Apps you didn’t know you needed.
A Johannesburg software studio. We take a good hunch, build it properly, and ship it. Then we look after it.
What we make
Three kinds of work leave this studio. All of them come with the same promise: it works, it is live, and somebody answers when you call.
Your hunch, built and live
You point at the problem. We come back with the app we would build for it, a price, and a date. Then we build exactly that.
Things we dreamed up
Apps for problems we kept bumping into ourselves. Small, useful, and shipped before the doubt kicks in.
Kept running, not abandoned
Hosting, updates, fixes and the odd new feature. Launch day is where our job starts, not where it ends.
How a build runs
Four moves. No discovery phase, no timesheets, no deck about synergy.
Guess
Tell us the hunch in a paragraph. We reply with a scope, a price and a date.
Build
You see progress every week, in a link you can open, not a status report.
Ship
A working version goes live on the date we agreed, in your name, on accounts you own.
Look after
We keep it running and fix what breaks. Real people use real software, and things happen.
Why trust a studio called Thumbsuck?
Because the name is the only thing we are casual about. The work is not.
- Priced to the project, agreed up frontEvery build is quoted on its own size before work starts. If the scope changes, so does the quote, in writing.
- You own everythingThe code, the domain, the accounts, the data. If you ever leave, you take all of it with you.
- A named person answersEmail us and a person who worked on your app replies. Within a business day.
- We support what we shipEvery build comes with a care plan. Bugs get fixed, updates get applied, and you never have to chase.
Straight answers
How does a build with Thumbsuck start?
Send us one paragraph about the thing that annoys you. You get back a scope, a price and a date. There is no discovery phase.
How is a Thumbsuck build priced?
Every build is quoted on its own size before work starts. If the scope changes, so does the quote, in writing.
Who owns the code?
You do. The code, the domain, the accounts and the data are all yours, because you paid for them. If you ever leave, you take everything with you.
What happens after launch?
Every build comes with a care plan. We keep it running, fix what breaks and apply updates, and a person who worked on your app replies within a business day.
What does “thumbsuck” mean?
A thumbsuck is South African slang for a wild guess. Every app here started as one. Ours ship.
Got a hunch?
Send us one paragraph about the thing that annoys you. You get back a scope, a price and a date.
Start a build