A small software studio

We make the things
we wish existed.

Founder Builds is a small software studio. Each product starts with a problem someone we know is actually living — and we don't ship until it fixes it.

The work

What we're working on

Faith

Armor

Software for the church

Live

A sister studio of Founder Builds focused entirely on the church. Armor builds tools that help pastors preach better, congregations grow deeper, and ministry teams stay connected — starting with Pulpit, which turns Sunday's sermon into a five-day devotional that walks with your people all week. Each product is built the same way the rest of Founder Builds works: pick a real problem in real ministry life, build the simplest version that helps, and stay close to the people using it. Visit the Armor home page to see everything we're building for the church.

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Education

Prepara

Adaptive test prep for college-bound students

Live

A test prep app for high school students preparing for the big college entrance exams — the SAT, ACT, and PSAT, with AP tests coming soon. Instead of a one-size-fits-all practice book, Prepara figures out what each student is good at and what they're struggling with, then gives them the questions that will actually help. It explains every answer the moment a student submits it, so they're never left wondering why they got something wrong. Built-in games and rewards keep teenagers actually opening the app, which turns out to be the hardest part of studying. The goal is simple: help students raise their scores without burning out or wasting time on material they already know.

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Education

College Matcher

Find the college that fits you

Live

A simpler way for high school students to find the college that fits them. Instead of digging through hundreds of school websites or trusting one of those national 'best colleges' lists, students answer a few questions about what matters to them — the size of the campus, the weather, the cost, the religious life, the sports, the overall feel — and the app shows them schools that actually match. They can save the ones they like and compare them side by side. Built for the high schooler trying to narrow down a long list, and the parent who wants to help without taking over the whole search.

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Consumer Health

MacroPeak

Healthy eating, made easy on campus

Beta Testing

A meal planning app for college students who want to eat well while living on campus. Every university has a dining hall with a daily menu — MacroPeak reads that menu and tells each student exactly what to put on their plate based on their fitness goals, food allergies, and personal preferences. Whether someone is trying to build muscle, lose weight, eat more protein, or just stop guessing at the salad bar, the app does the thinking for them. It updates the moment the menu changes, so the plan is always built around what's actually being served that day. Eating well at college finally stops being complicated.

Coming soon

Family

TaskKey

Phone time, earned in the real world

Beta Testing

A phone app for families where kids earn their screen time by doing things in the real world. Parents set the chores, homework, or habits they want their kids to do — like 'make your bed' or 'practice piano for twenty minutes.' When a kid finishes a task, they prove it with a quick photo or a timer, and their phone unlocks. Emergency calls, parents, and any apps the family marks as 'always allowed' (like a medical app) are never blocked, so safety is never on the table. The result is a calmer house: kids learn responsibility, parents stop nagging, and screen time stops being a daily argument.

Coming soon

About

Built by a founder, for the people using it.

Every project starts with someone we know living a real problem — a student staring at a dining hall menu, a junior preparing for the ACT, a pastor wondering if Sunday landed. We start there, and we work backward.

We pick a problem, build the smallest version that helps, and stay close to the people using it. When it works, we keep going.

Founder Builds, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company based in Fayetteville, Arkansas.