A family of Chardie apps
The alo family is a series of small iOS apps that do one thing properly — without ads, without subscriptions, without watching what you do. One payment, where there's a payment at all. Yours forever.
One app today. More on the way.
Available now · iPhone
Twenty classic board games. Chess, Backgammon, Go, Hnefatafl, Senet and more — each hand-crafted with real wood textures and a working AI.
Coming next
Same philosophy. Different shape. We're working on the next one quietly — when it's ready, it lands here.
A handful of rules every app in this family follows.
No subscriptions. No ads. No "season passes". Where there's a price, it's one payment and the app is yours.
Each alo app picks a small space and does it well — instead of doing twenty things badly to chase install numbers.
No notifications begging for attention. No "engagement loops". A tool you reach for, not one that reaches for you.
Your data stays on your phone unless you opt in to something specific (like Game Center for online play). No analytics SDKs anywhere.
Real textures, considered typography, honest animations. The opposite of clip-art tile assets.
Flights, trains, waiting rooms. An alo app should work whether you have a signal or not.
Boardalo — twenty hand-crafted classic board games for iPhone. Three free, seventeen unlocked with a single tap.
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