Apex+Apex LabsTools for operators.
Apex+ is the membership for the Apex Labs apps, made for people who want to build, analyze, track and create.
Each app was made for operators: people who put productivity, excellence and efficiency first. One membership opens all five.
Build. Analyze. Track. Create.
Five apps, each with one job, all on one account.
Run real projects with the numbers in front of you: budgets, pay apps, RFIs, schedules and daily logs.
Study markets with charts, patterns, sectors and the economy, and read the news without drowning in it.
Keep every open issue, step and update in one place, and see how your days actually go.
Why it's a membership
I made these apps, and I want to share them with the world.
Apex Labs is one person, not a company with investors or an ad network. It's me building tools, and opening them up to anyone who works the same way.
Running them isn't free. Servers, market data and the AI inside the apps all cost money every month. Your membership is what pays for that, and what keeps the apps improving. In return you get every app, every feature and every update, with nobody selling your attention or your data.
If you build things, track things and like your tools fast and focused, I think you'll feel at home.
What being a member means
Not a bundle of trials. One membership, everything open, for as long as you're in.
Every app, fully open
Fraywire, Journaler, urIssue, Glideslope AI and CivilXL. No tiers, no add-ons, no per-app fees.
Every update as it ships
New apps and new features land in your membership the day they're ready.
An assistant in every app
Fray in Fraywire, the Analyst in Glideslope, Ask CivilXL, and Talk to your journal and your task list. Members only.
Apps that pass the baton
News, research and documents move between the apps in one click. No copy and paste.
No ads, no data sales
Members pay for the apps, so the apps work for members. Your data stays yours.
Straight to the builder
One person builds all of this. Ideas and bug reports reach the person who fixes them.
Cloud saves in the games
Pick up an Apex Labs game on any computer, right where you left off. The games stay free for everyone.
One Apex account
One sign-in and one app drawer across every app, so switching from the news to your task list is one click.
Free stays free
Fraywire and Glideslope keep a free version; World in Conflict, Breaking Metrics and Big Browser Games stay open to all.
Where your $20 goes
No investors and no ads means the membership is the whole budget. This is what it pays for.
| Item | What it covers |
|---|---|
| 01 | Servers and hostingThe machines and database that run all five apps. |
| 02 | Market and economic dataDaily prices from Tiingo and economic series from the Federal Reserve. |
| 03 | AIThe models behind the assistants and the summaries. |
| 04 | What comes nextTime to keep building, fixing and adding. |
| Σ | Paid for by members. Nothing else. |
What's in the membership
Each one stands on its own. Use one or use all five.
Fraywire
- Patterns. Finds the moments in a stock's history that looked like today and shows what happened next, with honest odds and a track record.
- Ledgers. Track portfolios of any size with returns, drawdowns, risk and a comparison with the S&P 500.
- Signals, sectors and the economy. Momentum screens, industry composites, the yield curve and key FRED series.
- Learn as you go. Tap any number for a plain-English explanation.
- Fray. Ask about what's on your screen, or tell it a trade and it updates your ledger after you confirm.
urIssue
- Today, Outstanding, Planned. Your day on one screen, and everything overdue, blocked or in progress on another.
- Steps and updates. Break issues into steps and log notes, progress, decisions and blockers as you go.
- Record and calendar. Look back at what got done on any day, and drag work to re-plan it.
- Talk to urIssue. Add, find and update issues by just asking.
Journaler
- A page a day. Sleep, work, meals, mood, health and notes in a minute or two.
- A planner that remembers. Plan days ahead, repeat routines and carry things forward.
- Talk to your journal. Log your day or ask about past weeks in plain words.
- Everywhere you are. Browser, phone and an Android app, with your urIssue work on each day.
Thursday
Glideslope AI
- Live sentiment. A running bullish, bearish or neutral read across hundreds of sources.
- Every story scored. See the tone of each headline at a glance.
- Pulse briefings. The top stories of the hour, summarized with their likely market impact.
- My Feed. Only the topics you follow.
- The Analyst. Ask anything about the news; it searches years of articles and cites what it finds.
CivilXL
- Live project financials. Revenue, cost, margin and P&L by period.
- Pay apps, RFIs and submittals. Every document tracked with status and dates.
- Schedule of values. Earned revenue and over/under billing, always current.
- Field logs and lookaheads. Daily reports and a rolling schedule.
- Ask CivilXL. Why is this cost code over? What prompted this change order? Answers cite the project's own documents.
Apps that pass the baton
Spot something in Fraywire and it lands on the right day in Journaler and on your list in urIssue.
Notice something
Earnings next Thursday. A chart that rhymes with 2019. A rate decision coming up.
Send it in one click
A note on today's page, a plan for the day it matters, or a task with your research attached.
See it on the day
Your plan and your tasks side by side, so research turns into decisions you can look back on.
- Glideslope → urIssue and Journaler. Send any article to your task list or today's journal page.
- Glideslope → CivilXL and Fraywire. Materials, fuel and funding news on every project, and a Morning brief of the headlines that touch your portfolio.
- CivilXL → urIssue. Turn an RFI, submittal or change order into a task that links back to the document.
- urIssue ↔ Journaler. Your tasks show up on the right day of your journal, and you can check them off there.
One membership. Everything open.
Start with 30 days free. If it isn't for you, cancel and owe nothing.
Questions, answered
What is Apex+?
The membership for the Apex Labs apps, made for people who want to build, analyze, track and create. One membership opens Fraywire, Journaler, urIssue, Glideslope AI and CivilXL on a single account.
Who makes it?
Apex Labs, which is one person: me. There's no big company, no investors and no ads. The membership pays for the servers, the data and the AI that run the apps.
What happens after the 30 days?
Your membership continues at $20 a month, or $180 a year if you pick yearly. You'll get a reminder before any charge and can cancel any time from your account.
Do I need a card to start?
Yes, but nothing is charged for 30 days. Cancel before then and you owe nothing.
Are all five apps really included?
Yes, all fully open from day one with the same sign-in. No tiers or add-ons.
Is anything free without a membership?
Yes. Fraywire and Glideslope have free versions, and World in Conflict, the Breaking Metrics newsletter and every game on Big Browser Games are free for everyone. Apex+ opens everything else.
Do I need Apex+ to play the games?
No. The games are free and need no account. Members get cloud saves, so a campaign started on one computer picks up on another.
Can Fraywire buy or sell stocks for me?
No. Fraywire is for research and learning. It shows data and explains it; it never places trades, and nothing in it is investment advice.
Where does the market data come from?
Daily (end-of-day) prices come from Tiingo and update each evening after the close. Economic series come from the Federal Reserve's FRED database.
Is my data private?
Yes. Everything travels over encrypted connections, there are no ads, and your information is never sold or shared.