HardboundStudio
Well-made software you own.
Hardbound Studio is an independent software studio. We make private, local-first apps, on Windows first: bought once at a fair price, no subscriptions, and built so that anything that ever leaves your machine is named in plain words on that product's privacy page.
In the workshop
What we're binding next
Dictiq
Dictation that keeps your words on your machine.
Free in English. The rest is a one-time unlock.
LeaseRail
Turn a folder of tenancy contracts into clean data.
Try it free with every feature unlocked, three documents at a time. Buy once and batches run up to 200.
BooksRail
Accounting and reporting for real estate.
TBRail
Eight health checks for your trial balance, inside Excel.
CopyShelf
A clipboard manager that sorts what you copy into four tabs: text, images, links, files.
A one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Clipverb
Hand it a video link. Get organised Markdown notes in your own vault.
A one-time purchase, not a subscription. Captions only needs no key; Captions + distill uses your own API key.
Sortbook
The folders you choose, tidied by rules you can actually read.
Free for 30 days, then Sortbook stops sorting until you buy it. Your files stay where they are, and you can still undo anything it did.
CapKB
Compress images to a kilobyte limit, in bulk, without them leaving your PC.
A one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Reopen
PDFs into Excel and Word on your own machine, with the totals checked.
A one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Issue Doc
Invoices and estimates on your own letterhead, with the PDF you issue as the record.
Windows: a free trial run by Microsoft, with every feature. Mac: a free trial you start in the app, with every feature, then a one-time purchase to keep issuing.
Notelocal
A private thread for devices
Windows: a 30-day trial run by Microsoft. Mac: free for 30 days, then a one-time purchase.
We're building these now. Want one when it ships? Write to info@hardboundstudio.com.
Library
Things to work from
AI Brain Plug & Play
USD 19.99
A portable memory your AI reads at the start of every session and updates at the close.
IFRS Consolidation Toolkit
USD 19.99
Group consolidation working papers that tie, and a tool that converts a P&L to IFRS 18.
Industry P&L Pack
USD 9.99
Five sector profit and loss layouts that add up, with a tab to compare them side by side.
UAE e-Invoicing Readiness Kit
USD 19.99
Turn the UAE e-invoicing mandate into a dated plan, with the tools to work through it.
Custom builds
Need something that does not exist yet?
We build bespoke micro-SaaS tools for clients, made the same way as our own, and you own the result: the finished product and its full source code.
Local-first.
Our apps run on your machine and are built to work offline. If a product ever needs the network for anything, its privacy page says exactly what and why.
Bought once.
Pay once, own it, and there is no subscription meter running. On our apps, major-version updates are included.
Built to last.
Small, serious, and finished. We ship tools that do their job well and stay out of your way.