Independent software studio ยท Alameda, CA

Custom applications, made with care.

Made for the Mac and the web, designed, built and supported by one person.

Apps

Catch Up

Your news. Your pace. All caught up.

Turn any topic into a channel, stack up the stories that matter, and clear them out at your own speed, right in your browser.

FreeWeb appmacOS app
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TallyUp

The punch card, without the paper.

Reward your regulars without the stamps, the lost cards, or the hole punch. Customers check in with just a phone number, no app to download.

Free during pilotWeb app
View TallyUp

Spend.

Your budget. Your Mac. Your data.

A personal budget tracker with no cloud, no ads and no subscription. Import from your bank, track spending, see trends. Everything stays on your machine.

$19 one-timemacOS app
View Spend

fridge

Cook what you have.

Type what's already in your kitchen. Fridge matches it against thousands of real recipes, ranked by how well they fit and how little you'd need to buy.

FreemacOS app
View Fridge

How I build

01

One job each

Every app solves one problem and stays out of the way.

02

Your data stays yours

Spend and Fridge are local-first. No account, no cloud.

03

No subscriptions

Free, or a fair one-time price. Updates included.

Nico Crisafulli

Hi, I'm Nico.

Senior frontend engineer with 13 years in high-traffic ecommerce. Panicbus Studios is where I build my own things.

About me + resume