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 Now on Google Play
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.
Company Map Live
An interactive map of all 6.4 million UK companies from Companies House. Search by postcode, see how businesses cluster, and export the data on a fast WebGL map. Free to explore, with pay-as-you-go exports from 1p per company.
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