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Hi, I'm Edu. I build privacy-first, native tools that feel like home on your device.

— Currently Shipping indie apps from a small studio in Portugal. Quiet, careful, on my own terms.
— Background 17 years across venture-backed startups, agencies and solo studios, on three continents.
— Available for Selective collaborations · advisory · the occasional unreasonable idea.
Selected work · 2008 — 2026

Things I made
with care.

Trovelo travel app

iOS · Privacy-first

Dimmly To‑do with a twist

iOS · Utility

Percha wardrobe OS

iOS · Lifestyle

Solid Minimal Gym Workout

iOS · Productivity

Gridborne strategy game

iOS · Game

Wealth Square networth tracking

macOS · Finance

Dummo promo videos

iOS · macOS · Video

TakeKit teleprompter camera

iOS · Video

Born in Lima, based in Europe. Seventeen years turning ideas into things people actually use.

Edu Pinillos
Edu · the human behind the lab
17 — Years shipping
08 — Awards won
03 — Continents
100k+ — Lives touched
Pinillos/Lab Pnillos lab — est. 2008 pinillos·lab PINILLOS®LAB PinillosLab

Just type it. Trovelo files it.

Write a plan the way you’d text a friend. It lands on the right day, at the right time, with the cost in two currencies, on your Mac and your iPhone.

Download on the App Store 4.9 · 62 ratings
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TROVELO FOR MAC

BOARD

Day by day. Card by card.

Flights, stays, trains, rentals, tickets, food and sights. Each card shows what you need on the day, and nothing else.

Flight Stay Train Cruise Rental Food Coffee Bar Place Museum Temple Tickets Shopping + 33 more
1
London
LHR11:40 AM
JL 44
11h 40m
Tokyo
HND7:20 AM +1d
2—·35 min
NIGHT1of 3
3:00 PM · Check-in
Keio Plaza Hotel
West Shinjuku. Ask for a high floor.
Maps
39 min·4 min
8:00 PM·1hr 15min
Yakitori at Omoide Yokocho
Memory Lane, Shinjuku. Tiny stalls, smoky atmosphere. Cash only.
¥2,800 ≈ $17.58Maps
1
9:00 AM·45 min
Senso-ji Temple
Tokyo’s oldest temple. Arrive before 8am to beat the crowds.
FreeMaps
247 min·14 min
11:00 AM·3hr
teamLab Planets — Toyosu
Immersive digital art. Book tickets two weeks in advance.
¥3,200 ≈ $20.09Maps
353 min·10 min
Pick-up
Rental e-bike — Odaiba loop
Docomo Cycle station at Daiba Park. Loop the seaside promenade.
Maps

AI PLAN

Ask your AI. Watch the board fill up.

Connect Trovelo on your Mac to Claude or another AI assistant. Ask for a trip in plain words. It lands on your board, day by day, and then on your iPhone.

Mac only Pro Works with Claude appClaude CodeCodexCursorAny MCP app
AI assistant
TroveloFileEditViewWindowHelpTue 21 May  9:41
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View
ANY AI APP THAT SPEAKS MCP

Off until you turn it on in Settings › AI Assistants. What your assistant reads goes to its provider.

Map of Shinjuku and Shibuya
Keio Plaza Hotel
Shibuya Crossing
Golden Gai
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MAP

One map. Your whole trip.

Every stop numbered in the order you’ll do it, with the real route and the time from one to the next. Tap a pin and you get the card itself.

Optimize the orderLet Trovelo sort a day’s stops into a route that makes sense.
What’s nearbyFood, coffee, sights, bars and hotels around your plans, one tap away.
Drop a pin anywhereLong-press the map on iPhone, or right-click it on the Mac.

EXPENSES

Spend anywhere. See it in your money.

Enter it in yen, see it in dollars, or in whatever you use at home. Converted at live rates and added up by category.

¥69,870≈ $438.74
$1 = ¥159.25TOKYO · 6 DAYS
¥
$
€
£
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Expenses
TOTAL SPENT $438.74 ¥69,870 $73.12 · ¥11,645 avg/day
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Log an expense

Something you paid for that isn’t in the plan.

Expenses
Stay
$226.06¥36,000
Food
$115.54¥18,400
Plans
$61.54¥9,800
Bus
$35.60¥5,670
Export to a spreadsheet

WIDGETS

Never miss a thing.

What’s happening now, what comes next, and a tap to get there. On your Lock Screen, your Home Screen and your Apple Watch.

HOME SCREEN
TokyoDAY 2 OF 6
¥9,900 today
Tsukiji Outer Market8:00 AM
teamLab Planets11:00 AM
Tokyo Tower3:00 PM
Shibuya Sky5:30 PM
NEXTTokyo Tower3:00 PM
LOCK SCREEN
Monday 20 May
11:42
teamLab Planetsuntil 1:00 PM
left
Next3:00 PMTokyo Tower1/4
Maps Expense
APPLE WATCH
11:42
teamLab Planetsuntil 1:00 PM
left
Next3:00 PMTokyo Tower1/4

SPOTS

Every place you’ve been. Year by year.

Pin the cities you’ve visited, or let Trovelo find them in your photos.

128 PLACES34 COUNTRIES5 CONTINENTSSINCE 2016
World map with the places you have been
RANK 7 OF 13Nomad
34 / 40 · 6 countries to Globetrotter
2019Portugal
2021ItalyFrance
2023Japan
2024MoroccoSpain
2025PeruUnited States
2026IcelandUnited Kingdom

WEATHER

Typical weather before. Live forecast during.

Before the trip
9:41
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Usually in mid-May6 days
TokyoDays 1–4
1 in 3
HakoneDay 5
1 in 2
KyotoDay 6
1 in 3
10°14°18°22°26°
During the trip
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10-day forecast12–26°
TokyoHakoneKyoto
Weather

SHARE

Invite your crew. Plan the trip together.

Invite people by name to view or edit. Nobody else can get in, even with the link. Your Packing, Documents and Expenses stay private.

Your iPhone
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Sam’s iPhone
9:41

MORE

Before, during and after. All in one app.

56 guides, ready to go

45 cities and 11 road trips, planned day by day. Open one and it becomes your trip.

Porto
Cusco
Patagonia
Someday

Save the restaurant a friend mentioned, or paste a whole list, long before the trip exists. When you plan that city, Trovelo brings them back.

Algarve7 places
Rome12 places
New York9 places · 1 trip
Packing ListWith the usual weather for your dates and the plugs you’ll need.
DocumentsTickets, PDFs and photos, kept with the card they belong to.
Send as PDFA magazine-style guide of your trip, ready to share. On iPhone.
Past TripsEvery finished trip, kept and easy to look back on.
AI assistantsConnect Claude or Codex on your Mac. Off until you turn it on.
BackupEverything in one file, restored whenever you need. On iPhone.
Wallet paymentsLog what you pay with Wallet as an expense, with one Shortcut. On iPhone.
13 languagesFrom Dansk to 日本語, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

LOVED

By people who actually travel.

4.9 · 62 ratings on the App Store

PRIVATE

Your trips are yours.

Read the privacy policy
No accountYour trips sync through your own iCloud. There’s nothing to sign up for.
No adsTrovelo has no servers of its own, so your trips are not stored with us.
Only what’s neededMaps, weather and exchange rates get only what each feature needs to work.

READY?

Your next trip starts with a sentence.

Add
Download on the App Store Download on the Mac App Store

Got an idea?

Reddit me.

u/beretta51 — where I talk with the people who use my apps every day. No forms, no inbox: Reddit is where I answer fastest, by far.

23:46 · PORTUGAL© 2008 — 2026 · PINILLOS LAB · ALL FAULTS MINEV2.0 · MADE WITH CARE
Trovelo

PRESS

Writing about Trovelo? Take what you need.

Screenshots for iPhone and Mac, social images, the app icon and the logo. Free to use in articles and reviews about Trovelo.

Trovelo on iPhone: the board Trovelo on iPhone: the map Trovelo on iPhone: just type
ReleasedMarch 2026
Latest version7.1
PriceFree, with Pro
PlatformsiPhone, iPad, Mac
Languages13
Made byEduardo Pinillos
About TroveloCopy

Most trips end up scattered across screenshots, notes and booking emails. Trovelo brings them together on one board, a day at a time. Type “dinner at Taberna Saturday 9pm €40” and it lands on Saturday at 9, with the cost in your money. It’s the work of one person, Eduardo Pinillos, an independent developer based in Portugal. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac and syncs through your own iCloud. There’s nothing to sign up for and no ads: you open it and start planning.

Brand
Logo blue#2774FD Logo yellow#FDC82D
TROVELOGasoek One · headlines
Plan the whole tripSF Pro Rounded · everything else
Quick answers

The facts, ready to quote.

What people ask most before writing about Trovelo. Anything else, write to us.

What is Trovelo?

Trovelo solves the chaos of planning a trip across a handful of apps. Most people juggle Notes, Google Maps, spreadsheets and booking emails; Trovelo puts everything in one place, organised day by day, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It’s built by a solo traveller who has been to more than 40 countries and 300 cities.

Who makes it?

Eduardo Pinillos, an independent developer based in Portugal. It’s a one-person studio, with no investors.

How much does it cost?

It’s free to download and to use for up to 2 trips, with up to 50 cards in each. Trovelo Pro is a one-time purchase through the App Store, not a subscription. It unlocks unlimited trips and cards, the Pro guides, AI trip planning on the Mac and every future Pro feature.

Which devices does it run on?

iPhone, iPad and Mac. Trips stay in sync through each person’s own iCloud.

Where is my data stored?

Trovelo has no servers of its own, so your trips are not stored with us. They live on your devices and in your own iCloud. There’s no account to create and no ads.

What makes it different?
  • No servers of its own. Your trips are not stored with us; they sync through your own iCloud.
  • No account, no subscription. Pro is a one-time purchase.
  • Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The same trip, on the same board, everywhere.
  • 13 languages, end to end. Type “Cena en Casa Lucio 21:30 45€”, or the same in Japanese, Korean or Chinese, and Trovelo picks up the time, the price and the kind of place.
  • AI on the Mac (Pro). Ask Claude to “plan me 4 days in Rome” and watch the trip build itself inside Trovelo.
  • Shared trips. Invite the people travelling with you and plan on the same board.
  • Your travel life. A map of every country and city you’ve been to, built from your own photos, with stamps and a year-by-year timeline.
  • Someday. Save the places you love now and turn them into a real trip later.
  • A packing list that checks the forecast and the plug type where you’re going.
  • A daily pace that tells you when a day is already too full.
  • Expenses in two currencies with live exchange rates, plus widgets, Live Activities and offline access to the essentials.

Much of this started as a suggestion from someone using the app, on r/trovelo.

Which languages is it in?

Thirteen: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, both Simplified and Traditional.

Got an idea?

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23:46 · PORTUGAL© 2008 — 2026 · PINILLOS LAB · ALL FAULTS MINEV2.0 · MADE WITH CARE
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Dimmly

— Dim it down

Dimmly is the task manager and habit tracker that actually fits your day. Create color coded lists for work, routines, groceries or anything else. Set alarms, track daily habits with streaks, add notes and checklists inside tasks, and keep score during game nights with the built in Scoreboard. Free for 5 lists, one-time upgrade for unlimited. Available on iOS and Mac.

5.0 · 12 ratings on the App Store
Color-coded lists
Dimmly · Color-coded lists
Tasks & checklists
Dimmly · Tasks & checklists
Habit streaks
Dimmly · Habit streaks
Game scoreboard
Dimmly · Game scoreboard
Dim it down
Dimmly · Dim it down
Paste & go
Dimmly · Paste & go
Pick a color. Name it.
Dimmly · Pick a color. Name it.
iCloud sync · iPhone + Mac
Dimmly · iCloud sync · iPhone + Mac
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback · r/dimmly↗︎ Support→ Privacy policy→

Percha

A quiet wardrobe OS. See what you own, what you wear, what you don't. In progress, in beta.

Look 01 Percha · outfit boards side by side to answer what to wear today
Look 02 Percha · photographing a garment to add it to the wardrobe
Look 03 Percha · the wardrobe grid, filtered by tops, bottoms, coats and shoes
Look 04 Percha · composing an outfit from saved garments
Look 05 Percha · a week planned out, one outfit per day
Look 06 Percha · wardrobe stats by category and colour
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback→ Support→ Privacy policy→

Solid

no noise. just gym.

Solid is a gym tracker that gets out of your way. No AI coach, no social feed, no subscription. Just your routine, your sets, and a rest timer.

start in one tap
Solid · start in one tap
paste any routine
Solid · paste any routine
mark it · move on
Solid · mark it · move on
read it from the rack
Solid · read it from the rack
build your week
Solid · build your week
watch the line move
Solid · watch the line move
never miss a log
Solid · never miss a log
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback · r/besolid↗︎ Support→ Privacy policy→
Eduardo Pinillos b. Lima 1983

Pinillos

Independent maker of small, useful things.
Portugal & everywhere with Wi‑Fi.

— Now
Portugal
— Since
2008 · 17 yrs
Edu Pinillos
HOLA— hello OLÁ— ciao SALUT— hallo こんにちは— 你好 HOLA— hello OLÁ— ciao SALUT— hallo こんにちは— 你好
Story · in five stages
Lima · Perú
2008
Started in Lima, building digital things when nobody in the room knew what that meant.
San Francisco · USA
2012
Won Startup World in San Francisco. Realised software could travel further than I could.
Madrid — Barcelona
2015
Crossed the ocean. Madrid, Barcelona — venture-backed teams, big rooms, fast nights.
On my own
2022
Got tired of committee design. Quit to make things alone, the way I wanted to.
Portugal ✻
Now
Portugal, small desk by a window. Shipping Trovelo, Dimmly, Wealth Square — alone, slow, on purpose.
— Education
Master in Marketing
EADA Barcelona
— Education
Communication Sciences
University of Lima
— Currently
Portugal
Building things on my own.
Recognition · 08
2025 Winner — Startup of the Year, Food & Beverages HackerNoon · USA
2019 Winner — Best Startup Finnovista · Mexico
2018 Winner — Startup Peru Lima · Peru
2015 Winner — Modev Washington DC · USA
2013 Winner — Creatividad Empresarial Lima · Peru
2012 Finalist — Alpha · Web Summit Dublin · IE
2012 Finalist — Festival of Media LATAM Miami · USA
2012 Winner — Startup World, TNW San Francisco · USA

Gridborne

A turn-based strategy game played on a 7x7 grid. Quiet rules, deep tactics. Built for short, satisfying matches.

Gridborne · saved decks, six units each, ready to load Unit 01
Gridborne · the title screen over the battlefield, castles either side of a river Unit 02
Gridborne · a battle in progress, units on the grid with health and range Unit 03
Gridborne · building an army from unit cards with health, attack and movement Unit 04
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback→ Support→ Privacy policy→
In the workshop

Wealth Square soon

A native Mac app for tracking your net worth. Quietly cooking — not ready to show yet.

Get notified at launch→

Dummo

Screen recording in. Promo out.

Dummo turns a plain screen recording into a polished promo video. Wrap it in a realistic device frame, drop animated taps exactly where the action happens, let the auto-zoom director choreograph the camera, and export sizes ready for the App Store, Instagram, and your landing page — all without opening a full editor.

Dummo · turn a screen recording into a polished promo
Dummo · frame-perfect timeline editing
Dummo · beautiful animated backgrounds in any color
Dummo · stickers, captions, tap animations, cinematic zoom
Dummo · every aspect ratio, one click
Dummo · let AI make your videos for you
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback · r/dummoapp↗︎ Support→ Privacy policy→

TakeKit

Stop memorizing every line.

TakeKit is a teleprompter camera for creators, coaches, and founders. Write your script, hit record, and read from an on-screen guide that only you can see — the scroll follows your voice, the current line stays highlighted, and the guide is never in your exported video. No account, no subscription: pay once, own it.

TakeKit · record looking at the lens
TakeKit · every take in its place
TakeKit · comes out clean, no guide
TakeKit · all set before you hit rec
TakeKit · write, record, repeat
Download on the App Store↗︎ Send feedback · r/takekit↗︎ Support→ Privacy policy→

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— Rather write? nocion.exento_8u@icloud.com I read every one. Replies take days, not minutes.
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