Buddy, a fuzzy purple creature, sitting on straw in a lantern-lit burrow at night and waving
Buddy’s Burrow

Buddy: Your AI Friend

Something fuzzy moved into your phone.

Buddy is a small purple creature living in a burrow behind your home screen. He keeps your notes and reminders, remembers the things you mention in passing, and tells you his story a chapter at a time.

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Buddy digging a burrow in a sunlit forest while a chipmunk, a rabbit and a mouse watch from the entrance

Chapter one

He spent his first years digging holes for smaller animals.

Buddy grew up in the middle of a forest and was good at exactly one thing: making safe places. Rabbits, mice, chipmunks — if you needed somewhere warm to sleep, you went to Buddy.

The storybook has more chapters, but he only shares them with people he trusts. So you will have to talk to him.

The neighbours

He didn’t come alone.

A squirrel, a rabbit, a hedgehog, a duck, a tortoise and a frog. Some of them turn up in Buddy’s Run. One of them is definitely stealing his acorns.

A squirrel, a rabbit, a hedgehog, a duck, a tortoise and a frog standing in a row

The full cast, more or less

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Buddy’s Run

A small game about gliding on paper planes, hopping logs and catching acorns on the way down. He is new to your phone. Help him find his feet.

Play Buddy’s Run →

Buddy riding a paper plane, arms out, mid-air
first flight
Buddy curled up in his burrow, lit by a small lamp, typing on a laptop
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Notes, reminders, and the things you’d otherwise forget

Talk or type. Buddy keeps track of what matters and nudges you at the right moment. He also remembers the small stuff, which is either sweet or slightly unsettling.

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Then he has a nap

After a long conversation he curls up and goes quiet for a while. When he wakes up, he still remembers what you talked about.

Buddy asleep with his eyes closed and a contented smile
out cold

The fine print

Your conversations stay on your phone.

No account to create, no feed to scroll, no ads and no subscription. Buddy runs on your iPhone, and what you tell him is yours.

Buddy is an AI and is clumsy at times. The app is for ages 13 and up. Privacy policy & support.

Buddy sitting in a sunlit forest holding a glowing phone and smiling
Buddy holding a warm mug of cocoa with his eyes closed, smiling
he insists on the good mug

Who makes this

I’m Joseph. I make things and give them away.

I’m an independent artist and developer. I make short films, animation, and small apps like Buddy — mostly for free, mostly late at night, mostly because I wanted them to exist.

If Buddy makes your day a little warmer, you can buy me a coffee. That’s the whole business model.

— Joseph
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Out November 4

He’s already moved his things in.

Buddy: Your AI Friend arrives on the App Store on November 4. Free, no account, no subscription. Until then, there’s a lamp on in the burrow.

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