About Dazura
We’re painting the calendar back to life.
Dazura is a small, independent studio in Lisbon. We build a planner that helps 1.4 million people see their days clearly, and enjoy looking at them.
Our story
Born from a very gray spreadsheet.
In 2019, Inês was running a design studio from a spreadsheet with 214 rows and zero joy. She started coloring cells by how each task felt, and suddenly the week made sense.
Tomás built the first prototype over a long weekend. Friends asked for copies, then friends of friends. Seven years later, Dazura is still independent, still made in Lisbon, and still obsessed with one idea: a calendar should show how your day feels, not just when things happen.
Inês Carvalho & Tomás Reyes, co-founders
2019
founded in a Lisbon flat
1.4M
people plan with Dazura
24
humans on the team
42
countries named us App of the Day
Milestones
Seven years in full color.
2019
The spreadsheet
Inês colors a client sheet by mood. Productivity, it turns out, can be pretty.
2020
Private beta
3,000 people join from a single tweet. The waitlist hits 40,000 in a month.
2022
Design award finalist
Shortlisted for an international design award for interaction and delight.
2024
Family plan
Shared timelines for up to six people, with a hue for every person.
2026
Dazura 3.0
Smart reschedule, wind-down mode and 12,000 community themes.
Values
What we paint by.
01
Calm over clever
If a feature makes the day feel busier, it doesn’t ship. No streak guilt, no red badges.
02
Color is information
Every hue means something. Decoration is never an accident.
03
Private by default
No ads, no data brokers, EU servers. Your days are yours.
04
Small team, big care
24 people, one office, real answers from real humans within a day.
The team
Six of the 24 people behind Dazura.
Inês Carvalho
Co-founder & CEO
Tomás Reyes
Co-founder & CTO
Arif Rahman
Head of Design
Daniel Okafor
Lead iOS Engineer
Mila Novak
Community & Themes
Kofi Mensah
Android Engineer
Press
What people wrote about us.
“The rare productivity app that makes you want to open it. Dazura treats color as data, and it works.”
“A planner with the soul of a sketchbook. My week has never looked this honest.”
“#1 Product of the Day. Calm, clever and genuinely beautiful.”
We’re hiring in Lisbon.
Designers, engineers and one very patient support lead. Say hello and tell us your favorite color.