Modern tools, human ends
We build with the newest tools in software — AI-assisted development, modern cloud infrastructure, open standards. Not for their own sake, but because they let a tiny team ship what used to take a whole company.
Independent software, made on the east coast of Australia
Software that makes the world a little better.
We're a small independent studio on the east coast of Australia. We take the newest tools in software and point them at things that improve people's lives — starting with how friends stay in touch.
On the shelf
The ideas we build from.
- Design for Good
- Community
- Ethical Tech
- A Brighter Internet
- Good Apps
- Bright People
- Better Days
- Small Joys
- Bigger Tomorrow
On your side, always
No ads, no trackers, no algorithm deciding what you see. If a product can't be honest about how it works and who it works for, we don't ship it.
Small on purpose
One developer, no investors, no exit to optimise for. We answer to the people who use what we make — and to nobody else.
What we make
One app so far. We're taking our time getting it right.
Our first app · In beta
Friends Without Ads
A quiet, chronological feed with the people you actually know. No one selling your attention, no algorithm deciding what you see, and a feed that ends when you're caught up.
- No ads
- No algorithm
- No trackers
- Free while in beta
About Jonestopia
A company of one, on the east coast of Australia.
Hi, I'm Tim. Jonestopia Pty Ltd is the Australian company I set up to build software the way I think it should be built: with the newest tools available, in the service of people rather than advertisers.
It's a company of one, and it's not venture-backed — so there's no exit to optimise for, just people to look after. Friends Without Ads is the first thing we've made. It won't be the last.
— Tim, founder