Ranks, rewards, unlocks
Cats climb from Stranger to Companion as you get to know them, and you climb your own ladder alongside. Each rung unlocks a card design or more prints to give away.
On-device recognition
It knows which cat is which. Offline.
Point the camera at a cat and Noraneko tells you which one it is, by its face. It gets surer of a cat the more often you catch it, and it does all of the thinking on your own device.
The viewfinder is watching too. When a cat walks into frame the shutter lights up, and on an iPhone it taps your hand, so you know before you look down.
- No server, no account, no upload
- Works in a basement, on a mountain, in aeroplane mode
- Your cats and your photographs never leave the device
No internet required
The whole app, in your pocket.
Recognition, ranks, the coat guide, the map: none of it asks for a connection. The one thing two devices ever talk to is each other, and only when you trade.
What it never asks for
- upload
- account
- password
- cloud
- subscription
What it needs
- your device
- cats
Cards & foils
Every cat prints a card.
Five designs, from a plain Snapshot to a full Foil, each unlocked by how well you know the animal. They catch the light, they answer the tilt of your hand, and the foil ones move as you move.
Runs are finite. A Snapshot has copies to spare; a Foil is one of one. Giving one away means you no longer have it.
Trading
Trade in person, screen to screen.
Scan the other person's code and the two devices talk straight to each other, over Wi-Fi or over Bluetooth if there is no Wi-Fi. Both cards cross before either side commits, so you always see what you are getting and what you are giving.
What keeps track of
Stats for every cat
Days seen, places found, months known, how many genuinely different views you have. A cat's page is a record of a relationship, not a photo album.
Sitting, standing, lying, eating
Noraneko notices how a cat is sitting, and keeps count. Catching one in all three postures is its own small achievement, and whether it was eating is noted too.
Age and coat
Kitten or adult, and the coat named the way you would name it: tuxedo, calico, ginger tabby. The guide fills in as you meet them, like a dex.
Adoption cards
Help one find a forever home.
Any cat can be turned into a card carrying what somebody deciding whether to take it in needs to know: the photograph, the coat, the age, the town it lives in, and the other times you have seen it. The two things a camera cannot answer are yours to add, if you know them: the cat's sex, and whether it has been neutered.
