The Skill Squad is a family-built software workshop in Pretoria, South Africa. We create focused digital tools that solve real problems — without feature bloat, unnecessary complexity or the usual "platform" nonsense. Some are built for business. Some for learning. Some for everyday life. Most asked for right now: Taxza, our SARS tax assistant. Pick your job below.
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Every enquiry you never answered is a job someone else did.
Your website is quietly leaking work — enquiries that land and never get answered, quotes that go cold. Send Zyly your website and get one page rebuilt free, with the leaks itemised in Rand before you spend anything.
SA SMALL BUSINESSES · FIRST PAGE FREE · SOUTH AFRICA
Get a free page rebuild →·More about ZylyYour SARS survival kit, priced like a tool — not an accountant.
Your SARS survival kit: deadline tracking that never forgets a date, plain-English answers to tax questions, free calculators, and every document in one place come filing season. The alternative costs R3,500 an hour.
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Open Taxza — SA tax assistant →·More about TaxzaA free SEO audit that reads like a to-do list, not a report.
Run any website through a 60-second audit and get every issue ranked by impact, explained in plain English — no jargon, no gatekeeping. Fix it yourself, hand it to your web person, or let us watch it for you.
SMALL BUSINESSES & AGENCIES · FREE AUDIT · ANYWHERE
Run a free SEO audit →·More about SEOBlendHiring without the drowning.
Hiring without the drowning: describe the job in one sentence, AI writes the ad properly, and candidates come back as a WhatsApp shortlist with video pitches — not two hundred unread CVs.
SA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS · FROM R150/MO · SOUTH AFRICA
Post a job free on JobZansi →·More about JobZansiBuyer and seller leads for your farming area, qualified before you see them.
Lead generation for your farming area: MarqProp finds buyer and seller signals, qualifies them with AI — budget, timeline, pre-approval — and hands them to you on WhatsApp while your competitors are still checking email.
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Open MarqProp — agent lead gen →·More about MarqPropBreakout analysis with the methodology shown, not hidden.
Breakout analysis and market signals with the methodology shown, not hidden. Built for learning to read markets, powered by the SignalSage engine.
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Open BreakSpark — market analysis →·More about BreakSparkEducation and research only — not financial advice.
Talk for 30 seconds. Get a plan you can actually start.
Planning apps fail ADHD brains at the blank page. Appy removes it: talk for 30 seconds about your day — the swirl, the worry, all of it — and get back a prioritised plan with the very next action shrunk small enough to start.
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Talk your first plan — free →·More about AppyA CBT companion for the hours between everything else.
A structured CBT companion for the hours between everything else: guided thought records, mood tracking, and grounding exercises that take five minutes and actually help. A support tool — built to work alongside professional care, never to replace it.
EVERYDAY STRESS & LOW MOODS · FREE TO START · ANYWHERE
Try a 5-minute thought record →·More about EmoSphereIf things feel heavy: SADAG 0800 456 789 (South Africa), or your local crisis line.
Adversarial security audits that find the chain, not just the checkbox.
Adversarial security audits for web app codebases. The difference from checkbox scanners: chain analysis — how three 'low severity' findings combine into an actual breach path — with fixes ranked by real exploitability, not CVSS theatre.
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A class set of discursive essays is a lost weekend. StanceMarker drafts rubric-aligned feedback — stance, balance, evidence, register — in about a minute per essay. You review, adjust and own the mark; it just does the handwriting.
TEACHERS & LO/ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS · FIRST 10 ESSAYS FREE · IEB-STYLE, SA
Mark 10 essays free →·More about StanceMarkerTutoring that teaches instead of telling.
Tutoring that teaches instead of telling: AITutorMe works through problems step by step, checks understanding, and adapts to where the learner actually is — at a fraction of an hourly tutor.
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Open AITutorMe →·More about AITutorMeOver a thousand educational printables, free to download.
Over a thousand educational printables — worksheets, activities, learning packs — free to download and photocopy. Made for real classrooms and rainy Sundays alike.
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Your website is quietly leaking work — enquiries that land and never get answered, quotes that go cold. Send Zyly your website and get one page rebuilt free, with the leaks itemised in Rand before you spend anything.
Zyly rebuilds the pages of your website that quietly lose you work. Most small-business sites leak in the same three places: enquiries that arrive after hours and go cold, quotes that never get a follow-up, and visitors who leave because the page didn't answer their question. Zyly finds those leaks, prices them in Rand, and fixes them.
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SA SMALL BUSINESSES · FIRST PAGE FREE · SOUTH AFRICA
Every enquiry you never answered is a job someone else did.
SA SMALL BUSINESSES · FIRST PAGE FREE · SOUTH AFRICA
Your website is quietly leaking work — enquiries that land and never get answered, quotes that go cold. Send Zyly your website and get one page rebuilt free, with the leaks itemised in Rand before you spend anything.
Get a free page rebuildMore about Zyly →Your SARS survival kit, priced like a tool — not an accountant.
SA TAXPAYERS & FREELANCERS · R299/MO · SOUTH AFRICA
Your SARS survival kit: deadline tracking that never forgets a date, plain-English answers to tax questions, free calculators, and every document in one place come filing season. The alternative costs R3,500 an hour.
Open Taxza — SA tax assistantMore about Taxza →Guide: AI for accountants & tax practicesA free SEO audit that reads like a to-do list, not a report.
SMALL BUSINESSES & AGENCIES · FREE AUDIT · ANYWHERE
Run any website through a 60-second audit and get every issue ranked by impact, explained in plain English — no jargon, no gatekeeping. Fix it yourself, hand it to your web person, or let us watch it for you.
Run a free SEO auditMore about SEOBlend →Hiring without the drowning.
SA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS · FROM R150/MO · SOUTH AFRICA
Hiring without the drowning: describe the job in one sentence, AI writes the ad properly, and candidates come back as a WhatsApp shortlist with video pitches — not two hundred unread CVs.
Post a job free on JobZansiMore about JobZansi →Buyer and seller leads for your farming area, qualified before you see them.
ESTATE AGENTS & PRINCIPALS · TRIAL · SOUTH AFRICA FIRST
Lead generation for your farming area: MarqProp finds buyer and seller signals, qualifies them with AI — budget, timeline, pre-approval — and hands them to you on WhatsApp while your competitors are still checking email.
Open MarqProp — agent lead genMore about MarqProp →Guide: AI for estate agentsBreakout analysis with the methodology shown, not hidden.
CRYPTO & MARKETS · FREE TIER · ANYWHERE
Breakout analysis and market signals with the methodology shown, not hidden. Built for learning to read markets, powered by the SignalSage engine.
Open BreakSpark — market analysisMore about BreakSpark →Education and research only — not financial advice.
Every enquiry you never answered is a job someone else did.
Your website is quietly leaking work — enquiries that land and never get answered, quotes that go cold. Send Zyly your website and get one page rebuilt free, with the leaks itemised in Rand before you spend anything.
SA SMALL BUSINESSES · FIRST PAGE FREE · SOUTH AFRICA
Get a free page rebuild →·More about ZylyYour SARS survival kit, priced like a tool — not an accountant.
Your SARS survival kit: deadline tracking that never forgets a date, plain-English answers to tax questions, free calculators, and every document in one place come filing season. The alternative costs R3,500 an hour.
SA TAXPAYERS & FREELANCERS · R299/MO · SOUTH AFRICA
Open Taxza — SA tax assistant →·More about TaxzaA free SEO audit that reads like a to-do list, not a report.
Run any website through a 60-second audit and get every issue ranked by impact, explained in plain English — no jargon, no gatekeeping. Fix it yourself, hand it to your web person, or let us watch it for you.
SMALL BUSINESSES & AGENCIES · FREE AUDIT · ANYWHERE
Run a free SEO audit →·More about SEOBlendHiring without the drowning.
Hiring without the drowning: describe the job in one sentence, AI writes the ad properly, and candidates come back as a WhatsApp shortlist with video pitches — not two hundred unread CVs.
SA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS · FROM R150/MO · SOUTH AFRICA
Post a job free on JobZansi →·More about JobZansiBuyer and seller leads for your farming area, qualified before you see them.
Lead generation for your farming area: MarqProp finds buyer and seller signals, qualifies them with AI — budget, timeline, pre-approval — and hands them to you on WhatsApp while your competitors are still checking email.
ESTATE AGENTS & PRINCIPALS · TRIAL · SOUTH AFRICA FIRST
Open MarqProp — agent lead gen →·More about MarqPropBreakout analysis with the methodology shown, not hidden.
Breakout analysis and market signals with the methodology shown, not hidden. Built for learning to read markets, powered by the SignalSage engine.
CRYPTO & MARKETS · FREE TIER · ANYWHERE
Open BreakSpark — market analysis →·More about BreakSparkEducation and research only — not financial advice.
Talk for 30 seconds. Get a plan you can actually start.
ADHD & BUSY BRAINS · FREE DAILY PLAN · ANYWHERE
Planning apps fail ADHD brains at the blank page. Appy removes it: talk for 30 seconds about your day — the swirl, the worry, all of it — and get back a prioritised plan with the very next action shrunk small enough to start.
Talk your first plan — freeMore about Appy →Guide: AI for ADHDA CBT companion for the hours between everything else.
EVERYDAY STRESS & LOW MOODS · FREE TO START · ANYWHERE
A structured CBT companion for the hours between everything else: guided thought records, mood tracking, and grounding exercises that take five minutes and actually help. A support tool — built to work alongside professional care, never to replace it.
Try a 5-minute thought recordMore about EmoSphere →If things feel heavy: SADAG 0800 456 789 (South Africa), or your local crisis line.
Talk for 30 seconds. Get a plan you can actually start.
Planning apps fail ADHD brains at the blank page. Appy removes it: talk for 30 seconds about your day — the swirl, the worry, all of it — and get back a prioritised plan with the very next action shrunk small enough to start.
ADHD & BUSY BRAINS · FREE DAILY PLAN · ANYWHERE
Talk your first plan — free →·More about AppyA CBT companion for the hours between everything else.
A structured CBT companion for the hours between everything else: guided thought records, mood tracking, and grounding exercises that take five minutes and actually help. A support tool — built to work alongside professional care, never to replace it.
EVERYDAY STRESS & LOW MOODS · FREE TO START · ANYWHERE
Try a 5-minute thought record →·More about EmoSphereIf things feel heavy: SADAG 0800 456 789 (South Africa), or your local crisis line.
Adversarial security audits that find the chain, not just the checkbox.
CTOs & ENGINEERING TEAMS · FREE SELF-SERVE SCAN · GLOBAL
Adversarial security audits for web app codebases. The difference from checkbox scanners: chain analysis — how three 'low severity' findings combine into an actual breach path — with fixes ranked by real exploitability, not CVSS theatre.
Run the free security scanMore about Audioblend →Guide: AI security for startupsAdversarial security audits that find the chain, not just the checkbox.
Adversarial security audits for web app codebases. The difference from checkbox scanners: chain analysis — how three 'low severity' findings combine into an actual breach path — with fixes ranked by real exploitability, not CVSS theatre.
CTOs & ENGINEERING TEAMS · FREE SELF-SERVE SCAN · GLOBAL
Run the free security scan →·More about AudioblendRubric-aligned essay feedback in about a minute per essay.
TEACHERS & LO/ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS · FIRST 10 ESSAYS FREE · IEB-STYLE, SA
A class set of discursive essays is a lost weekend. StanceMarker drafts rubric-aligned feedback — stance, balance, evidence, register — in about a minute per essay. You review, adjust and own the mark; it just does the handwriting.
Mark 10 essays freeMore about StanceMarker →Guide: AI for teachersTutoring that teaches instead of telling.
PARENTS & STUDENTS · TRIAL · ANYWHERE
Tutoring that teaches instead of telling: AITutorMe works through problems step by step, checks understanding, and adapts to where the learner actually is — at a fraction of an hourly tutor.
Open AITutorMeMore about AITutorMe →Over a thousand educational printables, free to download.
PARENTS & TEACHERS, AGES 3–16 · FREE · ANYWHERE
Over a thousand educational printables — worksheets, activities, learning packs — free to download and photocopy. Made for real classrooms and rainy Sundays alike.
Browse free printablesMore about Froly →Rubric-aligned essay feedback in about a minute per essay.
A class set of discursive essays is a lost weekend. StanceMarker drafts rubric-aligned feedback — stance, balance, evidence, register — in about a minute per essay. You review, adjust and own the mark; it just does the handwriting.
TEACHERS & LO/ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS · FIRST 10 ESSAYS FREE · IEB-STYLE, SA
Mark 10 essays free →·More about StanceMarkerTutoring that teaches instead of telling.
Tutoring that teaches instead of telling: AITutorMe works through problems step by step, checks understanding, and adapts to where the learner actually is — at a fraction of an hourly tutor.
PARENTS & STUDENTS · TRIAL · ANYWHERE
Open AITutorMe →·More about AITutorMeOver a thousand educational printables, free to download.
Over a thousand educational printables — worksheets, activities, learning packs — free to download and photocopy. Made for real classrooms and rainy Sundays alike.
PARENTS & TEACHERS, AGES 3–16 · FREE · ANYWHERE
Browse free printables →·More about FrolyThe Skill Squad is family-built. What started as one person's side project has grown into a small family workshop — building practical software around problems we've actually encountered. We don't build apps because we can. We build them because something could work better. That means keeping things focused, useful and honest: no feature bloat, no dark patterns, no pretending every problem needs a giant platform. Different generations bring different perspectives, too — experience, creativity and a healthy dose of "would anyone actually use this?"
Small by design. We're not trying to become a giant software company overnight. We're building useful things, one at a time, and learning from the people who actually use them. Some tools are completely free because they should be; others are priced like tools rather than platforms — clear pricing, practical value and no unnecessary lock-in. We also build commissioned software when a business has a problem that deserves its own solution. Current client: Compu Tyre, a truck tyre specialist with 24/7 breakdown call-out — we built their website and are now building their breakdown service portal: fast dispatch, instant quotes, real-time tracking. Based in Pretoria. Built in South Africa. Designed for wherever the problem exists. If you've got a job that needs its own tool, write to info@theskillsquad.com.
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