One person.
Every departure.
JGApps is an independent UK software company built by one person, with one goal: make apps that are simple, sick and easy.
Three words. Every decision.
If you need instructions to use it, something's gone wrong. Apps should make sense the second you open them. No maze of menus, no unnecessary setup, just what you came to do.
Useful doesn't mean boring. The animations, the little details, experiences that make the app feel alive. I want JGApps products to be something you actually want to show someone. Good design isn't decoration. It's part of the product.
Download it. Open it. Use it. That's the goal. No account unless the app genuinely needs one, no setup for the sake of setup, and offline support wherever it makes sense.
Software has picked the wrong side.
A lot of apps have become harder to simply use, or charge unnecessary subscriptions for simple features.
Ads everywhere. Accounts before you've even seen the app. Subscriptions for features that just don't need subscriptions. Tracking that has nothing to do with making the product work.
JGApps tries to take a different approach. If I don't need your data, I don't want it. If an app doesn't need an account, you shouldn't need to make one. And if something can work on your device without sending everything to a server? That's what should happen.
The app should work for you. Not the other way around.
The journey so far.
RAILTRACKER
Where JGApps started. Live London Underground information without ads, accounts or unnecessary clutter.
iOS · Android · Web
● In service
Departed
JG·02
PASSPORTTRACKER
Travel memories without sending them somewhere else. An animated passport with photo-verified stamps, all kept on-device.
iOS
● In service
Departed
Hi, I'm James.
I founded JGApps because I love making things, but I love making things that people will actually enjoy using even more.
I got tired of discovering the perfect app only to find out I have to pay £7.99 a month just to use it. Or I had to make an account before I've even seen the app. Or half the screen is covered in ads.
I don't think every app needs to become a service. I don't think every useful feature needs to become another monthly payment, and I don't think people should have to give away loads of personal data just to use a simple tool.
And I don't want JGApps to become that either. If an app doesn't need an account, it won't have one. If something can stay on your device, that's where it should stay. I don't want to add ads just because they make money, or make an app deliberately worse just to sell the solution back to you.
That doesn't mean everything I make will always be free. Building things costs money. But if I do charge for something, I want the price to make sense for what you're actually getting. I'd much rather make something worth buying once than build another subscription people forget they're paying for.
The board will get longer. More apps, more categories, transport beyond London and tools beyond travel. What won't change is why anything departs.
It's not about the money; it's about making the person happy.
If one of my apps saves you from missing a train, helps you remember a trip that mattered, saves you some money, or simply makes something easier than it was before, that's the whole point. Everything else is just the departures board doing its job.
— James Giles
Founder, JGApps
United Kingdom