. Built for home gyms.
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Not open yet
The business side of collecting
Sleevefolk
Every card. Every cent. Everyone’s share.
What’s in the binder, what it cost, what sold, and who gets what. Built for a family that buys and sells trading cards.
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Not open yet
The operations desk
SockLedger
Know what it all costs.
Project costs, renewals, and the quiet line items that vanish in a bank feed.
Tell me when it opens
Studio
How we work (A few beliefs.)
Not a manifesto. Just the rules we try to keep when we ship.
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Earn their keep
An app should solve a real problem often enough that you’d miss it. If it doesn’t, we don’t ship it.
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No dark patterns
No tricks to keep you scrolling, no guilt to keep you subscribed. Clear choices, quiet defaults.
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The long game
We’d rather maintain something for years than flip a feature for a quarter. Independence buys that patience.
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Serious, not precious
Care about the craft. Don’t get precious about the product. Show up, do the job, get out of the way.