GooseByte
GooseByte is an independent software development studio creating practical apps and exploring how technology, AI, health, and security can be brought together to improve everyday life.
Mobile Apps
SKERP
Think you know everything? SKERP is an Afrikaans trivia game with more than 1,300 questions covering general knowledge, science, geography, history, idioms, proverbs, sayings, and a little math. Play on your own or compare your knowledge on the global rankings.
Breathe It Out
Breathe It Out is a simple breathing and wellbeing app featuring four breathing exercises. It includes 4-7-8 breathing, box breathing, coherent breathing, and Tummo breathing, with exercises designed to support relaxation, focus, stress reduction, and overall wellbeing.
AI, Health & Security
One of the areas GooseByte is exploring is the use of artificial intelligence to help people live more safely and independently.
As populations age and more people live alone, there is an opportunity for technology to provide an additional layer of support around both health and personal security.
Our interest is particularly focused on privacy-preserving systems where AI can process information locally on a device rather than continuously sending personal audio or video to the cloud.
Potential applications include:
- AI-assisted detection of potential health and medical concerns
- Identifying signs of distress or calls for help
- Detecting falls or unusual inactivity
- Monitoring for suspicious activity around the home
- Alerting family members or caregivers when intervention may be required
- Providing technology that supports independence while respecting privacy
The challenge is not simply building intelligent systems, but making them useful, affordable, reliable, privacy-conscious, and worthy of people's trust.
For GooseByte, one of the most interesting possibilities of AI is not replacing people, but augmenting care, independence, health, and security while preserving human dignity.
The future of AI isn't only about making us more productive.
It can also help us live safer, healthier, and more independent lives.