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Independent app and publishing studio

Keeping a light on for hard days.

We design, build and publish private, calm apps, books and sites for anyone facing tough times, and for the people who stand beside them.

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  • No accounts to make
  • No adverts, ever
  • No tracking, no analytics
  • Records stay on your device

Our work

Apps for the hard parts of life. Private, simple and kind.

Recovery, gambling, family worries, caring, overthinking and planning ahead. One app for each, with no account and no adverts. No need for lots of different apps, as every one we publish is fully comprehensive, kind of like a Swiss Army knife for the problem it solves. Your data stays on your device.

01For hard days of your own

  • Coming soon

    Steady

    A private companion for recovery.

    Struggling with drink or drug use? Want to cut down or stop? Steady counts days kindly, helps ride out urges and keeps routines close and easy to follow.

    A closer look
  • Coming soon

    Steady Ground

    Solid footing, and a clear horizon.

    For anyone who wants to gamble less or stop, with the same private, kind approach as Steady.

    A closer look

02For the people around them

  • Coming soon

    Kinlight

    For you, not about them.

    For family and friends of someone who drinks, uses drugs or gambles. A private place to look after your own wellbeing.

    A closer look
  • In the making

    Hearthlight

    Caring is real work, and it counts.

    For unpaid carers. Log what caring took today, see your week, and take a few minutes that are just yours.

    A closer look

03For busy minds and what matters

  • Start free on the web

    Ten Minutes of Quiet

    Give your thoughts somewhere to go.

    A private ten-minute daily journal for overthinkers, as an app and as a book.

    A closer look
  • In the making

    Over to You

    A calm place to write down what matters.

    Write down what someone you trust would need to know, a little at a time, then hand it over when you're ready.

    A closer look

04And on paper

  • Lightkeeper Books First book coming soon

    Quiet, practical books for busy minds.

    The studio's publishing name. First up: Ten Minutes of Quiet, a 170-page journal for overthinkers.

    About Lightkeeper Books

A closer look

Made with care, down to the last word.

Real screens from our apps, shown with example records. Each one is written in plain English, works without an account and keeps what you write on your own device.

Steady's Today screen. Under a morning sky that says Good morning, a plant grows on the hills, in full bloom with glowing lantern flowers after 150 days of growth. Below, it shows 46 days clean from alcohol, 14 days to the next milestone and a dot for each day this week.

The flagship · Recovery

Steady

A private companion for recovery.

For adults recovering from alcohol and drugs. Everything stays on your own phone or computer.

  • A slip is information, not a verdict. The total never goes back to zero.
  • Use Steady's toolkit to ride out an urge, from guided breathing to a 10-minute timer and lots more.
  • Support is always no more than one tap away on every screen, even the lock screen.
  • Free to download, with no account, no adverts and no tracking.
Coming soon to Google Play and the Microsoft Store
Visit steadyrecovery.com For organisations

Steady supports recovery. It isn't medical treatment or advice. For adults aged 18 and over.

Hearthlight's Today screen, in soft purple: Good afternoon, Tuesday 10 November, 4 hours 15 minutes logged and up once in the night, over a small house with a warm light at dusk. Below, What I did: tap what caring took today, rough is fine, with tiles for personal care, meals and drinks, housework and laundry, and shopping and errands.

For unpaid carers

Hearthlight

Caring is real work, and it counts.

A private companion for unpaid carers. It's about your own load, never the health of the person you care for.

  • Tap what caring took today. Rough guesses are fine.
  • See your week at a glance: the hours, and the nights you were up.
  • Take a break: a few minutes that are just yours, with no need to earn them.
  • Your records stay on your device, encrypted there when you set a PIN.
In the making
Tell me when it's ready
Ten Minutes of Quiet's Today screen in the evening: a lighthouse shines over a calm sea under a dusk sky. Below, it says Week 2, Day 3, Just before: ten minutes, four steps, take it slowly. There's a button to begin your ten minutes, and one parked thought: ring the dentist back.

For overthinkers · App and book

Ten Minutes of Quiet

Give your thoughts somewhere to go.

A private ten-minute daily journal for overthinkers. Each day has the same four steps: Arrive, Unload, Untangle and Settle.

  • Eight weeks of daily pages, taken at your own pace.
  • A place to park a worry that turns up during the day.
  • Short tools, such as the Worry Sorter.
  • Your pages stay on your device.
Week 1 and the toolkit are free on the webThe book: coming soon
Start free on the web Tell me when the book is out
Over to You's welcome screen: a lighthouse shines over green hills and a small house at night. Below: A calm place to write down what matters. Your notes stay on this device, with no account, and nothing is sent anywhere. It isn't a will, and it never asks for passwords, PINs or account numbers. You can stop at any time, and come back when you like.

For what matters

Over to You

A calm place to write down what matters.

If you weren't here, or couldn't speak for yourself, someone you trust would need to know a few things: who to tell, where things are, and what you'd want.

  • Write it down a little at a time, and stop whenever you like. The app will guide you through the process.
  • When you're ready, it makes a handover pack for one person you trust.
  • It isn't a will, and it never asks for passwords, PINs or account numbers, but it will show you how to hand these over safely and securely.
  • Your notes stay on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
In the making
Tell me when it's ready
Kinlight's lantern, lit: a deep blue lantern with two white flames in its amber glass, a tall one and a small one leaning in to it

For family and friends

Kinlight

For you, not about them.

Caring about someone who drinks, uses drugs or gambles can take up every thought. Kinlight puts you first: a private place to look after your own wellbeing.

Tell me when it's ready Coming soon

Recovery from gambling

Steady Ground

Solid footing, and a clear horizon.

Gamble less or stop, on your own terms. Plan for payday and other risky moments, ride out urges, and watch the money you keep add up. Discreet by design, so it stays your business.

Tell me when it's ready Coming soon

A lightkeeper's job is simple: keep the light on, so people can find their way.

How we build

Private by default. Kind by design.

Every app and book from the studio keeps the same promises. They're part of how each one is made, not something added at the end.

  • Private by default

    Your records stay on your own device. Set a PIN, and they're encrypted there too. Backups are files you save yourself.

  • No accounts or adverts

    Open it and start. There's nothing to sign up for, and nothing trying to sell you something else.

  • No tracking

    No analytics, no trackers and no cookies, in the apps or on our websites.

  • Honest and plain

    Plain English, no hype and no pressure. Our apps support people. They aren't medical treatment, and we never say they are.

  • Help close at hand

    Where an app touches wellbeing, help is one tap away, and every service listed is checked on its own website.

  • Realistic, not perfect

    A setback is information, not a verdict. Progress that's been made is never taken away.

This website keeps the same promises.

  • 0cookies
  • 0analytics or trackers
  • 0requests to anywhere else
  • 1file, with everything in it

For organisations

Offer Steady to everyone you support.

Treatment centres, recovery charities, drug and alcohol services and sober living houses can license Steady. One key gives every client the full app, with your service in Support.

  • No client data, for anyone
  • Nothing to set up
  • A free 3-month pilot
  • Priced by people, not places
Steady for organisations Ask about a free pilot

Coming soon for services too: Kinlight for family teams, Steady Ground for gambling services, and Hearthlight for carers' services.

  1. We send you a licence key

    No accounts, staff logins or systems for your team to run.

  2. Clients enter it in Steady

    They get everything in Steady Plus that helps their recovery, and keep it, even after your licence ends.

  3. Your service shows in Support

    Your service's name and phone number sit next to the helplines in the app.

Publishing

Lightkeeper Books

Quiet, practical books for busy minds.

Lightkeeper Books is the studio's publishing name. Our first book is Ten Minutes of Quiet, a journal for overthinkers, with a companion app you can start free on the web.

Publisher
Lightkeeper Books
First book
Ten Minutes of Quiet
Length
170 pages
Where
Amazon, coming soon
See the first book Email Lightkeeper Books

The studio

A small studio, built to last.

Lightkeeper Studio is an independent studio in West Yorkshire. We make software and books carefully: one product at a time, written in plain English, and kept free of the things that make technology tiring, such as accounts, adverts and tracking.

We work with services, charities and partners who want to offer people something private and calm, and we're always glad to hear from them.

Company
Lightkeeper Studio Ltd
Registered in
England and Wales
Company number
17579552
Based in
West Yorkshire, UK
We make
Apps for Android, Windows and the web, and books
Email
hello@lightkeeperstudio.co.uk

Contact

Let's talk.

For organisations, partnerships, press or the books, email the studio.

hello@lightkeeperstudio.co.uk

  • Services and charities

    Ask about licensing Steady, or a free 3-month pilot.

  • Press and partners

    A media kit with logos, pictures and facts is available on request.

  • Early access

    Each app in the making has a "Tell me when it's ready" button. We email once, then delete your address.

Privacy

How the studio handles your details

Our apps keep your records on your own device, and we never see them. Each app's privacy policy explains this. This part covers the few details that do reach the studio. Lightkeeper Studio Ltd is responsible for them, and you can reach us at hello@lightkeeperstudio.co.uk.

  • If you email us, including to hear when an app or book is ready, we keep your email address and message so we can reply. An early-access email is deleted once we've told you it's ready. We don't add you to a mailing list or share your details.
  • When you buy something through Payhip, such as a Plus key, Payhip takes the payment and sends us your name, email address and what you bought, so we can send your key and help if something goes wrong. Payhip's own privacy policy covers what it keeps.
  • If your organisation takes a licence, we keep its contact and invoice details to manage the agreement. We keep invoices for at least 6 years, as tax law requires.
  • Our email is with Proton Mail, and these websites are hosted by Cloudflare. Cloudflare handles your device's internet address to deliver the pages, as any web host does. There are no cookies, analytics or tracking on our pages.

You can ask to see, correct or delete anything we hold about you by emailing us. If you're not happy with how we've handled your details, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.