Support Black-led businesses by checking out these brilliant apps by creators, founders and leaders from the Black British community.
Cherrypick
Select recipes, plan your weekly menu and order a shop that includes every ingredient you’ll need to prep – all in the one app. It’s co-founded by Tom Foster-Carter who moved onto groceries after a career in fintech at Monzo.
Storia
Use this guided journaling app to reflect, discover your purpose and find a route to pursuing your goals. It was created by Elizabeth Uviebinené, bestselling author of Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible.
StoryGraph
Want to read more? This reading tracker and book recommendations app will have you breezing through books like never before. Nadia Odunayo built the app from scratch herself, inspired by her own passion for reading.
UN Women UK
Connect with women interested in advocacy for women’s rights, join workshops and talks and find like-minded women who want to make change. Atonte Semira is head of community and advocacy at non-profit UN Women UK.
Mumbrite
Black maternal health advocate Sandra Igwe created this community support app for Black mothers as a place to meet, connect and share information and experiences.
Five X More Learning Hub
This educational and community space for Black mothers was set up by activist Tinuke Awe, who founded the Five X More campaign to raise awareness of inequities in maternity care experienced by Black women in the UK.
So Vegan
Vegan influencer and cookbook author Roxy Pope and her partner Ben Pook founded this plant-based recipe app, bringing together all the recipes from her social media channel. You’ll find new vegan recipes in the app every week.
MLF
Markell Smith aka MrLondon is a fitness influencer and personal trainer. His app offers functional strength training workouts for women alongside meal plans and motivational talks.
GymStreak AI
Joseph Mambwe has always had a passion for fitness. He created workout tracker GymStreak AI to be a personal trainer in your pocket. With it you can create and track your workouts as well as plan and record your meals and macros.
Spoke
This mental wellbeing app aimed primarily at young men features soundscapes and meditations set to hip-hop music. British star Lemzi is a lead artist for the app.
Float
This study aid was created by a husband-and-wife team of teachers, Rheo and Miles Nanton. The aim of the app is to keep students on track with their assignments and deadlines.
Kahana
Felix Y Ochefu aims to take the stress out of organising group holidays with his travel app. In Kahana you can create a group with friends, search for flights and accommodation together and plan everything collaboratively.
PalmTree
Want to support Black-owned businesses? This app, founded by Brandon Milambo, shows you local outlets where you can spend your money and how much you’ve contributed over time. When you find a new, relevant business, you can suggest it for inclusion.
Aspire for More
Danielle Bush created this community platform for women who wish to support each other in their personal and professional growth. The idea is to connect with those who share your interests and inspire you.
VIIO
This text-to-speech tool quickly converts the written word into audio. Just copy and paste text into VIIO or upload images or documents and the app will do the rest. It’s created by indie developer Otonye Bestman.
