🐊 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.

13
Apps in the family
2026
Studio founded
0
Ads or trackers in our apps
1
Real human answering email

Our Apps

Thirteen 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.

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.

In closed testingExplore →
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.

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.

In closed testingExplore →
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.

On Google PlayExplore →
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.

In closed testingExplore →
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.

In closed testingExplore →
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.

In closed testingExplore →
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.

In closed testingExplore →
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 →

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

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 in closed testing on Google Play.

August 2026

Bayou Rush sprints into closed testing

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. In closed testing on Google Play now.

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.