About
Small, focused software for specific jobs.
Kaizen Apps develops mobile apps and digital tools. Each one is built to do a single job clearly, for the people who need that job done.
What we build
The portfolio serves professionals and consumers alike. Some apps are working tools: pricing a notary appointment, calculating a nursing shift, underwriting a self-storage facility, sizing a water heater or keeping the daily log for a small water system. Others help with everyday life at home: a baby’s nap times, the dates on food in the fridge, a holiday dinner and a daily meditation practice.
These products don’t share a market. What they share is an approach: find a specific problem, understand it properly, and build the smallest tool that solves it well.
Why focused
An app that tries to do everything usually does most of it poorly. Keeping each product narrow means it can be quick to learn, easy to trust and honest about its limits. When a calculation is an estimate, the app says so; when a question needs a professional, the app says that too.
How the products are published
Every app has its own dedicated website. That website is the best place for details, guides and free web tools, and it is where support and privacy information for the app lives. This site is the portfolio that brings them together.
Released apps are distributed through the Apple App Store. When a product becomes available on another platform, its store listing is added to the app’s page here.
The name
Kaizen is a Japanese word usually translated as “continuous improvement”. It describes how we like to work: release something useful, then keep making it better in small steps.
Who operates Kaizen Apps
Kaizen Apps is the software and digital products portfolio operated by Kaizen Properties LLC. The parent organization, Kaizen Properties, is at kaizenpropertiesgroup.com. Publisher details are on the developer page.
The portfolio
Mobile Notary Fee CalculatorQuotes mobile notary jobs and loan signings with travel, printing and add-ons, and checks notarial fees against state maximums.
AvailableUtilities · Business
Newborn Sleep: Wake WindowTracks your baby's awake time and shows when the next nap window opens, with an optional reminder before it does.
AvailableHealth & Fitness · Lifestyle
Nurse Pay: Shift CalculatorWorks out what a nursing shift pays, with differentials, overtime, holiday premiums and unpaid breaks.
AvailableFinance · Utilities
FreshScan: Food ExpirationReads the date printed on food packaging, sorts what to eat first and reminds you before the date passes.
Coming soonFood & Drink · Utilities
- Self Storage Calculator
Underwriting for self-storage buyers: rent roll, NOI, lease-up, debt and returns, through to an investment memo.
Coming soonBusiness · Finance
Buddhism: Daily DharmaA daily practice: a passage from the early Buddhist texts, a timed sit, one thing to try and one question for the evening.
Coming soonHealth & Fitness · Lifestyle
Water Heater Sizing CalculatorSizes tank water heaters by First Hour Rating and tankless units by flow at your temperature rise, showing the math.
Coming soonUtilities · Business
Water System LogbookKeeps the daily round for small water systems: chlorine, meter and pump readings, checked as you enter them, with PDF and CSV reports.
Coming soonBusiness · Utilities
Holiday Dinner PlannerWorks backward from dinner time to one kitchen timeline, so every dish is ready together.
Coming soonFood & Drink