Seven
and Done.
Simple apps, paid for once.
Somewhere right now, someone is paying $7.99 a week to delete duplicate photos from their own phone. That’s $415 a year, for work their phone does by itself.
We think that’s absurd. So here’s the deal.
SEVEN AND DONE
RECEIPT No. 0001 · 09 NOV 2026
- 1 × app$7.00
- Trial, 7 days$0.00
- Subscriptionnone
- Weekly feenone
- Auto-renewnever
- Updates, every 7 mo.incl.
TOTAL$7.00
Paid once. Yours to keep.
The going rate
What the top apps in a few very simple categories charge today.
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$7.99/ week
to clean duplicate photos off your own phone
$415 a year
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$14.99/ week
to turn a photo of a page into a PDF
$779 a year
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$6.99/ week
to change the channel on your TV
$363 a year
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$14.95
to unlock a QR code reader
your camera reads them free
Prices listed on the US App Store, checked 9 November 2026. Weekly plans × 52 weeks.
The Sevens
And the fine print, in the same size type.
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apps
We start with seven small apps, each one replacing something that charges you rent.
Fine print
Seven is where we start, not where we stop. The line grows for as long as there are subscriptions worth retiring.
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engineering days
Each app is scoped to about seven days of engineering. Small on purpose, and done when it does its job.
Fine print
It’s a measure of effort, not a stopwatch. One app takes three, another takes ten. Seven is the budget we scope to, and the build log says when we go over.
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day trial
Use the whole app free for a week. When the week ends, it asks. It never bills you on its own.
Fine print
The clock starts when you install. There’s no sign-up to start it, no card up front, and no charge at the end you didn’t choose.
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once
Pay once, keep it. No subscriptions, no weekly fees, no “Pro” tier waiting behind the paywall.
Fine print
$7 is the US price. Where seven of your currency is worth more, it’s that: €7, £7. Where $7 is a lot of money, it costs less.
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month updates
Every app gets at least one update every seven months, for as long as we’re around.
Fine print
The cycle is for chores: new OS versions, toolchain updates, the dull work that keeps an app alive. Critical bugs and security fixes ship when they’re found, not when the calendar says. New features are a bonus, and supporters can help fund them. Whatever they fund ships to everyone who owns the app.
Done means done
Each app does its one job well, then stops growing. Here’s what none of them will ever have.
- No subscriptions. Not weekly, not yearly, not “optional”.
- No ads. You paid. That’s the business model.
- No accounts. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into.
- No servers. Everything runs on your phone, so there’s nothing for us to bill you monthly for.
- No tracking. No analytics, no third-party code. The apps collect nothing.
- No second paywall. $7 buys the whole app, not the right to see the next price.
The first seven
A shortlist, picked by how much the worst offenders charge and how many people pay it. Each still has to pass the seven-day test.
- No. 1
Cleaner
Clear duplicate photos, near-duplicates and giant videos.
vetting - No. 2
Scanner
Pages to clean PDFs, with text you can search.
vetting - No. 3
QR
Read and make QR codes, with a history you can find again.
vetting - No. 4
Remote
Your TV, from your phone, over your own Wi-Fi.
vetting - No. 5
Ringtones
Make your own from any audio you have.
vetting - No. 6
Recorder
Record and transcribe, entirely on your phone.
vetting - No. 7
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Still deciding.
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