Lakkireddy Labs

Technology that works for you.

We're a small studio making everyday apps that respect your time, your privacy, and your wallet — built by people who feel the problem, not the ones gaming your attention. Simple, non-invasive, affordable. AI included, when it earns its place.

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What we believe

Tools should serve your day — not capture it.

Most software is built to hold your attention. We build the opposite: small things that hand your time back and then get out of the way.

Works for you

The job is to give your day back, not to harvest it. If an app fights for your attention, it's failed.

Private by default

Your data stays on your device wherever it possibly can. No accounts you don't need, no quiet tracking, no servers waiting to leak.

No dark patterns

No manipulation, no engagement traps, no guilt. We don't profit from your time, so we don't have to fight you for it.

Simple & affordable

Focused apps that do one thing well — fairly priced, often free, never a subscription you'll resent.

Built from real pain

We make what we needed ourselves. If we don't reach for it every day, we don't ship it.

AI, when it earns it

We love what AI can do — as a tool among tools. It shows up when it genuinely helps, never as the whole point.

Our work

Small apps, made with care.

A short list on purpose. Each one is something we use ourselves.

Marigold

Live on the App Store

A calm screen-time & focus app for iPhone. Hold your distracting apps on a schedule or on demand — and every break starts with a minute of breathing. Nothing leaves your phone.

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Open source · research

A portable sandbox for AI agents — a safe, self-contained place for autonomous tools to run, so the useful parts of AI can be tried without handing over the keys.

More to come

In the workshop

We build slowly, one honest tool at a time. Want to know when the next one lands? Say hello.

Get in touch

Say hello.

Questions, ideas, or a problem you wish someone would solve simply — we read every note.

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