Software that solves real problems.
Optional Ltd is a UK software company, founded in 2020, building privacy-first consumer and business applications.
What we do
We design, build and run our own software products end to end.
Consumer apps
Useful, privacy-first mobile and web apps that do one thing well, for everyday people, not data harvesting.
Business & domestic software
Practical tools and data products that help people and companies make better decisions, faster.
Applied R&D
We invest in real engineering, from on-device machine learning to large-scale geospatial data.
Our products
A selection of what we’re building.
MOT Plate Coming soon
Photograph, screenshot or type a UK number plate and instantly see its DVSA MOT history. On-device OCR means your photos never leave your phone.
Learn more →trainmap.co.uk Live
An interactive map of the UK railway network (every line and thousands of stations, past and present) with postcode search and a nearest-station finder.
Optional Ltd · Registered in England, company no. 12641375 · Incorporated 2020