Toba Creative · Independent digital product studio

Small digital products for everyday life.

We're an independent product studio designing and building useful apps and digital experiences — with a particular interest in learning, families and the small everyday problems worth solving well.

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Our products

We build and use our own products first. Right now, that means three small apps for families at home, and a tower defense game for Playdate.

Out now on iPhone & iPad

LWCW

School spellings made simple.

Parents add their child's real weekly school spellings — by typing, pasting or taking a photo of the list. Children then practise using Look, Write, Check, Write, and use Test Me when they're ready.

Real school spelling lists — typed, pasted or photographed in
Look, Write, Check, Write practice
Test Me mode for when they're ready
Handwriting practice built in
A woodland that grows with every practice
No ads, no account, no subscription
Privacy-first — your child's data stays on the device

Learn more about LWCW

Google Play — coming soon

Out now on iPhone & iPad

Moonsteps

A calm countdown app for children aged 4 to 10.

Children count down to the things they’re waiting for in sleeps. Every bedtime they pop tonight’s moon, and the wait gets one sleep shorter.

Countdowns to birthdays, holidays and Christmas, in sleeps
Pop tonight’s moon at bedtime
Big pictures, no reading needed
Learn how days, hours and minutes fit together
No ads, no account, no data collected

Learn more about Moonsteps

Google Play — coming soon

Speak & Play In practice with families

Speak & Play

A simple speech and language practice app for children and families.

It makes at-home practice easier and more playful — families can create and customise practice around words and activities that matter to them. Speak & Play was originally built around real family speech-therapy practice.

Create and customise practice around your own words and activities
Practise together, at your own pace
Simple and playful, without pressure
Grown from real family speech-therapy practice

For speech & language therapists

Create homework for free.

Turn your word lists into home practice in 30 seconds. Share a link with families, print a PDF, or play in clinic.

Create homework, free →

Visit speakandplay.app

Coming soon to Playdate

Crank Defense

A 1-bit isometric tower defense game for Playdate.

Hold the line across handcrafted island maps, with waves that end in the Long One. The crank bends time: wind it forward to fast-forward, or backward to rewind your mistakes.

A 20-level campaign of handcrafted island maps
Endless mode on any map
Five tower types, each with three upgrade stages
Crank forward to fast-forward, backward to rewind
Drawn entirely in code, with a procedural chiptune soundtrack

Learn more about Crank Defense

Playdate Catalog — coming soon

About the studio

Toba Creative is a small independent digital studio. We build products around problems we've experienced ourselves — especially around children, learning and family life.

We care about making software that feels simple, useful and pleasant to use.

Occasional client work

We also help small businesses and organisations turn ideas into simple digital products and websites.

Product design Web development Mobile apps Prototypes & MVPs

Have an idea? Get in touch.