An independent app studio

Every app starts with a real need.

Candoo Apps is founded and led by a software engineer with more than ten years in the industry. We build apps for a need someone has, planned and built end to end for iOS and Android. Our first, Yumstash, is a cookbook for every recipe you love. The next could be something else entirely.

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  • Founded by a software engineer
  • 10+ years building software
  • iOS and Android
  • Planned before it’s built
  • Built end to end
  • Private by default

Our work

Apps we've made, and are making.

Yumstash · iPhone, Android coming

Every recipe you love, in one place.

Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and photos, plan your week, and shop with a grocery list that knows your pantry.

  • Save from Instagram & TikTok
  • Plan the week
  • Smart groceries
  • Ask about any recipe
Explore Yumstash

How we work

How we make things.

  1. 01

    Understand the need

    Every app starts with someone who needs something. First we pin down who it’s for, what they’re trying to do, and what would make it worth opening every day.

  2. 02

    Plan it end to end

    Before any code: an architecture and build plan, mockups for every screen, and the user journeys from first launch to everyday use.

  3. 03

    Build it end to end

    The app, the API, the cloud and the AI, built against the plan and mockups by the same engineer, for iOS and Android.

  4. 04

    Deploy and ship

    Automated tests and deploys, then release to the App Store and Google Play, and keep improving from what people actually use.

About

Founded and led by a software engineer.

Candoo Apps is the studio of Billy Canales, a software engineer with more than ten years in the software industry. He started it to build apps for needs people actually have, and to build each one properly: planned, designed and engineered end to end.

Yumstash began with one of those needs: a single cookbook to hold every recipe, wherever it was found. The next app may be in a completely different space. What stays the same is the process, and the engineer behind it.

  • 10+years in software engineering
  • 1engineer, idea to app store
  • 2platforms: iOS and Android
“Someone needs an app, so I build it, start to finish. Yumstash was a cookbook for every recipe; the next one could be anything.”
Billy CanalesFounder & software engineer, Candoo Apps

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