PhoenixckkGet Valeska
Independent husband-and-wife studio

Built at our kitchen table,
made for real life.

Phoenixckk is Jack and Glenda, a husband-and-wife studio. He spent two decades building healthcare technology. She spent thirty years working in healthcare and lives with MS. Together we make Valeska, a private health companion, and Vinerunner, a jungle adventure game. Different apps, same rule: respect the person holding the phone.

See what we makeWhy we started at our kitchen table
What we make

Two apps. One kitchen table.

Valeska · Health companion · On the App Store

A clearer story, without spending
all your spoons telling it.

Log symptoms, medications, sleep, food, mood, and more in seconds. Valeska keeps the days together, shows what changed and when, and helps you walk into an appointment with something more useful than “I think it has been worse lately.”

Download on the App StoreExplore Valeska
Illustrative sample · Migraine + sleep7 of 9

short-sleep nights were followed by a headache the next day.

A pattern to discuss, not a diagnosis or a cause.
Vinerunner · Jungle adventure · Coming soon

An old-school jungle run
with modern manners.

Run, jump, swing, and hunt for secrets. Vinerunner is a classic adventure platformer built the way we remember them: handcrafted levels, fair difficulty, and one more try that turns into twenty.

Meet Vinerunner
At a glance43

handcrafted levels across four worlds, plus an endless run and a daily challenge.

In final testing. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Made with spoonies

Lived experience gets a vote.

Glenda brings the patient perspective into every decision, from how many taps a log takes to what feels possible on a brain-fog day.

Meet the two of us
Built in-house

Small studio. Full attention.

No investors, no growth team, no dark patterns. Two people who answer their own email and put their names on what they ship.

What guides the work

Calm software for
complicated lives.

Chronic illness is already a full-time sorting problem. The product should lower the load, not add another perfect routine to maintain.

  1. 01

    Low-spoon is a real design constraint.

    Fewer taps, optional modules, forgiving gaps, and no guilt when a day goes unlogged.

  2. 02

    Privacy starts before the first screen.

    Local encrypted records, optional sync, controlled sharing, no ads, and no sale of health data.

  3. 03

    Useful beats impressive.

    A clear timeline and an honest pattern are worth more than a flashy promise the software cannot keep.

Take the path that helps

A small site. A few good doors.

A real inbox, read by two people

Have a question? Pull up a chair.

Whether you use Valeska, care for a spoonie, or want to work with us, your note reaches Jack and Glenda directly.

info@phoenixckk.com