About
Us
We build apps.habits.each other.
apps.habits.each other.
Air Apps creates simple, useful products that help millions of people solve everyday problems, save time, and focus on what matters most.
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The Beginning
It started with a question nobody had a good answer to.
In 2018, a small team in Lisbon sat around a table and asked a surprisingly simple question: Why is it so hard to do simple things on your phone?
Translate a menu in Tokyo. Scan a document. Split a bill. People do these things every day, yet the apps designed to help often felt more complicated than the task itself.
So we built something better. No venture capital. No boardroom opinions. Just a team that loved building, an obsession with simplicity, and Atlantic sunlight through the windows.
The Beginning
It started with a question nobody had a good answer to.
"Good software should feel like air. Simple, useful, and there when you need it."
"We didn't start Air Apps to build the most complicated technology. We started it to solve real problems for real people. That's still what drives us every day."
— Filipe & Janina, Co-Founders
What Drives Us
The idea never changed. Only the scale has.
Air Apps started with a simple belief. Technology should make life easier, not more complicated. That belief inspired our first product in Lisbon. It still shapes every decision we make today.
We've grown from a small team with big ideas into a company whose products are used by millions around the world. But the question we ask ourselves remains remarkably simple.
Will this genuinely help someone? If the answer is yes, we keep building.
What Drives Us
The idea never changed. Only the scale has.
Air Apps started with a simple belief. Technology should make life easier, not more complicated. That belief inspired our first product in Lisbon. It still shapes every decision we make today.
We've grown from a small team with big ideas into a company whose products are used by millions around the world. But the question we ask ourselves remains remarkably simple.
Will this genuinely help someone? If the answer is yes, we keep building.
What Drives Us
The idea never changed. Only the scale has.
Air Apps started with a simple belief. Technology should make life easier, not more complicated. That belief inspired our first product in Lisbon. It still shapes every decision we make today.
We've grown from a small team with big ideas into a company whose products are used by millions around the world. But the question we ask ourselves remains remarkably simple.
Will this genuinely help someone? If the answer is yes, we keep building.
What Drives Us
The idea never changed. Only the scale has.
Air Apps started with a simple belief. Technology should make life easier, not more complicated. That belief inspired our first product in Lisbon. It still shapes every decision we make today.
We've grown from a small team with big ideas into a company whose products are used by millions around the world. But the question we ask ourselves remains remarkably simple.
Will this genuinely help someone? If the answer is yes, we keep building.
Our Vision
Our ambition is big. We want to build the world's most trusted collection of everyday apps and become the biggest app publisher on the planet.
But ambition only matters if it serves a purpose. For us, that purpose is making people's lives easier. Today, tomorrow, and thirty years from now.
Our ambition is big. We want to build the world's most trusted collection of everyday apps and become the biggest app publisher on the planet.
But ambition only matters if it serves a purpose. For us, that purpose is making people's lives easier. Today, tomorrow, and thirty years from now.
Our Vision
Our ambition is big. We want to build the world's most trusted collection of everyday apps and become the biggest app publisher on the planet.
But ambition only matters if it serves a purpose. For us, that purpose is making people's lives easier. Today, tomorrow, and thirty years from now.
Our principles
Customer Obsession
Customer Obsession
If people aren't delighted, we're not done.
If people aren't delighted, we're not done.
Highest Standards
Highest Standards
Good enough rarely changes anything.
Good enough rarely changes anything.
Ownership
Ownership
Everyone contributes. Everyone takes responsibility.
Everyone contributes. Everyone takes responsibility.
Our Principles
Customer Obsession
Customer Obsession
If people aren't delighted, we're not done.
If people aren't delighted, we're not done.
Highest Standards
Highest Standards
Good enough rarely changes anything.
Good enough rarely changes anything.
Ownership
Ownership
Everyone contributes. Everyone takes responsibility.
Everyone contributes. Everyone takes responsibility.
"We didn't start Air Apps to build the most complicated technology. We started it to solve real problems for real people. That's still what drives us every day."
"Good software should feel like air. Simple, useful, and there when you need it."
— Filipe & Janina, Co-Founders
What We Stand For
Three promises we intend to keep forever.
From a small team in Lisbon to offices in San Francisco, the journey has exceeded every expectation we had. More than 100 million downloads later, it still feels a little unreal.
Keep it simple.
We do not add features to look impressive on a spec sheet. We cut, question, and cut again until using our apps feels completely obvious.
Keep it simple.
We do not add features to look impressive on a spec sheet. We cut, question, and cut again until using our apps feels completely obvious.
Keep it private.
We have never sold user data. We never will. In a world where most apps treat attention as inventory, we would rather be the one people trust and keep opening.
Keep it private.
We have never sold user data. We never will. In a world where most apps treat attention as inventory, we would rather be the one people trust and keep opening.
Keep it ours.
Every app in our portfolio, from Translate Now to Calculator Air to VPN Air, was designed and built by our own team. When something breaks, we fix it.
Keep it ours.
Every app in our portfolio, from Translate Now to Calculator Air to VPN Air, was designed and built by our own team. When something breaks, we fix it.
What We Stand For
Three promises we intend to keep forever.
From a small team in Lisbon to offices in San Francisco, the journey has exceeded every expectation we had. More than 100 million downloads later, it still feels a little unreal.
Keep it simple.
We do not add features to look impressive on a spec sheet. We cut, question, and cut again until using our apps feels completely obvious.
Keep it private.
We have never sold user data. We never will. In a world where most apps treat attention as inventory, we would rather be the one people trust and keep opening.
Keep it ours.
Every app in our portfolio, from Translate Now to Calculator Air to VPN Air, was designed and built by our own team. When something breaks, we fix it.
Where We Work
Two cities. One way of building.
Air Apps was born in Lisbon. In 2025 we opened the Air Hub in San Francisco, planting our flag right in the heart of the world's most competitive tech ecosystem. Two offices, two time zones, one shared mission.
Where it all started.
Lisbon, Portugal
Our original home and the city where the first apps were built. With year-round sunshine, ocean air, and a pace that leaves room for deep thinking, Lisbon continues to shape how we build and who we are.
Where it all started.
Lisbon, Portugal
Our original home and the city where the first apps were built. With year-round sunshine, ocean air, and a pace that leaves room for deep thinking, Lisbon continues to shape how we build and who we are.
The Air Hub.
San Francisco, USA
Opened in 2025, the Air Hub became our second home and a natural next chapter in the Air Apps story. Surrounded by greenery and views of the Golden Gate Bridge, it offers the perfect balance of inspiration, collaboration, and ambition.
The Air Hub.
San Francisco, USA
Opened in 2025, the Air Hub became our second home and a natural next chapter in the Air Apps story. Surrounded by greenery and views of the Golden Gate Bridge, it offers the perfect balance of inspiration, collaboration, and ambition.
Life at Air Apps
Build things you're proud of.
Then go live a life worth building for.
Build things you're proud of. Then go live a life worth building for.
Air Adventures
Every month, we close our laptops and go somewhere.
The Air Apps Conference
Once a year, every person at Air Apps gets on a plane. We gather in one place, share what we have built, plan what comes next, and give everyone the chance to put a face to the Slack username. It is the week the team becomes a family all over again.
Cancun - 2024
Las Vegas - 2025
Colorado - 2026
Las Vegas - 2025
Las Vegas - 2025
Colorado - 2026
Colorado - 2025
Air Health
We traded junk food for better habits.
This year, Air Apps made a collective decision to feel better. Not a wellness initiative with a landing page nobody reads. An actual, lived commitment that showed up in morning routines, lunch choices, and how we approach the workday.
Running before work. Yoga during breaks. Choosing healthier meals. Drinking more water. Getting proper rest. Both offices leaned in, the run clubs started getting competitive, and somewhere along the way, feeling good became part of how we work.
Yoga Sessions Logged
176 Sessions, Goal 200
Team Steps this month
2.4M Steps, Goal: 3M
Junk Food Days
Down 88% from last year
Yoga Sessions Logged
176 Sessions, Goal 200
Team Steps this month
2.4M Steps, Goal: 3M
Junk Food Days
Down 88% from last year
Yoga Sessions Logged
176 Sessions, Goal 200
Team Steps this month
2.4M Steps, Goal: 3M
Junk Food Days
Down 88% from last year
Where We Are Headed
A personal toolkit for how life actually works.
The phone in your pocket is one of the most powerful tools ever created. We think it can do more than most apps ask of it.
That's why we're building an ecosystem of mobile and web products that work together to help people learn, create, stay healthy, stay organized, and make better use of their time.
We're building toward that future one product at a time.
Where We Are Headed
A personal toolkit for how life actually works.
The phone in your pocket is one of the most powerful tools ever created. We think it can do more than most apps ask of it.
That's why we're building an ecosystem of mobile and web products that work together to help people learn, create, stay healthy, stay organized, and make better use of their time.
We're building toward that future one product at a time.
Where We Work
Two cities. One way of building.
Once a year, every person at Air Apps gets on a plane. We gather in one place, share what we have built, plan what comes next, and give everyone the chance to put a face to the Slack username. It is the week the team becomes a family all over again.
Where it all started.
Lisbon, Portugal
Our original home and the city where the first apps were built. With year-round sunshine, ocean air, and a pace that leaves room for deep thinking, Lisbon continues to shape how we build and who we are.
The Air Hub.
San Francisco, USA
Opened in 2025, the Air Hub became our second home and a natural next chapter in the Air Apps story. Surrounded by greenery and views of the Golden Gate Bridge, it offers the perfect balance of inspiration, collaboration, and ambition.