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App factory · Montréal · 2026

Software
as craft —
not content.

Aurealis is an app factory designing, building, and marketing subscription software people choose to keep — products that compound in a user's life, not loops that demand attention.

§ 01 · What we stand for

We design software the way a studio designs a chair — patiently, in drafts, until every part earns its place.

001
Software, not content

We build tools you use, not feeds that use you. No engagement loops, no manufactured urgency, no dark patterns.

002
Depth, not virality

We'd rather be the software in your dock for a decade than the app everybody posted about last Tuesday.

003
Systems, not features

Every feature earns its place through systems logic. If a capability can't be composed with the rest, it doesn't ship.

004
Quiet confidence

We don't market with volume. The work is the marketing. If it's right, it will be found — and kept.

§ 02 · In development

Two consumer applications. Built on the same principles — shipped on their own clock.

Live · App Store
P · 01Ethos

A Christian self-improvement app. Pairs scripture with the emotion you bring to it — anxiety, grief, gratitude, hope — and returns a personal devotional, interpretation, and prayer rooted in the verse you receive.

iOSDevotionalAI
ethos · today
365 verses
One scripture · one emotion · daily
Genesis → RevelationDevotional · interpretation · prayer
Live · App Store
P · 02Lokin

Your focus companion. Timed sessions, on-device focus scoring via the Screen Time API, daily streaks, and a habit log that rewards returning — not the doomscroll.

iOSFocusHabits
lokin · session
“Stay focused, build habits, and level up — one session at a time.”
Screen Time API · on-deviceStreaks · focus score
§ 03 · Manifesto

The best software feels inevitable — like it couldn't have been any other way.

That takes time. It takes a refusal to ship until the system is coherent, a willingness to cut what doesn't fit, and the patience to hold a thousand no's for every yes. We are not in a hurry. We are building a studio — not a funnel.

Thesis
Subscription apps anchored in first-principles design. Systems thinking over surface-level features.
Craft
Clean architecture — both in code and in user experience. Intentionality at every layer of the stack.
Posture
Quiet confidence over loud marketing. Precision without aggression. Technical without being cold.
§ 04 · The studio

A two-person studio. No investors, no roadmap slides, no quarterly theater.

Co-founder · Tech
Simon Gonzalez

Designs the apps, writes the code, ships the work. Builds the systems Aurealis runs on — from the iOS apps to the marketing automation. Believes most software is too busy, and that the answer is usually less, but better.

Co-founder · Business
Kristen Alexander Tran

Runs distribution, partnerships, and operations. Shapes how each Aurealis app reaches the people it was built for. Treats marketing like product — built, measured, refined, not shouted.

§ 05 · Changelog

What's happening, in the studio's own words.

2026 · 05ReleaseLokin enters the App Store. Focus companion: timed sessions, on-device focus scoring via Screen Time API, daily streaks.iOS 1.0
2026 · 05ReleaseEthos enters the App Store. Christian self-improvement — pairs the verse you receive with the emotion you bring to it.iOS 1.0
2026 · 04StudioIn-house automated marketing spins up. Carousel pipelines, cold-outreach automation, ASO — driven by Claude agents and custom skills.
2026 · 02StudioTechnologies Aurealis Inc. incorporated in Quebec. Two co-founders, two desks, no chairs yet.
2026 · 01ThesisAurealis begins. The first commit is a 2,000-word document. The second is a deleted version of it.
§ 06 · Elsewhere

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