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Michael Stace

For niche users interested in numerology, synchronicity, and homeowners seeking practical resource management tools.

Known forQ-Decode
5apps1.5(70.1K) Multi-theme

Snapshot

Who is Michael Stace?

Providing specialized utility tools for numerology analysis and household resource management. Helping users track and quantify specific data points in their daily lives.

Target audience

Niche users interested in numerologySynchronicityHomeowners seeking practical resource management tools

Active nemesis

SPL

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 1
5
apps
Education2
Lifestyle2
Food & Drink1

Last updated

Q-Decode

v2.11.7

8mo ago

Maintenance

Publisher DNA

What defines Michael Stace?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Utility and lifestyle tools

Scale

indie

Target audience

Niche users interested in numerology, synchronicity, and homeowners seeking practical resource management tools.

Signature Patterns

  • •Focus on single-purpose utility and calculation tools
  • •Mixed monetization model including both free and paid apps
  • •Multi-platform support for iOS and Mac
  • •Low-frequency update cadence across the portfolio
Maintenance

Portfolio momentum

Released 1 update across 5 apps in the last 6 months, indicating a focus on long-term maintenance rather than active feature expansion.

Last release 54d agoActive apps 1Abandoned 2

Portfolio

What does Michael Stace ship?

Apps

5 apps analysed

Professional-grade calculation experience avoids ad-heavy clutter

  • Numerical analysis features provide clear and actionable insights for users seeking data-driven answers

User Sentiment

How do users feel about their apps?

1

Positive apps

0

Neutral / mixed

0

Negative apps

90/100

Avg sentiment score

Rivals

Who does Michael Stace compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(2)

SPL

known forStuffanizer: home inventory

1 app4.0Food & Drink

Both applications target users managing physical inventory via visual interfaces, creating direct competition for individuals seeking organization tools.

TomLe.Studio

known forNumerology - Cosmic Frequency

1 app4.5Lifestyle

This app competes directly with Q-Decode by offering a comprehensive suite of numerological calculations and life-path analysis tools that target the same esoteric lifestyle audience.

Contenders(4)

Abid Rahim

known forMy Freezer Inventory

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Both apps target the food inventory management space, specifically for users managing bulk frozen goods, creating direct competition for the same user base.

ADR Apps

known forPantry Buddy - Less Food Waste

1 app4.0Food & Drink

Both apps target kitchen inventory management, but Pantry Buddy captures a broader audience through barcode scanning and general pantry tracking, while Visual Freezer Inventory focuses on specific freezer spatial mapping.

Daniel Reicher

known forOops - Expiration Date Tracker

1 app5.0Food & Drink

Both apps target household food inventory management, competing for users seeking to reduce waste and track storage duration.

RanduSoft SRL

known forBest Before - Food Tracker

1 app4.1Food & Drink

Both apps target home inventory management to reduce food waste, competing directly for users seeking to track storage duration and item location.

Same space(18)

Antonio Ivan Betancourt Sanchez

known forMy Fridge Tracker

1 app5.0Food & Drink

My Fridge Tracker provides inventory and expiration monitoring, serving as a one-time purchase alternative for food waste management.

Arnaud Vanstraelen

known forShelf Life: AI Expiry Tracker

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Shelf Life uses AI to track expiry dates, offering an automated scanning approach to the inventory management problem.

BUILT BY FOUNDRY

known forFreeze-Dry Buddy: Batch Log

1 app4.7Food & Drink

Freeze-Dry Buddy logs batch history for preservation enthusiasts, providing a specialized tracking workflow for users who store large quantities of food.

Cooklist

known forCooklist: Pantry Meals Recipes

1 app4.7Food & Drink

Cooklist automates pantry tracking via loyalty card integration, acting as a high-automation alternative to the manual entry required by Visual Freezer Inventory.

Crouton

known forCrouton: Recipe Manager

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Crouton manages recipes and meal planning for Apple users, providing hardware-integrated tools that extend beyond simple inventory tracking.

FoodTec

known forFoodTec Inventory IQ

1 app0.0Food & Drink

FoodTec Inventory IQ targets professional food service inventory, providing a high-scale version of the tracking logic found in Visual Freezer Inventory.

Hindsight Labs

known forPaprika Recipe Manager 3

1 app4.9Food & Drink

Paprika Recipe Manager 3 integrates pantry tracking with recipe management, offering a broader kitchen-management scope than the freezer-specific focus of Visual Freezer Inventory.

InVintory Wines Incorporated

known forInVintory: Wine Cellar Manager

1 app4.7Food & Drink

InVintory offers high-precision inventory management for collectors, representing a more professionalized version of the tracking logic used in Visual Freezer Inventory.

Jesper Lauridsen

known forFrostEase

1 app4.7Food & Drink

FrostEase is a direct competitor for freezer-specific inventory tracking, offering similar storage-duration and location-tracking features.

JOJO APPS

known forPantry Check

1 app4.5Food & Drink

Pantry Check provides a manual inventory system for household essentials, sharing the same goal of waste reduction as Visual Freezer Inventory.

KH Creations ApS

known forNoWaste: Food Inventory List

1 app4.2Food & Drink

NoWaste tracks pantry and freezer items, acting as a direct functional competitor to the inventory-tracking core of Visual Freezer Inventory.

Maybe Blueberries

known forSimmerly: Meal Planner

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Simmerly focuses on meal decision-making, helping users utilize the ingredients they have already inventoried in their freezer.

Oeni

known forOeni: #1 Wine Cellar Manager

2 apps4.7Food & Drink

Oeni manages wine collections with visual cellar mapping, sharing the same spatial-tracking philosophy as Visual Freezer Inventory but for a different asset class.

Pomegranate Technologies

known forWild Edibles, Inc.

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Wild Edibles, Inc. manages professional procurement, serving as a B2B supply-chain tool for the food service industry.

Stashcook

known forMeal Planner & Recipe Keeper

1 app4.4Food & Drink

Stashcook serves as a recipe-centric companion that organizes the meals users pull from their freezers.

Strange Quark

known forUmami - Recipe Manager

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Umami focuses on long-term recipe archival, serving as a stable repository for the meals users prepare from their freezer inventory.

Vorwerk

known forThermomix® Cookidoo® App

1 app4.9Food & Drink

This app provides guided cooking for Thermomix owners, serving as a post-inventory utility for the ingredients tracked in Visual Freezer Inventory.

Will Bishop

known forPestle: Recipe Manager

1 app4.7Food & Drink

Pestle manages the cooking workflow for ingredients, complementing the storage-focused inventory system of Visual Freezer Inventory.

New entrants(1)

JUHWAN PARK

known forFertFlow: Planted Tank Dosing

1 app0.0Lifestyle

While currently focused on aquarium maintenance, this app represents a new entry in the niche calculator space, demonstrating a similar 'utility-first' approach to specialized data entry.

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on Michael Stace

Bottom line

The publisher maintains a portfolio of highly specific, low-competition utility apps that serve niche interests. Their long-term viability depends on the continued searchability of these specialized tools rather than active user acquisition or frequent feature iteration.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does Michael Stace publish?
Michael Stace has 5 apps tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Education category.
What kind of apps does Michael Stace make?
Michael Stace's portfolio is concentrated in Education and Lifestyle, with an average rating of 1.5/5 across rated apps.
What is Michael Stace's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, Q-Decode is Michael Stace's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
5
With full intel:
0
With overview:
5
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
no

Disclosure: Independent intel to help mobile builders succeed.

AI-powered analysis with automated quality gates, built from publicly available sources. Marlvel.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Michael Stace, its developer, the app publisher, Apple, or Google Play. All trademarks, logos, and screenshots referenced remain the property of their respective owners.

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Marlvel.ai. “Michael Stace intelligence.” Updated 2026-05-11. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/michael-stace

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