🐊 Independent app studio • Est. 2026

Useful apps with atmosphere.

Bayou Byte Studio is a small independent studio building thoughtful, beautifully designed mobile software — calm to use, private by default, with a little bayou atmosphere in everything we make.

Now on the App Store

Two of ours, on iPhone and iPad.

Bayou Claw and Bayou Feedback are out now on the App Store — and on Google Play. Same painted bayou, same house rules: no ads, no accounts, no tracking.

Bayou Claw — a painted claw-machine arcade from deep in the bayou

Bayou Claw

A painted claw-machine arcade from deep in the bayou — work the red-ball joystick, sink a real physics claw into the prize pit, and collect 20 painted prizes. Free coins every day.

Bayou Feedback — when the numbers align, beware

Bayou Feedback

A haunted instrument: five streams of random numbers, real mathematics, and one needle that should technically never reach red. Thirteen scenes, and a ledger of everything it saw.

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Apps in the family
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Our Apps

Twenty apps. One porch light.

Everything we ship shares the same DNA: warm, beautiful art, no accounts, no ads, no tracking — and features that respect your time.

Inkwell — Where readers gather. A dark-academia home for book lovers

Inkwell

Where readers gather. A dark-academia home for book lovers — discover your next read, build a library that's truly yours, and gather with fellow readers. For readers 18+.

On Google PlayExplore →
Pizza Panic — Climb. Cook. Deliver. A chaotic pizzeria arcade platformer

Pizza Panic

Climb. Cook. Deliver. Race up a chaotic pizzeria kitchen, dodge the grumpy chef, and get every pizza to the oven before the timer runs out — across 25 kitchens of ladders, springs, warp portals and more.

On Google PlayExplore →
ForgeLore — Build worlds. Run tonight. A Game Master's toolkit for tabletop RPGs

ForgeLore

Build worlds. Run tonight. A complete Game Master's toolkit for tabletop RPGs — forge a world, prep the session, and run it at the table with encounters, NPCs, monsters, a cinematic dice roller, and a printable session kit.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Pet Health — a warm, private pet care companion

Bayou Pet Health

A warm, private companion for your pet's health — medications, vet care, walks and meals, plus a keepsake journal. Everything stays on your device.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Probability — See the future. Quantify the unknown.

Bayou Probability

See the future. Quantify the unknown. A calm command center for real-world risk — probabilities for severe weather, outages, disease and traffic, built on real data and math, and always explainable.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Finder — clap to find your phone

Bayou Finder

Lost your phone in the couch? Clap your own secret rhythm and it shouts back in one of 100 funny voices — even when the app is closed.

On Google PlayExplore →
Driftlands — an open-world adventure across endless beautiful realms

Driftlands

Ride the Wayfinder across a beautiful open world of endless realms. A living town, quests everywhere, and something relentless on your trail.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Rush — an endless runner through a living Louisiana bayou

Bayou Rush

Run for it. An endless runner through a living bayou — outrun the Warden, dodge gators and snakes, grab a jetpack, and ride the Fleur Board.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Claw — a painted claw-machine arcade from deep in the bayou

Bayou Claw

A painted claw-machine arcade from deep in the bayou — work the red-ball joystick, sink a real physics claw into the prize pit, and collect 20 painted prizes. Free coins every day, no ads.

iOS & AndroidExplore →
Bayou Blast — a one-touch platformer through a neon-lit haunted bayou

Bayou Blast

One tap. Your mossy crate runs on its own through a neon-lit haunted bayou — jump the gaps, clear the crystal spikes, and reach the portal at the top of 25 painted levels.

In closed testingExplore →
Nightveil — a paranormal mystery of investigation and deduction

Nightveil

A dark-Victorian paranormal mystery. Investigate the hauntings of Raven Hollow — search scenes, capture evidence, connect the clues, and decide how each story ends.

On Google PlayExplore →
Journal Spaces promotional artwork

Journal Spaces

Your journal, your world. Speak an entry and watch it become text, plus immersive themed writing spaces, voice notes, photos, and daily prompts.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Pill Reminder — simple reminders, better health

Bayou Pill Reminder

Loud, simple medication alarms with extra-large text, made for seniors. A reminder you can't sleep through.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Water Break — take a sip, take a breath

Bayou Water Break

Take a sip, take a breath. Gentle hydration reminders wrapped in beautiful bayou scenes and kind voices.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Feedback — when the numbers align, beware

Bayou Feedback

A haunted instrument: five streams of random numbers, real mathematics, and one needle that should technically never reach red.

iOS & AndroidExplore →
Bayou Coins — Push. Spin. Win.

Bayou Coins

Push. Spin. Win. A free bayou arcade: a real coin dozer and a classic slot machine sharing one wallet. Play money only.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Dreams — Layer the night. Drift away.

Bayou Dreams

Layer the night. Drift away. A sleep-sound mixer of bayou nature, soft instruments, steady noise and tone beds — plus gentle sleep stories. Keeps playing with the screen off.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Fidget — Poke. Pop. Flip. Zip.

Bayou Fidget

Poke. Pop. Flip. Zip. A cozy little set of handcrafted bayou fidget toys — open the old swamp house, press the poppers, flip the switch, zip the zippers. Just calm.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou AuraLens — see the energy you carry

Bayou AuraLens

See the energy you carry. A living aura blooms around your portrait — shaped by your device's real sensors, set in dreamlike scenes. For reflection and fun.

On Google PlayExplore →
Bayou Scratchpad — a warm, endless whiteboard

Bayou Scratchpad

A warm, endless whiteboard for sketching, notes, and brainstorming — handwriting to text, PDF export, board replay, and workshop tools.

On Google PlayExplore →

Coming Soon

On the workbench.

Bigger things take longer. This is what we are building next — shown early, while it is still being built.

The Studio

Small studio. Practical software.

Bayou Byte Studio is built on decades of professional systems-engineering experience keeping real infrastructure alive — now pouring that same care into apps people actually live with. Every screen, sound, and brush stroke gets fussed over before it ships.

Privacy-minded

Our apps work offline, skip the accounts, and collect nothing. Clear policies, respectful design choices.

Supportable

Real support paths, real response times, and a real person reading every message that comes in.

Built to last

Engineered like production systems: reliable alarms, tested releases, and updates that don't break your stuff.

Studio Notes

What we've been up to

September 2026

Inkwell opens its doors

Our dark-academia home for book lovers is out of testing and open to everyone on Google Play: a curated shelf to find your next read, your own Want to Read / Reading / Finished library, and a yearly reading goal that fills in as you go. Everything stays on your device. The gathering place for readers is still being built. For readers 18 and up.

September 2026

Bayou Claw and Bayou Feedback land on the App Store

The first two of ours to clear Apple's review are live on iPhone and iPad — the painted claw-machine arcade and the haunted RNG instrument. Both are on Google Play too, and both keep the house rules: no ads, no accounts, no tracking.

September 2026

Out of testing — Pizza Panic, ForgeLore and Bayou Pet Health

Three more finished their testing rounds and are now open to everyone on Google Play: our pizzeria platformer, the Game Master's toolkit, and the private pet-health companion.

September 2026

Bayou Blast on the workbench

A one-touch platformer in a neon-lit haunted bayou: your mossy crate runs on its own, you tap to jump, and twenty-five painted levels climb to a glowing portal at the top. In closed testing on Google Play.

August 2026

Inkwell — a new home for book lovers

Our first social app is taking shape: a dark-academia place to discover your next read, build a personal library, and — as it grows — gather with fellow readers. In the workshop now, with a teaser trailer. Coming soon, for readers 18 and up.

August 2026

Three launches in one day

Bayou Rush, Bayou AuraLens, and Nightveil are all out of testing and live on Google Play for everyone — an endless bayou runner, an aura camera with bayou soul, and a dark-Victorian paranormal mystery. Our biggest launch day yet.

August 2026

Bayou Claw joins the family

A painted claw-machine arcade from deep in the bayou — a real physics claw, 20 painted prizes, six machine scenes, and a Cajun announcer calling your wins. Now out on the App Store and Google Play, with its own trailer.

August 2026

Bayou AuraLens joins the family

An aura camera with bayou soul — a living aura blooms around your portrait, shaped by your phone's real sensors and set in dreamlike moonlit scenes. A creative visualization for reflection and fun — now on Google Play.

August 2026

Bayou Rush sprints onto Google Play

Our newest game is an endless runner through a living Louisiana bayou — outrun the Warden down a moonlit boardwalk, dodge gators and snakes, grab a jetpack over the swamp, and ride the Fleur Board. Now on Google Play.

August 2026

Driftlands and Bayou Scratchpad launch on Google Play

Two releases in one week: Driftlands — our open-world adventure aboard the Wayfinder — and Bayou Scratchpad, our warm endless whiteboard, are both out of testing and available to everyone on Google Play.

July 2026

Bayou Dreams submitted to Google Play

Our layered sleep-sound mixer — bayou nights, soft instruments, tone beds and sleep stories — is submitted for closed testing.

July 2026

Driftlands submitted to Google Play

Our biggest world yet — an open-world adventure aboard the Wayfinder — is submitted for closed testing, with realms to explore, a living town, and the Hunter on your trail.

July 2026

Bayou Scratchpad enters closed testing

Our warm, endless whiteboard — handwriting to text, PDF export, board replay, and workshop tools — is in closed testing on Google Play.

July 2026

Bayou Water Break enters closed testing

Our hydration & mindfulness companion — beautiful bayou scenes, kind voices, gentle reminders — is in the hands of its first testers.

July 2026

Bayou Pill Reminder heads to Google Play

The loud, senior-friendly medication alarm we built for our own family is now in closed testing on Google Play.

June 2026

Journal Spaces launches on Google Play

Our first app is live — a private journaling space with immersive themes, voice entries, and daily prompts.

Come sit on the porch.

Try Journal Spaces today, or drop us a line — whether it's a bug report, a feature idea, or just to say hello. We answer everything ourselves.