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//psybyte labs

Software for places the internet forgets.

We're a small independent studio building offline-first tools for people working in the world's hardest conditions - patchy power, entry-level phones, no signal. One workflow at a time, done properly.

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Functional offline, no exceptions
2GB
Baseline device we design for
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//philosophy

Built from the constraint, not the demo.

Most software is designed for a fast connection, a new phone, and a quiet office. We design for the opposite - because that's where the work that matters most actually happens.

// constraint-first

Start from the hardest case

Every product begins with the worst environment it needs to survive - dead battery by afternoon, a five-year-old Android, zero bars. If it holds up there, it holds up anywhere.

// offline by default

No network, no problem

No loading spinners waiting on a signal that isn't coming. Everything we ship works completely offline, from first launch to final export.

// one job, well done

Narrow scope, real depth

Rather than a broad feature list, we find the one task quietly costing people hours every week, and remove every bit of friction from it.

//flagship product

Koticha, a teacher's companion.

Our first product, built for and with primary school teachers in Malawi - replacing hours of manual score tallying with something that fits in one hand and works with zero training.

In active development

Koticha

Score entry, ranking, and reporting — offline, on any Android.

Teachers enter scores by roll number as they work through a stack of exam papers. Koticha totals, ranks, and formats the final performance sheet automatically - no spreadsheets, no manual tallying, no re-ranking by hand when a mark changes.

Score entry by roll numberReal-time ranking with tiesExcel & PDF exportRuns on 2GB Android 8.0+No account, no login
Next product - currently in early planning.status: 00000000
//get in touch

Let's talk about your constraints.

If you're a school, NGO, or organization exploring Koticha for your own context - or thinking about a tool for a similarly constrained environment - we'd like to hear from you.

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