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NoctForge

Focus is yours again.

No noise. No tracking. No distractions. Just control.

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0 Games
$6.99 One-time · AUD
Zero Subscriptions
The Philosophy

Your focus is not a product.

No ads. No tracking. No algorithms.

Just tools that work —

offline, private, and yours.

"
I built NoctForge because I was sick of it — a flashlight asking for your location, a PDF reader that needs a cloud account, a timer behind a $9.99/month paywall. Why does every app need a subscription now? Why does a unit converter need to phone home? I got fed up paying premium prices to be the product. I wanted tools that respected my privacy, worked completely offline, and actually looked good. So I built them. Every single one. One price. Yours forever. No BS.
Shaun
Solo Developer · Glowseed Studio · Australia
No internet permission Zero trackers Zero analytics Offline, always

Built for...

Screenshots

Every screen. Considered.

No corners cut. No filler screens. Every surface in NoctForge is crafted to feel like premium software — because it is.

Music Suite
Full local player, end-of-year recap, metadata editor and synced lyrics — all offline.
Now Playing
🎵
Now Playing Screen
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Late night, no interruptions.
YearForge
📊
YearForge Recap Slide
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Your year. No one else's data.
Tag Studio
🏷️
Tag Studio Editor
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Your library. Your metadata.
Documents
Encrypted notes, full PDF suite, and a private encrypted reader shelf.
NoctForge Notes
📝
NoctForge Notes
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Private. Encrypted. Offline.
NoctForge PDF
📄
NoctForge PDF Markup
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Sign. Annotate. No uploads.
Reader
📚
Reader — EPUB/PDF
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Offline, uninterrupted.
Dev & Quick Tools
Professional-grade utilities. Hash, JSON, Base64, UUID, device info, password generator and more.
Hash / JSON
🔢
Hash / JSON Formatter
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Power tools. No cloud required.
Quick Tools
🔑
Quick Tools Hub
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Everything, instantly.
Device Info
📋
Device Info
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Your hardware. Your specs.
Sensors
Eight dedicated sensor screens — all computed locally, no internet, no APIs.
Compass
🧭
Compass HUD
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True north. No API.
Sensors Dashboard
📡
Sensors Dashboard
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All sensors. One screen.
Spirit Level
⚖️
Spirit Level
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Precision. Offline.
Games
Nine games with unified stats, achievements, and a Trophy Hall. All offline.
Neon Snake
🐍
Neon Snake
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No ads. No timers. Just play.
Block Stacker
🟦
Block Stacker
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Pure focus. Pure game.
Trophy Hall
🏆
Trophy Hall / Game Stats
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Your wins. Earned offline.
Design
Three theme packs, six accent colours, eight backgrounds. Every combination a distinct atmosphere.
Neon Theme
Neon Theme Pack
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Neon Pack
Noir Theme
🌑
Noir Theme Pack
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Noir Pack
Studio Theme
☀️
Studio Theme Pack
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Studio
Why NoctForge

Most apps are designed to distract you.
This one isn't.

We don't collect your data. At all. No subscriptions. No ads. No quiet background tracking. Just software that works and stays out of your life.

🔒

Your data never leaves your device

Every sensitive tool uses XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption at rest. Secrets live in the Android Keystore with hardware backing. Screenshots blocked on sensitive screens. No internet permission. Period.

The only utility app that looks this good

Three theme packs. Six neon accents. Eight gradient presets. CRT overlays, glow borders, frosted glass. This is what happens when a designer gets sick of ugly software and decides to fix it themselves.

Goes deeper than any competitor

The flashlight has Morse code. The PDF suite has cryptographic signing and on-device OCR. The music player has a full annual listening recap. Every tool does more than you expect — because half-built isn't good enough.

The Design

Cyberpunk Glassmorphism

A visual language, not a coat of paint. Three theme packs, six accent presets, eight backgrounds — every combination a distinct atmosphere.

Neon
Frosted glass, CRT scanlines, neon glows, deep near-black backgrounds. The full expression.
Noir
Solid panels, subtle gradients, refined dark minimalism. The same precision without the electricity.
Studio
Clean, professional, readable. For bright environments and users who prefer light-background contrast.
Accent Colours

Six carefully chosen accents cascade through every interactive element, glow, border, and highlight.

Cyan Core
Magenta Drift
Amber Hazard
Purple Pulse
Green Vector
Midnight
The Interface

Your app, your layout.

Switch between Launcher view for a full home-screen feel, or Minimal view for a clean focused list. Both look like nothing else on Android.

Launcher View
🚀
Launcher View
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Your command centre.
Launcher View 2
🚀
Launcher Grid
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42 tools. Your choice.
Launcher View 3
🚀
Launcher Detail
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Absolute control.
Minimal View
Minimal View
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Minimal
Minimal View 2
Minimal List
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Minimal List
Minimal View 3
Minimal Search
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Minimal Search
Exclusive Feature

Noctpill — Your floating command centre

A persistent pill-shaped overlay that hovers above every app on your screen. Music controls, shortcuts, timers, a quick scratchpad — accessible without ever leaving what you're doing.

  • Music playback controls from any app
  • Swipe left/right to skip tracks · double-tap to play/pause
  • Live timer display for any active NoctForge timers
  • Rotates through content when multiple things are active
  • External media playback (with Notification Access enabled)
  • Notification pass-through — display only, never stored or read by NoctForge; still only actionable via Android's notification shade
  • 8 configurable shortcut buttons
  • Quick note scratchpad (biometric-locked)
  • Android Quick Settings tile toggle
  • Per-app auto-hide list

NoctPill overlay

Always there. Never in the way.

Quick Settings Tile

One swipe.
Always within reach.

NoctPill lives in your Android Quick Settings panel. Pull down the notification shade and toggle it on or off instantly — no need to open the app, no hunting through menus.

Available in Android Quick Settings
NoctPill Android Quick Settings tile
App Library

42 tools. Use the ones you want.

Most multi-tool apps dump everything on you at once. NoctForge doesn't. The App Library lets you hand-pick exactly what appears in your launcher — disable what you don't need, re-enable it the moment you do. Your app, your way.

Enable only what you use
Browse all 42 tools and switch on the ones that matter to you. Everything else stays out of the way.
Disable anytime, re-enable anytime
Nothing is ever deleted. Disabled tools are just hidden — flip them back on in seconds whenever you need them.
Browseable by category
Tools are grouped by category so you can explore what's available without scrolling through everything at once.
Detail pages for every tool
Each tool has a dedicated page explaining what it does, what permissions it needs, and what you can do with it — before you enable it.
Clean launcher, always
Your home screen only shows what you've chosen. No clutter, no noise, no tools you never open taking up space.
New tools added over time
When new tools are added in updates, they appear in the library first — you decide if they join your launcher.
Pin tools directly to your home screen
Any NoctForge tool can be pinned as a shortcut on your Android home screen — open your torch, timer, or converter in a single tap, without even opening the app.
Your launcher.
Your rules.

A minimalist who only wants a flashlight and a timer shouldn't have to wade through 40 other tools to find them. A power user who wants everything can have everything. The App Library makes both possible — in the same app.

42 tools available
0 forced on you
App Library
Your tools. Your call.
App Library
Explore everything.
App Library
Absolute control.
App Library
No clutter. Ever.
The Tools

One app. Replace the drawer.

Forty-two tools that go further than the dedicated apps they replace — all offline, all in one purchase, all looking like they were built by someone who gives a damn.

🌙

Moon Phase

Full astronomical calculator — phase, illumination percentage, next full/new moon, and upcoming lunar events. All offline, no internet required.

Utilities
🔦

Flashlight

Variable brightness, stealth mode, and a full Morse code transmitter. The flashlight that does too much.

Utilities
⚖️

Conversions

10 categories — length, weight, temp, volume, speed, data, time, pressure, area, and cooking. All units, instant.

Utilities
📅

Reminders

Exact-time notifications with rich repeat options. Survives reboots. No account required.

Utilities
🔐

Authenticator

TOTP and HOTP 2FA with SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 support. Hardware-backed encryption via Android Keystore. Encrypted backup with PBKDF2 key derivation. No cloud, ever.

Utilities
🎲

Dice Roller

d4 through d100, up to 20 dice, modifiers, physics tray simulation, shake to roll.

Utilities
🔑

Quick Tools

Tip calculator, random picker, URL tracker stripper, password generator with entropy display, text tools.

Utilities
📷

QR Tools

Generator with 10 modes (text, URL, WiFi, contact, email, SMS, location, event, phone, deep link) and a full scanner with history.

Utilities
🎵

Music Player

Full local player — MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC, OPUS. Sleep timer, queue, playlists, album art. No streaming.

Audio
📊

YearForge

Annual and monthly listening recaps — like Spotify Wrapped, fully offline. Top tracks, artists, heatmaps, hourly profile, new discoveries.

Audio
🎤

Voice Memos

Record, organise and play back voice memos. Date-grouped library, folder management, waveform display.

Audio
🎛️

Visualiser

Seven reactive modes — spectrum bars, oscilloscope, peak/VU meter, dot matrix, radial spectrum, particle burst, ribbon waves. Live from the music player.

Audio
📄

NoctForge PDF

Scan, merge, annotate, compress, OCR, and digitally sign PDFs. Store sensitive documents in an encrypted private vault. A complete PDF suite in one tool.

Documents
📝

NoctForge Notes

Encrypted notes, checklists, recipes and credentials. Decoy vault, panic lock, clipboard auto-clear, secure delete.

Documents
📚

Reader

PDF and EPUB reader with bookmarks, immersive mode, and an encrypted private shelf for sensitive documents.

Documents
🧭

Compass

True vs magnetic north toggle, automatic declination correction — calculated locally, no API.

Sensors
🌡️

Barometer

Pressure in hPa, mbar, inHg, mmHg, atm, psi, and kPa. Altitude estimation, rolling sparkline trend, weather tendency label.

Sensors
💡

Light Meter

Real-time lux readings with EV for photographers. Contextual scale from pitch dark to direct sunlight.

Sensors
🔊

Sound Meter

SPL in dB with peak hold, session min/max/average, noise classification from Quiet to Dangerous.

Sensors
⚖️

Spirit Level

Dual-axis bubble level, fine calibration offset, overlay mode, haptic feedback within ±0.5°.

Sensors
🍅

Focus Timer

Pomodoro-style with configurable focus, break, and long break durations. Visual ambient mode during sessions. Fully offline.

Time
⏱️

Timers & Stopwatch

Multi-countdown timers with persistent notifications, plus a stopwatch with lap tracking and a configurable interval timer.

Time
🔢

Tally Counter

Multiple named counters with adjustable step size, undo, and reset. Haptic feedback on every tap. Great for counting anything on the go.

Time
🕐

Bedside Clock

Digital, analog, dot-matrix and seven-segment modes. Burn-in protection, bloom effects, sleep timer, night auto-dim.

Time
🔢

Hash Calculator

MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512. Real-time hashing as you type, with a byte visualisation grid.

Dev Tools
📁

File Hash

Pick a file and verify its integrity. Computes MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 for any file on device. Paste an expected hash to confirm a match.

Dev Tools
🔍

Metadata Viewer

Inspect and strip EXIF metadata from images on device. No upload required — everything is read locally.

Dev Tools
📋

JSON Formatter

Format, minify, and validate JSON with line/column error numbers. Configurable indent and key sorting.

Dev Tools
🔍

Device Info

Full hardware diagnostic — CPU, RAM, storage, display, GPU, battery, Android version, security patch date.

Dev Tools
🔀

UUID, Base64 & More

UUID v4 (random) and v7 (time-ordered) batch generation with uppercase and hyphen options. Base64 encode/decode with URL-safe mode.

Dev Tools
🥁

Metronome

Precise BPM metronome with tap tempo, accent on downbeat, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/4 time signatures, and visual pulse. Fully offline.

Audio
🎸

Instrument Tuner

Real-time chromatic tuner using the device microphone. Needle and strobe modes. Detects pitch, displays note and cents deviation. No internet required.

Audio
🏷️

Tag Studio

Full ID3 metadata editor — title, artist, album artist, album, track, disc, year, genre, composer, comment, and artwork. Batch operations across your library. Parse filenames into tags. Rename files from tag data.

Audio
🎤

Lyrics Studio

Tap-to-stamp LRC sync editor. Attach synced lyrics to any track. Shift timing globally. Real-time preview with scrolling highlights. Exports standard .lrc files.

Audio
📡

Sensor Dashboard

Live motion telemetry — X, Y and Z axis values in m/s² with vector magnitude and a live sparkline. Offline.

Sensors
👋

Proximity Sensor

Near/Far state detection with raw distance readout, response time, and a detection log. Supported devices only.

Sensors
🧭

Heading HUD

Immersive full-screen compass HUD with bearing, cardinal direction, and a rotating ring display.

Sensors
🏆

Game Stats & Trophy Hall

Unified stats hub across all 9 games — sessions, win rates, best scores, play time, streaks, and achievements. Filter by 7 days, 30 days, or all time.

Games
🎨

Color Lab

Full HSV colour picker with live HEX, RGB, HSL and HSV readouts. Copy any format instantly. WCAG AA contrast checker — see pass/fail at a glance for any colour pair, right on your phone. Saved palette library.

Creator
🌈

Gradient Lab

Multi-stop gradient designer with angle control. Add, reorder and colour-pick every stop. Live preview. Export-ready output.

Creator
🖼️

Photo Converter

Batch image format conversion with quality and compression controls. Metadata stripping. Fully offline.

Creator
🗂️

Palette Library

Save, name and manage custom colour palettes. Add colours from the picker, delete or rename palettes. Persisted locally across sessions.

Creator
Music Suite

A complete music experience. All local.

Player, metadata editor, synced lyrics, visualiser, and an end-of-year recap. No streaming. No accounts. Just your music.

Music Player

Full local playback of MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC and OPUS. Browse by album, artist or folder. Queue management, sleep timer, playlists. Album art with dynamic colour extraction.

YearForge Recap

Like Spotify Wrapped — entirely offline. Annual and monthly story slides with your top songs, artists, albums, hourly listening profile, active day heatmap, streak counter, and new artists discovered. Animated slides, confetti on hero reveals, auto-advance.

Tag Studio

Full ID3 metadata editing — title, artist, album, artwork, genre, year, composer, comment. Batch operations across your whole library. Parse filenames into tags. Rename files from tag data. Safe temp-copy write process.

Lyrics Studio

Tap-to-stamp LRC sync editor. Attach synced lyrics to any track. Shift timing globally. Real-time preview with scrolling highlights. Export compatible .lrc files that work in other media players.

Visualiser

Seven live audio-reactive modes — spectrum bars, oscilloscope, peak/VU meter, dot matrix, radial spectrum, particle burst, and ribbon waves. Driven by the music player. Fullscreen and overlay modes. Colour follows your accent theme automatically.

In Action

Every screen built for your music

From the player to the lyrics editor — every part of the music suite is designed to feel premium and stay completely offline.

Now Playing
Late night focus session.
Tag Studio
Your metadata. Perfect.
Lyrics Studio
Every word. Synced offline.
Late night focus session. Audio reactive.
Android Auto

Your music. On the road.

NoctForge integrates fully with Android Auto. Browse your library by album, artist, playlist, or recent plays — right from your car's display. Full playback controls on the steering wheel. No phone needed once you're driving.

DriveFlow
Detects when Android Auto connects and automatically resumes playback. No queue? It builds one — 50+ tracks drawn intelligently from your listening history, current album, and most-played tracks.
Night Drive
Between 8PM and 6AM, your phone's screen automatically dims when Android Auto connects. Less glare in a dark car. Your brightness is restored exactly as it was the moment you disconnect.
Full Library Browse
Albums, artists, playlists, recently played, and your full library — all browseable from the car screen. Albums and artists display as a grid. Tracks as a list. Tap anything to play.
Steering Wheel Controls
Physical media buttons on your steering wheel or head unit work natively — play, pause, skip, previous. No setup required.
NoctForge on Android Auto
Live on Android Auto
Games

Nine games. A Trophy Hall. All offline.

From perfect minimax AI to procedurally generated mazes — each game is complete with stats, achievements, and a unified Trophy Hall.

🔴

Four in a Row

Local 2-player or AI with minimax alpha-beta. Hard AI won't make mistakes.

Tic-Tac-Toe

Unbeatable minimax AI — can only be tied, never beaten.

🃏

Recall

Memory card match. 4×4, 4×6 or 6×6 grids. Timer mode.

🌀

Neon Maze

Procedurally generated mazes. Up to 30×30. Time attack.

💡

Blackout Grid

Classic Lights Out puzzle with hints and a custom board creator.

🐍

Neon Snake

Classic snake with 10 speed levels, power-ups and wrap-around mode.

Cyber Snake

Snake evolved — obstacles, portals, levels, expanded power-ups.

🟦

Block Stacker

Tetris-style with ghost piece, hold, 3 next previews, 15 speed levels.

🚀

Neon Defense

Space Invaders-style. Boss waves, shields, power-ups, lives system.

Privacy

No internet. No excuses.

NoctForge holds no internet permission. There is no server to breach, no account to compromise, no telemetry draining your battery. Just software that works and stays quiet.

🔐

XChaCha20-Poly1305

AEAD encryption for notes, vault, and authenticator secrets. Random nonce per encryption. MAC verification on every read.

🔑

Android Keystore

Master keys are hardware-backed on supported devices. Biometric binding available. Keys never leave the secure element.

📵

No Internet Permission

The INTERNET permission is explicitly removed from the Android manifest. The app cannot phone home. Provably offline.

🛡️

FLAG_SECURE

Every sensitive screen blocks screenshots and screen recording at the OS level. No screenshot app or screen recorder can capture your private data.

🗝️

750K PBKDF2 Iterations

Encrypted backups use PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 with 750,000 iterations. Passphrase brute-force is computationally infeasible.

🫥

Decoy Vault

NoctForge Notes supports a full decoy vault with a separate PIN. Under duress, open the decoy — your real data stays hidden.

💾

Encrypted Local Backups

Your notes and 2FA keys can be manually exported as an encrypted backup file — stored wherever you choose, on your device. If your phone breaks or you switch devices, your data comes with you. Nothing is ever locked to a cloud account.

📦

Closed Source — Honest About It

NoctForge is proprietary, closed-source software. We're upfront about that. What we can tell you: no internet permission in the manifest (provably offline), all sensitive features documented in our permissions breakdown, and every privacy claim here is verifiable by behaviour — not just words.

🔬

On-Device OCR — No Google Play Services Required

PDF OCR uses a fully bundled on-device text recognition model — no Google Play Services, no network call, no account. Document scanning runs on OpenCV, also entirely bundled inside the app. Neither component can communicate with the outside world. Your documents stay on your device.

🛠️

Custom ROM Friendly

NoctForge requires Android 13+ and has zero Google Play Services dependencies. It runs on de-Googled devices including GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and CalyxOS — no GMS, no Play Store account required for functionality once installed.

Note for Custom ROM users: NoctForge is launching first on Google Play. Because the app has no INTERNET permission, it cannot use standard online license-checking. We are actively setting up a direct-purchase option (Gumroad/Ko-fi) to offer a completely DRM-free APK for users who do not use the Play Store. Stay tuned.

Transparency

Why we ask for what we ask.

NoctForge requests only what specific features need to function. Every permission can be revoked at any time in Android Settings — the app will simply disable the feature that needs it, nothing else changes.

📷
Camera
Used by the Flashlight, QR Scanner, and camera tools. Only activated when you open one of these features. Never runs in the background.
🎙️
Microphone
Used by the Instrument Tuner for pitch detection and Voice Memos for recording. Only active while you're in those tools. No audio is stored or transmitted.
🔊
Modify Audio Settings
Lets the Metronome and music player manage audio focus and routing correctly — so playback pauses when a call comes in and resumes after.
👆
Biometrics / Fingerprint
Used to lock and unlock sensitive features like the Authenticator and encrypted notes. Biometric data never leaves your device — it's handled entirely by Android.
🧭
Precise Location
Used by the Compass and Heading HUD for GPS-based bearing accuracy. Only read when those tools are open. No location data is stored, logged, or sent anywhere.
🔵
Bluetooth Connect
Used by Device Info to display the names of connected Bluetooth devices. Read-only — NoctForge does not initiate or manage Bluetooth connections.
💊
Display Over Other Apps
Required for NoctPill, the floating overlay. Without this permission NoctPill cannot appear above other apps. You grant this manually in system settings — Android requires explicit approval.
🔕
Notification Access
Used by NoctPill to show incoming notifications and currently playing media from other apps in the overlay. You control which apps are included — any app can be toggled off individually in NoctPill settings. Granted manually via Settings → Apps → Special app access → Notification access. Nothing is stored, logged, or transmitted.
🎵
Read Media Audio
Lets the music player read your local music library. Only accesses audio files. No other files are read, and nothing leaves your device.
🌙
Wake Lock
Keeps the screen on during the Bedside Clock and prevents the processor from sleeping during music playback. Released immediately when you leave those features.
🔔
Notifications
Used for timer alerts, reminders, and the music player notification. Only requested when you enable these features. You can revoke it and the rest of the app works fine.
⏱️
Exact Alarms
Makes timers and reminders fire precisely on time rather than in a window. Android 14+ may ask you to approve this separately in system settings.
⚙️
Boot Completed / Foreground Services
Boot Completed restores scheduled reminders after a restart. Foreground Services keep music playing and NoctPill running when you switch apps — Android requires this for anything persistent.

What we explicitly do not request: Internet access, external storage, network state, Wi-Fi state, or advertising ID. The INTERNET permission is removed from the app manifest entirely — NoctForge is provably unable to send data anywhere.

Coming Soon

What's being built next.

New tools that follow the same principle — powerful, private, and fully offline. No internet. No accounts. No surprises.

In Development
💳

Subscription Tracker

Track every subscription you pay for — manually entered, fully offline. No bank scraping, no account linking, no internet required. Set renewal dates and NoctForge reminds you before they hit. A clear view of what you're actually spending, stored only on your device.

Manual entry Local reminders No internet No bank access
In Development

Wear OS Support

NoctForge coming to your wrist. Music controls, quick tools, and core features accessible directly from your Wear OS watch — fully paired with the app on your phone.

Music controls Quick tools Wear OS
Pricing

Less than a coffee. Everything included.

No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No feature gates. Buy it once, own it forever.

$6.99
One-time purchase · No subscription
  • All 42 tools, fully unlocked
  • All 9 games with Trophy Hall
  • Complete music suite
  • All three theme packs
  • Every future update included
  • No account. No internet. No tracking.
Coming Soon to Google Play

Launching on Android via Google Play — stay tuned.

Price shown in AUD. Google Play automatically converts to your local currency at checkout — you'll see your local price before you pay.

Built by one person who got fed up. Priced accordingly.

Note for Custom ROM users NoctForge is launching first on Google Play. Because the app has no INTERNET permission, it cannot use standard online license-checking. We are actively setting up a direct-purchase option (Gumroad/Ko-fi) to offer a completely DRM-free APK for users who do not use the Play Store. Stay tuned.