Two apps out of the lab, into orbit, and onto your phone.
Cleared for takeout.
SupperBoard on the 19th, SPOT on the 21st. Both free to download.
gas·tro·naut /ˈɡas.trə.nɔːt/ · noun
An explorer with an appetite.
gastro, for the food and the taste and the good stuff. astronaut, which really just means explorer, the star-sailor, the one who ventures out to see what's there. Put them together and you get us. People hungry to explore.
The appetite of a kitchen diva. The nerve of an explorer. One very good companion.
That's Plateo.
(He leaves the space helmet at home when he rides along with SPOT.)
An independent studio for iPhone and iPad. We build a small number of apps deeply, the ones we'd want on our own devices, and sweat them to the last detail. We start with food and travel, with room to roam.
Design and engineering under one roof. Native craft for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The tools we want on our own devices, nothing outsourced.
A tiny counter for smoky noodles after midnight. The right detour on a first trip. We go deep on eating and exploring, and stay curious about what's next.
Curated relevance over endless feeds. We lead with taste, context, and human curiosity.
First we wish it existed.
Then we build it.
Every Gastronaut Labs app starts as a selfish wish. A tool we want on our own devices when we're hungry, curious, and standing in a new city with an evening to fill. If it doesn't exist yet, that's the whole reason to build it.
The first one we shipped is SPOT, a taste-first planner that turns a vibe into a real night out or trip, built around what you actually like. We made it because we wanted it. Then the next idea showed up, and the one after that.
So the wishing became a studio. Gastronaut Labs designs and builds apps in-house for iPhone and iPad, for people who plan their lives around what's worth tasting, seeing, and sharing. We start with food and travel, and follow our curiosity from there. The rule stays simple: if we wouldn't reach for it every week, we don't ship it.
The apps we want to use. Explore with taste.
The filters behind every app and every decision at Gastronaut Labs.
Curated relevance beats endless choice.
Why a place matters is as useful as its score.
Playfulness should make the next move easier.
Celebrate specificity without turning culture into content.
The shelf, the way we would build the App Store. Tap an app for the quick overview, then step into its own world.
Gastronaut Labs makes discovery feel personal, playful, and possible.
We build the apps we want to use. If there's one you keep wishing someone would make, send it over. The good ones become real.
Shape the scope one step at a time, and we will send a tailored proposal with exact pricing.