Software studio · Netherlands
Software made
on purpose.
We build a few small apps and look after them properly. No ads, no dark patterns, no data for sale. Tools that respect your time and your money.
Deliberate is the whole point.
The name is the brief. Everything we make is chosen carefully and made on purpose, from the first decision to the last pixel.
Built to last
We'd rather make a few things well than many things badly. Each app gets maintained for the long run, not abandoned after launch.
Private by default
Your data lives in the EU and stays yours. We don't sell it, we don't train on it, and we don't track you across the web.
No dark patterns
No trial traps, no manipulative nudges, no growth tricks. The basics are free, and upgrading is a fair, honest choice.
People, not metrics
We design for the person on the other side of the screen. If a feature only helps the dashboard, it doesn't ship.
Work
Two apps so far. Each one its own thing.
Stewr
A money app that helps you stop, not just track.
Pause before impulse purchases and see the money you keep. Built for ADHD brains, free forever for the basics.
Visit Stewr→Otway
Your parcels. One list. It just keeps working.
Track every carrier in one place, with a tracker that tells you when something breaks instead of rotting quietly.
Visit Otway→The studio
Deliberate Labs is a small independent software studio based in the Netherlands. We make our own apps and run them ourselves, end to end.
We're not chasing scale for its own sake. The goal is a handful of tools that are genuinely good, that people trust, and that are still here and still cared for years from now.
If that's the kind of software you want to use, you're in the right place.