About the Studio
Yes, somebody lives here. 🏡
Bayou Byte Studio is a real, independent, U.S.-based app studio — founded in 2026 on decades of career systems-engineering experience keeping enterprise infrastructure running, and a long-held itch to build the small, warm, personal software we always wished existed.
The name says it all: bayou for the mood we put into everything — Spanish moss, porch lanterns, fireflies, slow evenings — and byte for the engineering underneath. Our apps look like paintings and run like production systems.
What we build
Calm, private mobile apps for everyday life:
Journal Spaces
A private journal with immersive themed writing spaces, voice entries, and daily prompts. Live on Google Play.
Bayou Pill Reminder
A loud, extra-large-text medication alarm made for seniors — built because our own family needed it.
Bayou Water Break
A hydration & mindfulness companion with painted bayou scenes and kind voices. In closed testing.
Every app follows the same house rules: no accounts, no ads, no tracking, works offline. What you type, record, or log stays on your phone. Our privacy policies aren't boilerplate — they're short because there's genuinely nothing to disclose.
How the studio earns its keep
We keep the money side simple, boring, and transparent:
App purchases via Google Play
Our apps are free to download with optional one-time in-app purchases (theme packs, voices, scenes). Every payment is processed entirely by Google Play Billing — we never see, handle, or store anyone's card details.
Supporter tips via Buy Me a Coffee
Some folks just want to toss a few dollars in the tip jar to keep the porch light on. We use Buy Me a Coffee for that — a voluntary tip toward future development, not a purchase of goods, services, or subscriptions.
That's the whole business model. No subscriptions, no data resale, no dropshipping, no crypto — just software made by hand and supported by the people who enjoy it.
The story so far
- Early 2026
The studio is founded
After years of building and maintaining enterprise systems by day, the home workbench officially becomes Bayou Byte Studio.
- June 2026
Journal Spaces ships
Our first app launches on Google Play, and bayoubytestudio.com goes live along with it.
- July 2026
Two more apps reach testing
Bayou Pill Reminder and Bayou Water Break both enter closed testing on Google Play — one for the medicine cabinet, one for the water glass.
- Next
More porch-light software
Public releases for both apps, then onward — same art, same care, same house rules.
Reach a human
Every address below lands in a mailbox a real person reads — usually within one to two business days:
Say hello
hello@bayoubytestudio.com
General questions, ideas, kind words.
Get help
support@bayoubytestudio.com
App issues, bugs, refunds, how-tos.
Privacy
privacy@bayoubytestudio.com
Anything about your data (spoiler: we don't have it).