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HappyFace is a small app studio in Frankfurt. We look for the bits of software that make people sigh, and rebuild them until they make people smile.
Every app starts out like this. We ship it once it smiles.
You know the faces. The recipe that makes you scroll past someone’s holiday to learn how much flour. The form that waits until you’re done to tell you what was wrong. The spinner standing where an answer should be.
Nobody builds these on purpose. They pile up one sensible decision at a time, until using the thing feels like being frowned at. Noticing that is usually nobody’s job. Here, it’s the whole job.
Nothing ships until it passes the last one. Some features take a week. Some take a year.
See how it turned outOne for your kitchen and two for your Mac. Each started as a sigh we got tired of hearing.
Recipes without the life story.
A radio to your Mac.
Xcode’s play button. Without Xcode.
Every app gets measured against these six before it ships, and again every time it changes.
Each app does a single thing you’ll understand in a minute and want to keep for years.
Waiting is the most common frown there is. sayso finishes typing about a third of a second after you let go of the key.
No ads, and we don’t sell your data. sayso listens on your Mac, and Runway has no analytics at all.
Springs, sounds and the occasional face. The details nobody asks for are the ones people remember.
Email us and you’ll hear from the person who built the thing, not a ticket number.
Designed and built in Frankfurt am Main, by a design engineer with strong opinions about corner radii.
One human and three apps that work very long hours. Here’s who does what.
Founder, design and code
Draws the faces, writes the code, answers the email.
Head of Dinner
Watches recipe videos so you don’t have to. Never asks you to like and subscribe.
Chief Listener
Only listens while you hold the key, then gets out of your way.
Play Button Operator
Presses play all day, for you and your agents. Hasn’t needed to open Xcode once.
Hiring? Not yet. But if you notice the little things, say hi anyway.
Tell us about the software that makes you sigh. Every HappyFace app started as somebody’s complaint, and the best ones turn into the next app.
Write it like you’d tell a friend.
No forms, no templates.
Every email gets read.
By the person who makes the apps.
Good frowns get fixed.
And you hear about it first.
