Small tools that fix one thing and stay out of the way.

Apps and tools that each solve one everyday problem, starting with iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac.

Apps

Bracer

iPhone + Apple Watch · App Store

Locks the social apps that pull you in, and only your watch can open them. One tap gives you ten minutes of scrolling, then the shield comes back on its own.

  • No passcode and no “ignore limit” to tap through
  • Minutes count scrolling inside the apps, not time in your pocket
  • Pro adds Lock for… with no cancel, and a key that gets stricter through the day
Download Bracer on the App Store Learn more
Bracer on iPhone: the apps are resting
Bracer on Apple Watch: an Unlock button for ten minutes of scrolling

GoView

iPhone + Apple Watch · App Store

A live viewfinder and remote for your GoPro, on your Apple Watch. Check the framing and press record without taking the phone out.

  • Live preview from the camera on the Watch screen
  • Start, stop and switch modes over Bluetooth, even without Wi-Fi
  • One-tap connection: the app reads the camera’s Wi-Fi details itself
Download GoView on the App Store Learn more
GoView on iPhone: live preview from the camera
GoView on Apple Watch: live preview and a record button

Airlift

macOS · Safari extension · Mac App Store

An AirPlay button for every video in Safari, including players that never had one.

  • Adds the button to players that hide it or never had it
  • Works where Safari’s own button connects and drops
  • Says honestly what it cannot do: protected video, YouTube, DASH
Download Airlift on the Mac App Store Learn more
Safari with an AirPlay button added by Airlift in the top right corner of the player Airlift panel: AirPlay button added
How these are built

Honest about what they do.

Where a platform limit gets in the way, the app tells you on screen instead of pretending. The limits are listed on each product page.

Today none of these apps has an account, analytics or a server behind it: nothing leaves your device. If that ever changes for a product, its page will say so plainly.

Pure Apple frameworks, no third-party dependencies. GoView weighs under a megabyte with both the iPhone and Watch apps included.

Contact

Questions, bugs, ideas.

Write to yo.kononov@gmail.com. Replies usually within a day or two. Each app also has its own support page: Bracer, GoView, Airlift.