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JTR Labs is a small independent studio. We design and build apps and websites for focus, learning, and curiosity — quietly opinionated, free of dark patterns, made to be kept.

Contents
  1. 01 Works Eleven apps · iOS, macOS
  2. 02 Studio About the practice
  3. 03 Correspondence [email protected]
01  /  Works

Apps that respect the people who use them.

Each built with care for a single audience and a single problem. No accounts, no surveillance, no dark patterns — just thoughtful software.

  1. 01
    Ice Study
    Ice Study Available on the App Store

    A calm visual focus timer. A real cup of ice slowly melts as you work — Pomodoro mode, ambient soundscapes, and streaks that don't nag.

    iOS · 2026
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    Rice Pop Study Timer
    Rice Pop Study Timer Available on the App Store

    A cozy focus timer built around the ritual of cooking rice. Rinse, add water, close the lid, press cook — then a steaming pot bubbles along until a satisfying pop rewards your finished session.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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  3. 03
    TaskTimer Plus
    TaskTimer Plus Available on the App Store

    A simple, beautiful task timer with quick presets, Dynamic Island, home-screen widgets, and a clean dark theme. No accounts.

    iOS · 2026
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  4. 04
    Instinct
    Instinct Available on the App Store

    A breed-aware enrichment game built for dogs to play. Channels each breed's natural drive — chasing, herding, retrieving, scenting — into short, screen-based sessions that beat boredom and calm restless minds.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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  5. 05
    Gloam
    Gloam Available on macOS and Windows

    A driver-level blue light filter for Mac and Windows. Warms your display as the sun sets — every pixel, every app, every layer. Built around six tuned presets and a quiet eye health score in the menu bar.

    macOS & Windows · 2026
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  6. 06
    NotSmut
    NotSmut Live on the web

    A Goodreads built for romance readers. Track every shelf, rate every book on two axes — quality and spice — and find your next read through a community that takes the genre seriously.

    Web · 2026
    Visit site →
  7. 07
    Hearth of Ages
    Hearth of Ages In development

    A cozy archaeology merge story. Help Dr. Zara Cole restore forgotten civilizations — twelve seasonal events, a living museum diorama, and soap-opera storytelling built for cozy mobile play.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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  8. 08
    Air Fryer Visual Study Timer
    Air Fryer Visual Study Timer In development

    A focus timer where your study session cooks inside a realistic air fryer. Watch fries go pale → golden → crispy as the minutes tick down, then a satisfying ding when you're done. Built for anyone whose attention has a mind of its own.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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  9. 09
    ZenSquish
    ZenSquish In development

    A calm, tactile stress-relief app. Squish and stretch a soft-body blob through different materials — slime, gel, foam — with haptic feedback, ambient sounds, and short mindfulness sessions for anxiety and sleep.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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  10. 10
    Groundwell
    Groundwell Coming soon to the App Store

    An outdoor grounding tracker for the wellness-curious. Find real parks, trails, and shorelines near you, time your barefoot sessions, and read the live soil moisture, UV, air quality, and geomagnetic conditions of the land beneath your feet. No account, no ads, no tracking.

    iOS & iPad · 2026
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    Journey Focus
    Journey Focus Coming soon to the App Store

    A visual study timer that turns focus into an adventure. Press start and watch Pip the red panda travel across nine living worlds — gathering supplies, building streaks, and making studying feel like progress you can see.

    iOS · 2026
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02  /  Studio

A small studio
with a long-term view.

JTR Labs LLC is an independent software studio based in the United States. We build apps and websites the way we'd want them built — quietly opinionated, free of dark patterns, and respectful of your time and your data.

We're not a venture-funded growth machine. We're a small team shipping software that's worth keeping on your home screen, or in your browser tabs — not optimized for monthly active users, but for the people we hope will recognize the care taken.

Every product is built around a single, honest question: would we keep using this in five years? If the answer isn't yes, we don't ship it.

Founded
2026
Location
United States
Funding
Self-funded
03  /  Correspondence
For inquiries, ideas, press, or anything else —
[email protected]
Response time
Within a few business days, always from a human.
Press & partnerships
Same address — please mention press in the subject line.
Support
For app-specific issues, the in-app support flow reaches us fastest.