The Apex Product Family EST. 2025 · INDIE STUDIO

Tools that level the field for the rest of us.

bigSIMPLE is an indie software studio building AI-powered products for independent professionals and small businesses — capabilities once reserved for those who could afford expensive advisors.

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Manifesto · 2025

A freelancer shouldn't need a lawyer to read an NDA. A mover shouldn't lose jobs to bigger companies with sales teams. A music fan shouldn't need an algorithm to tell them what to love. We build focused, well-crafted products that solve one real problem each and solve it thoroughly.

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bigSIMPLE Development — indie software studio. We believe expertise should be accessible. We build with care, ship to real users, iterate fast, and stay small on purpose.
The Apex Product Family

Four products. Four industries. One mission.

Every Apex product solves one real problem for one real audience. Hover or tap a cell to see what we're building — and where we're heading next.

ApexDepths — Music LIVE D ApexDepths Music ApexAcumen — Legal AI LIVE A ApexAcumen Legal AI ApexLeads — Sales AI — Coming soon SOON L ApexLeads Sales AI ApexWander — Activity AI LIVE W ApexWander Activity AI
Legal AI

ApexAcumen

"Understand what you're signing."

AI-powered legal document and insurance policy analysis for freelancers, contractors, and small business owners who regularly sign contracts but can't afford legal counsel. Clause-level risk scoring — not just summaries.

Sales AI

ApexLeads

"Warm leads before your competitors know."

An AI agent platform that monitors public data sources for intent signals and delivers pre-enriched, scored leads to independent trade contractors before the homeowner even starts searching.

Music

ApexDepths

"Explore music on your own terms."

A music curation app where you build depth profiles — curated collections of genres and artists each assigned a personal depth score (0–100). Go as deep as you want into the catalogs that matter, and no deeper into the ones that don't.

Activity AI

ApexWander

"Stop wondering. Start wandering."

AI-powered local activity discovery for couples and individuals who want spontaneous, personalized suggestions for things to do — without the friction of searching.

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01 / 04 · Legal AI

ApexAcumen

"Understand what you're signing."

AI-powered legal document and insurance policy analysis for freelancers, contractors, and small business owners who regularly sign contracts but can't afford legal counsel. Clause-level risk scoring — not just summaries.

  • 01Upload PDF or DOCX contracts
  • 02Clause-by-clause risk scoring (1–10)
  • 03Plain-English explanations & rewrite suggestions
  • 04AI-powered document Q&A
  • 05Freelance, NDA, lease, employment & insurance support
  • 06Insurance policy analysis for personal contractors
FreelancersContractorsSmall BusinessLandlordsIndependent Contractors
acumen.bigsimple.dev/contracts/saas-msa.pdf
02.1
Termination for convenience by Provider
HIGH
03.4
Unlimited liability for IP infringement
HIGH
04.2
Net-60 payment terms
MED
05.1
Standard non-compete (12mo)
MED
06.0
Standard mutual NDA terms
LOW
Acumen · AI Note Clause 03.4 exposes you to uncapped IP indemnification. Most agreements cap this at 1–2× fees paid. Consider proposing a cap.
02 / 04 · Sales AI

ApexLeads

"Warm leads before your competitors know."

An AI agent platform that monitors public data sources for intent signals and delivers pre-enriched, scored leads to independent trade contractors before the homeowner even starts searching.

  • 01Real estate & permit data signal detection
  • 02Claude AI lead enrichment & urgency scoring
  • 03SMS & email delivery via Twilio & SendGrid
  • 04Geography & trade-type targeting
  • 05Exclusive lead claims — not shared
MoversPlumbersRoofersHVAC
leads.bigsimple.dev/inbox
NEW · 4m agoEXCLUSIVE
Hartman residence
Permit filed: roof replacement · 1.2 mi
9
URG
12m agoEXCLUSIVE
Park Hill estate sale
Listed; close-out move likely Jul 18
8
URG
28m agoEXCLUSIVE
Ortega family
HVAC failure; SMS to provider
9
URG
1h agoEXCLUSIVE
Ridgemont LLC
New lease at 4500 sqft warehouse
6
URG
03 / 04 · Music

ApexDepths

"Explore music on your own terms."

A music curation app where you build depth profiles — curated collections of genres and artists each assigned a personal depth score (0–100). Go as deep as you want into the catalogs that matter, and no deeper into the ones that don't.

  • 01Named depth profiles for different moods
  • 02Per-artist & per-genre depth scores (0–100)
  • 03Smart catalog exploration via MusicBrainz
  • 04Taste depth — not just access
Music FansCollectorsExplorers
depths.bigsimple.dev/profile/late-night
Late Night Drone Sunday Coffee Drive Home + New profile
Brian Eno
92
Tim Hecker
87
Stars of the Lid
81
Grouper
74
Kali Malone
68
Hiroshi Yoshimura
55
04 / 04 · Activity AI

ApexWander

"Stop wondering. Start wandering."

AI-powered local activity discovery for couples and individuals who want spontaneous, personalized suggestions for things to do — without the friction of searching.

  • 01Swipe-based activity discovery
  • 02AI preference learning from swipe history
  • 03Couple & group match modes
  • 04Natural language Wander Requests
  • 05Auto-location — no manual search
CouplesExplorersPlanners
wander.bigsimple.dev/discover
Activity image
Twilight pottery class
7:00 PM · 0.8 MI · $35
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Rooftop tasting menu
8:30 PM · 1.4 MI · $75
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Glassblowing studio
6:00 PM · 2.1 MI · $45
Who we are

Expertise should be accessible.

bigSIMPLE is an indie software studio building the Apex product family — a suite of AI-powered tools designed for people who've been priced out of professional advice.

We build tools we wished existed. Tools that level the field for the people doing the work — not the people advising them.

01

Built for real people

Independent contractors, gig workers, small landlords, music lovers. Not enterprise IT.

02

AI as a force multiplier

Large language models deliver insight that previously required expensive professionals — at a fraction of the cost.

03

Focused & iterative

Tight MVPs, real users, fast loops. No bloat, no feature creep — just products that work.

How we build

One stack. Four products.

Every Apex product is built on the same proven foundation — so we move fast, stay consistent, and ship reliable software.

ClaudeTypeScriptPostgreSQLIonic CapacitorStripeTwilioSendGrid RedisBullMQAngularMongoDB ExpressZodJWT ClaudeTypeScriptPostgreSQLIonic CapacitorStripeTwilioSendGrid RedisBullMQAngularMongoDB ExpressZodJWT
AI / ML

Claude as the engine

Claude (Anthropic) powers our analysis pipelines, behind a clean abstraction so we can swap providers without touching callers.

Claude SonnetBullMQVector search
Backend

Strict TypeScript APIs

Node.js + TypeScript in strict mode. Express for routing, Zod for validation, PostgreSQL or MongoDB depending on shape.

Node.jsTypeScriptExpressZod
Frontend

Mobile-first PWAs

Ionic + Angular PWAs that compile to native iOS and Android via Capacitor. One codebase covers web, iOS, and Android.

AngularIonicCapacitor
Data

Right tool, right job

PostgreSQL with JSONB for structured data and analysis results. MongoDB for documents. Redis for job queues via BullMQ.

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedis
Comms

Billing & delivery

Stripe for subscriptions and per-action fees. Twilio for SMS, SendGrid and Resend for transactional email — webhooks signature-verified.

StripeTwilioSendGrid
Security

Built in from day one

JWT auth, bcrypt passwords, MIME-type validation for uploads, parameterized SQL, ownership checks on every query.

JWTBcryptGDPR
Signals

Where we're at, right now.

We're a small studio. We tell you exactly where things stand — always.

Live products
03
ApexAcumen, ApexDepths, and ApexWander are shipping to real users today.
In development
01
ApexLeads — launching soon. Get on the early list.
Industries served
04
Legal, sales, music, activities. More to come.
Time to value
<60s
From first visit to first analysis. We don't waste your time.
Get in touch

Building something we should know about? Or just want to say hi?

Whether you want early access to an Apex product, have a partnership idea, or just want to say hello — we'd love to hear from you.