CanovaApps is a Lagos-based mobile studio. We take an idea from a sketch on a napkin to a polished, fast, accessible app on your home screen — from habits and parenting to learning and personal safety.
Our work
Apps that earn their place on your home screen.
In development · Owl App
Stay safe in Nigeria — together.
A comprehensive mobile safety platform for Nigeria. Real-time security tips, community incident reporting, emergency SOS with live evidence, and a private safety circle for friends and family.
- Real-time security tips, news & nearby incidents
- Emergency SOS with live location & evidence
- Friend & family safety circle
- Earn rewards for verified posts
How we work
Four principles, every project.
We’re a small studio by choice. That means each app gets the kind of taste, care, and engineering rigor large teams rarely afford to give.
- 01
Solve a real problem.
Every app starts with a person, a friction, and a moment we can change. We don’t ship features — we ship outcomes.
- 02
Design with restraint.
Quiet UI, generous typography, deliberate motion. The goal is clarity, not decoration. The user’s task always comes first.
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Engineer for the long run.
Native performance, offline-first thinking, accessibility by default, and code we’ll happily maintain three years from now.
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Privacy is a feature.
We collect what we need, store what we must, and never sell what isn’t ours. Trust is the product.
Have an idea?
Let’s build something people will keep on their home screen.
We take on a small number of client projects each year. If you have a problem worth solving with a beautifully made app, tell us about it.