ClawBoy
Your AI companion, in your pocket.
- Role
- Design + Engineering
- Platform
- iOS / Android
- Year
- 2025
ClawBoy is a mobile AI companion with an actual personality. Instead of a blank chatbot, it feels like a little character who lives in your pocket — one you'd actually want to talk to.
ClawBoy
online · in your pocket
The problem
Most AI chat apps are a text box wrapped around a model. They're capable but characterless — there's nothing that makes you want to come back. I wanted to explore what it takes to make an assistant feel like a companion: consistent voice, memory, warmth, and a bit of attitude, without losing the usefulness underneath.
The approach
Character over interface
The personality is the product. A consistent voice, a name, an avatar, and reactions that feel earned turn 'the model' into 'ClawBoy'. The UI stays minimal so the character does the heavy lifting.
Companion, still useful
Personality can't come at the cost of getting things done. ClawBoy can brainstorm, draft, and nudge you through the scary tasks — it just does it in-character, which makes the useful stuff feel less like a chore.
Cross-platform from day one
Built with Expo so the same companion lives on iOS and Android with a shared codebase, keeping a solo dev's surface area small while shipping to everyone.
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What's next
Wrapping up the personality engine and on-device conversation history ahead of a closed beta. Privacy and terms are already published for launch readiness.