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Writing about Steamboat Software?

Everything you need to cover the studio and its apps: descriptions you can use as they are, key facts, logos, screenshots and brand colors.

About

Descriptions you can use

Copy either version as it is. Please keep the app names as written: HeyGroop, KinectedCare and MapMend are each one word.

Short (about 40 words)

Steamboat Software is an independent software studio, hyper-focused on agility and speed of execution. It builds Ultra-Private mobile apps — HeyGroop, KinectedCare and MapMend — with no ads, no data harvesting, and no selling of user information.

Long

Steamboat Software is an independent software studio founded by Larry Luke. The company was imagined on a chairlift at Steamboat Ski Resort, with a simple idea: build a fully decentralized software company on cloud-scale infrastructure that could be run from anywhere.

Today a small, ultra-agile team combines sound software architecture, cloud platforms and AI to ship polished mobile apps for iOS and Android. Every app follows the same Ultra-Private standard: no ads, no data harvesting, and no selling of user information. The studio’s apps are HeyGroop, a group-decision app; KinectedCare, a privacy-first family caregiving app; and MapMend, a travel companion shipping soon.

Key facts

At a glance

Company
Steamboat Software LLC
Founder
Larry Luke
What we do
Independent mobile app studio
Apps
HeyGroop and KinectedCare (available); MapMend (shipping soon)
Platforms
iOS and Android
Standard
Ultra-Private: no ads, no data harvesting, no selling of user information
Website
steamboatsoftware.com
The apps

Three apps, one standard

HeyGroop®

Decide Together. Faster.

A group-decision app that helps an ad-hoc group close a decision — where to eat, when to leave, who’s driving — that would otherwise get lost in a noisy group thread.

heygroop.com · App Store · Google Play

KinectedCare™

Support a parent’s independence, together.

A privacy-first family caregiving app. A HELP button on the phone and the watch alerts the whole care team at once, and free care coordination keeps the family in sync.

kinectedcare.com · App Store · Google Play

MapMend™

Maps get you there. MapMend gets you ready.

A travel companion that combines live traffic, driving weather and your calendar into one clear picture of your day. MapMend 1.0 is shipping soon.

mapmend.com

Story angles

What makes this worth a story

A few directions we’re happy to talk about. Ask for the one that fits your readers.

01

Apps without the ad model

Ultra-Private apps that don’t show ads, harvest data or sell information, and earn from apps people choose to pay for.

02

An ultra-agile indie studio

A small, decentralized team using cloud platforms and AI to ship several polished apps at the speed of an idea.

03

Born on a chairlift

A company imagined at a ski resort, built to be run from anywhere, from the lift to the lodge.

Brand assets

Logos, colors and type

Steamboat Software logo

Steamboat Software logo mark in blue and gray

For light backgrounds: SVG · PNG

Steamboat Software logo mark for dark backgrounds

For dark backgrounds: SVG · PNG

Colors

Steamboat Blue
#1F2A59
Steamboat Sky
#005DAA
Steamboat Green
#C8F146
Steamboat Gray
#808080
Steamboat Lite Gray
#DCDCDC

Typefaces

Roboto for headlines and Montserrat for body copy, both from Google Fonts.

Please

  • Use the logo files as provided: don’t recolor, stretch, rotate or add effects.
  • Write our names as: Steamboat Software, HeyGroop, KinectedCare, MapMend.
  • HeyGroop is a registered trademark; KinectedCare, MapMend, Plan For The Go and Ultra-Private are trademarks of Steamboat Software.

App marks and screenshots

HeyGroop logo (SVG) · KinectedCare logo (SVG) · MapMend icon (PNG) · MapMend screenshot (PNG)

Press inquiries

Review copies, interviews, higher-resolution assets: send us a note and tell us what you’re working on.

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