What we’re shipping, thinking, building.

A chronological record of product launches, technical research, privacy breakthroughs, and the occasional studio reflection. Updated whenever there is something worth saying.

LAUNCH2026·07·18

DeedLock 2.0 — Now with biometric multi-vault

Our encrypted property & document vault ships a complete redesign: per-vault biometrics, granular sharing links, and full on-device search over OCR’d scans.

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RESEARCH2026·07·04

On-device LLM benchmarks for indie app budgets

We benchmarked every shipping on-device language model on consumer hardware. Here’s what fits in a 50 MB IPA without melting a phone.

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COMPLIANCE2026·06·22

EU AI Act — what indie developers must know in 2026

The phased AI Act came into force this summer. Here’s our practical compliance checklist for indie app teams shipping anything that touches a model.

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STUDIO2026·06·10

Welcoming two new engineers to the R&D team

Two senior hires joined us this month — a privacy engineer from a regulated fintech and a generative-systems researcher from an indie game studio. Meet the team.

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INSIGHT2026·05·28

The economics of indie App Store placement in 2026

Three months of ASO data across our portfolio, distilled. What still works, what has died, and what to spend the next dollar on.

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PRODUCT2026·05·14

Cadence — budget engine enters public beta

After 18 months of private testing with 400 households, our privacy-first budget orchestration engine is ready for the public beta on TestFlight.

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RESEARCH2026·04·30

Generative UI — when the interface becomes the input

Notes from a six-week experiment in interface composition. What we learned about constraint, predictability, and the user’s sense of place.

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UPDATE2026·04·15

Inkeep 1.4 — On-device intelligence, zero data egress

Our idea-capture tool now runs an on-device 1B-parameter model for tagging & semantic search. No network calls. No telemetry. No surprises.

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EVENT2026·04·02

Speaking at SwiftCraft Edinburgh — May 2026

Our principal engineer will present ‘Privacy-First by Construction’ at the inaugural SwiftCraft conference in Edinburgh. Discount code in the article.

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Studio milestones

A condensed chronology of launches, hires, and pivots. Long, deliberate, with everything documented.

// 2026 · Q2

DeedLock 2.0 · Cadence Beta · EU AI Act compliance

Major vault overhaul, public budget beta, AI compliance paper published.

// 2026 · Q1

Inkeep 1.4 · Studio Expansion

On-device intelligence shipped. Two senior hires joined the team.

// 2025 · Q4

VaultWorth 3.0 · PostureLog Integration

HealthKit bridges, multi-collection dashboards, public release of training analytics.

// 2025 · Q2

FlowScript Public Release

Automation engine ships after a year of private beta. Featured by indie blogs.

// 2024 · Q4

University of Stirling Innovation Park

Studio relocates to the Innovation Park, formalising the Scotland base.

// 2024 · Q1

Inkeep Launches · GDPR Audit Passes

First public release. First independent privacy audit concludes with zero findings.

// 2023 · Q3

App Store Direct Distribution

Studio transitions to first-party App Store publisher under Lunji Trading.

// 2022 · Q4

Studio Founded

Lunji Trading is incorporated as an independent R&D studio in the United Kingdom.