Who are we?
We are a software company based in Portland, Oregon. We build apps. Our focus is on solutions for small businesses (but we sometimes make other things as well). Our products help our customers to do more with less and spend less time doing it. We strongly believe that our customers own their data, and customer privacy and control over their data is part of our core values.
The founders of Procyon Business Logic are neurodivergent individuals, and this perspective informs our products. A neurodiverse perspective means embracing the reality that individuals think differently. This means that problems should be looked at from different perspectives, and our products incorporate this flexibility.
We have a combined 50 years of experience building websites and software applications. This experience ranges from small hobby websites to large open source projects and complex excel spreadsheets. With Procyon Business Logic, our focus is on using this experience to build powerful tools that solve practical problems.
Our Values
We strongly believe that we have a duty to ensure the privacy and the security of our customers' data, and we will take every step possible to ensure that our customers' maintain full control over their data. We will never seek to profit from our customers' data. Our customers will always have access to tools to export their data from our products.
“Easy things should be simple. Complex things should be intuitive. Routine activities should be painless. There should be no surprises. We support the customer, and their data is their own.” Is our guiding mantra.
Our Products
Wrist News Reader
is a news reader for the Apple Watch that can be used without an iPhone. It includes a news discovery service, RSS support, bookmarking, and more.
Busy Books
(in development) will be an application for Mac OS and iPad OS that provides bookkeeping and accounting software for small businesses. It will provide expense and income entry, budgeting, reporting, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is "procyon" pronounced?
The best way to describe it would be to say pro-sea-on.
What is a "procyon"?
Procyon is the bright star in the "lesser dog" constellation (Canis Minor). The word procyon is directly translated as "before the dog". We choose the name because we see ourselves as an "underdog" in the world of small business services. There are other, larger companies that do what we do, but we believe that our products and values offer a unique value for small business owners.
Will you eventually release your software for other operating systems?
At present, our primary focus is on developing applications for Apple's ecosystem. As a new company, we have very limited resources to support other operating systems, but we are not averse to the possibilities of Windows or Linux development in the future.