A small studio · Made on a laptop, not in a lab

Apps that protect what matters.

On-device iOS tools for privacy, focus, and control. No servers, no tracking, no subscriptions you'll forget about. Pay once. Own it forever.

MANEO

The shelf
so far.

One live, three coming. Every app shares the same DNA: small, fast, on-device, paid once. Click any tile to visit the app's site.

StripIt
Strip your photo's hidden metadata before you send it. iMessage extension. $9.99 once.
Live
owlMusic
Offline-first music player. No accounts, no streaming, just your library.
Coming soon
owlFolder
A file manager that doesn't try to upsell you on iCloud.
Coming soon
Kilocal
Calorie tracking without the social network and dark patterns.
Coming soon
Why we exist

The good apps got eaten by the subscription model. We're making them again.

Software used to be a thing you bought once. Then everything became a $4.99/month rental. Most of it isn't worth that — and most of us don't even remember which subscriptions are still charging us.

Maneo House makes apps the old way. You buy them once, they work forever. They run on your device. They don't phone home, sell your data, or guilt-trip you into a tier. If we ship a feature, it's done — not "coming in v2 if you upgrade."

We're not anti-subscription as a religion. We're anti the lazy version of it. If you find a subscription business that earns its keep monthly, by all means subscribe. We just don't think every app needs one.