APOUL Tech
Software: the apps and the systems for workplaces. Everything on the products page belongs here, and all of it is being prepared for release.
About APOUL
Small tools, made by one studio.
APOUL is an independent studio in Japan. We build software for the parts of a working day that are quietly annoying — hunting for something you copied, splitting a PDF, reading text off a photo, tracking attendance, checking a recipient before you send. Under the name MiyabiBase we also publish gaming videos, original music and character work. APOUL is the trade name of a business run by one person.
What APOUL is
A small studio in Japan, making tools that remove friction.
APOUL is software development and work design, run in Japan by one developer. It builds local apps for Windows and Mac, apps for iPhone and iPad, cloud and web services, and small systems for workplaces, and is preparing 34 products for release. The videos, music and character work are published under a separate name, MiyabiBase.
- How it is said
- APOUL is said “Apōru” — アポール in Japanese. It is a made-up word, built to sound like an ordinary person's name.
- What it does
- Software development, and the work of organising how a job actually runs. Each tool is scoped to one place where the working day stalls.
- Businesses
- APOUL Tech (apps and systems for workplaces) and APOUL A&J (clothing and beauty, working on MIYABI15, a beauty brand built around strawberries).
- What it builds
- Local apps for Windows and Mac, apps for iPhone and iPad, cloud and web services, and small systems for a single workplace. What can finish on the device or inside the company is kept there; what needs sharing or syncing goes to the cloud.
- Products
- 34 apps. All of them are in preparation for release: none is on sale, free to download, or available today.
- Its approach
- APOUL LCC (Life Connect Cloud). What can finish on your own device stays local; what needs sharing, syncing or connecting goes to the cloud.
- The other name
- MiyabiBase: gaming videos and streams on YouTube, original music (MiyabiBase AI), the cat character Nyabi, LINE stickers and printed goods.
- Where it stands
- APOUL is the trade name of a business run by one person; it is not a company. The seller, address and contact details are in the notice under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions.
- So far
- It began with MiyabiBase on YouTube in January 2022; the official site and the first single followed in August 2026. See the timeline
- Consulting
- Questions about how work is organised and how digital tools are set up, open since November 1, 2026.
- Language and place
- Japan. The site is in Japanese and English; the two versions carry the same pages at matching paths.
- Contact
- The contact page, which has one desk for APOUL and one for MiyabiBase.
So far
APOUL and MiyabiBase, on a timeline.
It started with YouTube videos and grew into the site, apps, music and consulting.
- 2022
- YouTubeMiyabiBase starts on YouTube
- 2025
- Siteapoul.jp registered
- 2026
- AppsWork begins on the current apps
- SiteThe current official site goes live
- MusicFirst single “Call my name” releasedAs MiyabiBase AI.
- SiteEnglish versions of every page
- BusinessConsulting opens
- SiteAPOUL Media opensColumns, topics and a timeline in one place.
Businesses
The businesses of APOUL.
APOUL separates its businesses by what they make.
APOUL A&J
Clothing and beauty. It is working on MIYABI15, a beauty brand built around strawberries. Nothing is on sale yet.
What we work on
Two kinds of work.
Apps for everyday work
Thirty-four apps, all in preparation for release. Each is scoped to one annoyance so it stays learnable in a few minutes.
Systems for real workplaces
Attendance, approvals, month-end close and the plumbing around them — designed from how the work actually runs, not from a feature checklist.
How we work
Say what the software does. Nothing more.
A few rules we hold ourselves to.
Small scope, finished well
We would rather ship one thing that works than five that almost do.
Plain language
Pages describe what changes for you, not the internals.
The name
One idea, reaching the world.
APOUL is a coined word, made to sound like an ordinary personal name — the kind you might hear anywhere. It carries a simple picture: one man's small idea turns into something built, and from there spreads out into the world.
- IDEAOne person's idea
- BUILDTurned into something built
- REACHOut into the world
APOUL LCC
Life Connect Cloud
Connecting life, work, people and data — from the cloud and from your own device.
APOUL LCC (Life Connect Cloud) is a way of thinking that combines the convenience of the cloud with the speed, peace of mind and freedom of working locally.
What can finish on your device, stays local.
Speed, peace of mind, freedom
What needs sharing, syncing or connecting, goes to the cloud.
Sharing, syncing, connecting
Not everything belongs in the cloud. Rather than leaning on one side, APOUL uses the strengths of both to connect life, work, people and data naturally.
Cloud when needed. Local when better. Connected by APOUL.
Who runs this site
APOUL. We develop software that reduces everyday work, and publish videos and character work as MiyabiBase. For anything about the site or the apps, please use the contact page.
APOUL. We develop software that reduces everyday work, and publish videos and character work as MiyabiBase. For anything about the site or the apps, please use the contact page.
FAQ
Questions about APOUL.
The same ground as this page, put as questions.
APOUL is software development and work design, run in Japan by one developer. It takes the places where a working day stalls — hunting for something you copied, pulling a few pages out of a PDF, reading text off a photo, recording attendance, checking a recipient before you send — and makes one small tool for each. 34 products are in preparation for release.
No. APOUL is the trade name of a business run by one person. The seller, address and contact details are in the notice under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions.
It is said “Apōru” — アポール in Japanese. It is a made-up word, built to sound like an ordinary person's name. One small idea (IDEA) becomes something built (BUILD) and reaches the world (REACH).
No. All 34 products are in preparation for release: none is on sale, free to download, or available today. Price, distribution and supported systems will be published on each product page once they are fixed.
By what you want to do: Reuse text and details — Clipboard, Pass Note; Read, make and organise documents — Articula, Document Hub, E-File, Invoice, OCR Reader, PDF Split; Faster file work on your computer — Explorer, Multi-Remote, Rename; Schedules and attendance — Calendar, KINTAI; Video, voice and language — ANSER VOICE, Shortcut Studio, Translator; Photos and images, quickly — Image, Media Viewer, PASHU; Before you hit send — Mail Box, Relay, Sign, Verify Studio; Before you sign off — Audit Studio, Labor Check, Process; Stay safe, stay running — Auth, Continuity, Device Guard, QR Safety; Everyday life and study, on record — Clinic Note, Oshi, TextBook Local; Make a page for your shop or business — SiteSnap. That is 34 products in all; the full list is on the products page.
APOUL Tech is the software business: the apps and the systems for workplaces. Everything on the products page belongs there. APOUL A&J is clothing and beauty, and is working on MIYABI15, a beauty brand built around strawberries. Both are in preparation.
It is a way of combining the convenience of the cloud with the speed, calm and freedom of your own device. What can finish on the device stays local; what needs sharing, syncing or connecting goes to the cloud. It describes how things are designed, not a feature any product promises.
They are two names used by the same person. APOUL covers software and work design; MiyabiBase covers gaming videos and streams on YouTube, original music (MiyabiBase AI), the cat character Nyabi, LINE stickers and goods on SUZURI. It is one site: everything under /miyabibase/ is MiyabiBase.
Yes, since November 1, 2026. The scope is what to tackle first, moving documents and records to digital form, where files live and what they are called, a first step on security, and deciding what belongs in the cloud and what belongs on your own machines. Judgements on law, tax and labour matters are out of scope. If there is a fee, the scope and the amount are agreed before any work starts. The consulting page has the detail.
The contact page has two desks: APOUL for the apps, consulting and this site, and MiyabiBase for the videos, music, Nyabi and goods. No form or documents are needed, and either desk is fine if you are unsure.
139 columns on work and digital tools, a glossary of 271 terms, a page gathering the questions answered across the site, MiyabiBase's 88 songs with their lyrics, and three quizzes: the cat quiz, Nyabi's work quiz and the sky quiz.
It is a guide to this site, and it uses no external AI service. What you type is used in that panel only and is sent nowhere. It points you at the page, the glossary entry or the answer that comes closest.
Next
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