About Humanova

Humanova Apps is an independent software studio focused on building calm, thoughtful tools for real human lives.

It was founded by a single creator, not a growth team, not a venture-backed lab, but someone who has spent a long time feeling the friction between how software is designed and how people actually experience the world.

A personal starting point

Humanova grew out of lived experience.

I live with ADHD, autism, anxiety, and depression. That combination brings creativity, depth, and sensitivity but also overwhelm, cognitive fatigue, and a constant sense that many digital tools are asking too much, too fast, too often.

Most software assumes:

  • unlimited attention

  • consistent energy

  • linear thinking

  • constant motivation

Humanova exists because those assumptions don’t hold for everyone and they don’t need to.

What that means in practice

Humanova apps are designed with an awareness that:

  • focus fluctuates

  • energy comes and goes

  • clarity matters more than speed

  • pressure makes things worse, not better

You won’t find streaks, urgency, artificial rewards, or hidden manipulation here. You won’t be nudged to optimise yourself, fix yourself, or engage more than you want to.

Instead, the goal is to create software that feels:

  • steady

  • respectful

  • understandable

  • forgiving

Apps that meet you where you are, not where a metric says you should be.

Not therapy. Not productivity theatre.

Humanova apps are not therapy, and they don’t claim to treat or fix anything.

They’re tools, spaces, and experiences designed with care; informed by neurodivergence and mental health realities, but not defined by them.

Some apps are practical.
Some are creative.
Some are quiet gifts that ask nothing at all.

All of them are built with the same underlying belief:
technology should reduce cognitive load, not add to it.

Why this matters

Humanova isn’t trying to scale attention or optimise behaviour.

It’s trying to prove that software can:

  • be ethical

  • be sustainable

  • be financially honest

  • and still be gentle

Especially for people who are tired, sensitive, anxious, distracted, or overwhelmed; which, quietly, is most of us at some point.

One studio, many forms

Humanova builds games, assistive apps, and professional tools — not because they’re different worlds, but because they serve different human needs.

Some experiences are about:

  • play

  • presence

  • joy

  • curiosity

Others are about:

  • clarity

  • support

  • understanding

  • reducing friction in everyday life

And some are about:

  • responsibility

  • memory

  • trust

  • helping organisations work without losing their humanity

The common thread isn’t the category.
It’s the care.

Why the mix matters

Games can be gentle, non-extractive, and meaningful.
Assistive apps can exist without claiming authority or optimisation.
Business tools can generate sustainable revenue without surveillance or pressure.

Humanova believes these can and should coexist.

Revenue from professional tools helps sustain work that prioritises care and restraint.
Creative and playful apps explore new ways of being present.
Assistive apps exist to support without demanding.

Each part protects the others.

A shared principle

No matter the form, Humanova apps are guided by the same rules:

  • Nothing pretends to be therapy

  • Nothing manipulates attention

  • Nothing treats vulnerability as a growth opportunity

  • Nothing exists just to extract

Whether you’re playing, organising, reflecting, or deciding, the software should feel like it’s on your side.

Humanova

A studio built to last.
Calm by design.
Human at its core.