benchbay.
OUR APPS
INDEPENDENT APP STUDIO / BENCHBAY

We build apps
that solve one
thing well.

benchbay makes small, focused apps for real-world problems. Our first app, showhands, makes live polls and quizzes easy in any class or meeting.
See our first app ↗Try showhands ↗
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SHOWHANDS / LIVE✳showhands ↗
PRONTO / LIVE✳pronto ↗
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FIRST APP / 001 ● LIVEshowhandsLive polls + quizzes.
AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE OF SMALL IDEAS
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01 / OUR FIRST APP

Meet showhands

LIVE POLLS FOR CLASSES AND MEETINGS
● LIVE PRODUCT / SHOWHANDS.APP

Ask the room.
See every answer.

Running a class, training session or meeting? Put a short code on screen. Everyone joins from their phone browser and answers a live poll or quiz. No app install or account for participants.

EXAMPLE / IN A TRAINING SESSION"Which topic should we cover next?"Participants vote on their phones. Results appear on your screen as they come in.
Try showhands ↗
ACTUAL SHOWHANDS WEBSITEScreenshot of the showhands website showing a live poll with participant answersSCREENSHOT FROM SHOWHANDS.APP / VISIT FOR THE LIVE PRODUCT
02 / OUR SECOND APP

Meet pronto

A PERSONAL AGENT IN TELEGRAM
● PRIVATE PREVIEW / HEYPRONTO.APP

Tell it the errand.
It gets on with it.

pronto is a personal agent in your Telegram. Tell it the errand in your own words. It reads the right email, checks your calendar or opens the website in its own browser, and reports back. It always asks before anything that costs money or can't be undone.

EXAMPLE / ONE MESSAGE IN TELEGRAM"Check me in for my next flight and send me the boarding pass"pronto waits for check-in to open, picks the seat with you and sends the boarding pass back in the chat.
Open pronto ↗
ACTUAL PRONTO WEBSITEScreenshot of the pronto website showing a Telegram chat handling a flight check-inSCREENSHOT FROM HEYPRONTO.APP / VISIT FOR THE LIVE PRODUCT
01 / SHOWHANDS LIVE02 / PRONTO PRIVATE PREVIEW03 / NEXT APP COMING SOON
03 / THE IDEA

One problem.
One useful app.

We find everyday problems and build focused tools to solve them. Showhands is the first. More apps will join the bench as they are ready.

01 / FIND A SIGNAL✧

Find a problem people actually have.

02 / MAKE IT REAL◇

Build a focused app that solves it.

03 / LET IT LIVE✳

Put it in people’s hands. Improve it.

benchbay / THE WORKBENCH IS NEVER FINISHED↓ MORE TO COME