For iPhone · Made in Australia
Practical help for real life — the wifi, the hinge, the bond, the car making that noise — from a bloke who's fixed most things at least once, and knows when it's a job for a licensed tradie.
Free to tryNo passwords, everYour chats stay in Australia, end to end
What he's good for
Australian context first — Bunnings not Home Depot, NBN not "the cable", the ACL, your state's tenancy body. Metric always. Dollars are dollars.
How he thinks
Most chatbots will confidently make up a phone number. Dad won't. He leads with the answer, tells you when he's guessing, and hands you to a licensed human when being wrong could hurt.
A blurry model number, a price that changes, a rule that differs by state — you get a plain footnote under the message, not a confident fabrication. Never a made-up part number, statute or store policy.
Some jobs aren't DIY in Australia. Dad explains what's likely going on and gives you the words for the pro — he never talks you through the dangerous bit, however you phrase it.
Keep the shed, the Corolla and the move to Brunswick in separate projects. Dad carries what matters into every chat, and you can see and edit exactly what he's holding onto.
Show me — snap a photo, Dad has a squiz
The dial
Five levels, from man of few words to full yarn. Every level gives the same advice — only the length, the digressions and the dad-joke count change. None at 1, one when it lands at 3, practically obligatory at 5. Safety, deferral and honesty never soften with the dial.
Safety net
Every single message is checked before it ever reaches a model — no setting, no dial level, no persona version can switch it off. If something looks like it's about hurting yourself or someone else, Dad drops the banter, says so gently, and puts real people's numbers in front of you. The composer just says "Take your time."
Aussie Dad is not a substitute for a licensed professional, a doctor or emergency services. In an emergency, call 000.
Built the boring way, on purpose
The story
Why there's an app for this, from the bloke who built it.
My two daughters had moved out of home, and after a while I noticed they'd stopped ringing me for dad advice. The eldest eventually told me why: she'd clocked that whenever she brought me a curly one, I'd go off and ask ChatGPT anyway. So she cut out the middleman and started asking it herself.
My dad-advice service had just been outsourced.
Thing is, I reckon the advice still mattered — the bit where someone who's actually stripped a screw, filled in a bond form and had the car do that noise tells you what to do next, and doesn't pretend to know what he doesn't. I'm a girl dad, after all. I still needed to provide the service.
So I built this: good, wholesome, sound old-fashioned Aussie dad advice for anyone, anywhere, whatever they've got themselves into — with a few dad jokes thrown in for good measure.
Shane · girl dad, Aussie dad
Free to try on iPhone. In TestFlight now, App Store soon — put your email down and Dad will give you a bell when it's up.
Requires iOS 17 or later · No passwords · Nothing leaves Australia