Noraneko 野良猫

About

Every street has its regulars. Noraneko learns to tell them apart. Point the camera at a cat. Noraneko finds the animal in the frame, cuts it from the background, and turns its face into a fingerprint — then checks that against every cat you have already met. All of it runs on your phone's own neural engine. No server. No account. No upload. Your cats and your photographs never leave the device. IT WORKS ANYWHERE Recognition, ranks, the coat guide, the map — none of it asks for a connection. A basement, a mountain, aeroplane mode. The only thing two phones ever talk to is each other, and only when you trade. A RECORD FOR EVERY CAT Days seen, places found, months known, how many genuinely different views you have. Sitting, standing or lying is read automatically, and whether the cat was eating. Kitten or adult. The coat named from real descriptions — tuxedo, calico, ginger tabby — filling in a guide as you meet them. A cat's page is a record of a relationship, not a photo album. EVERY CAT PRINTS A CARD Five designs, from a plain Snapshot to a full Foil, each unlocked by how well you know the animal. The cards are three-dimensional objects: they catch the light, they answer the tilt of the phone, 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. TRADE IN PERSON, PHONE TO PHONE Scan the other person's code and the two devices talk directly — over the local network, or over Bluetooth when there is no network at all. Both cards cross before either side commits, so you always see what you are getting and what you are giving. CLIMB, AND BRING THEM WITH YOU Cats go from Stranger to Companion as you get to know them, and you climb your own ladder alongside: Passerby, Scout, Observer, Tracker, Cartographer, Chronicler, Naturalist. Each rung unlocks a card design or more prints to give away — never anything rarer, so a Foil is a Foil whoever holds it. HELP ONE FIND A HOME Any cat can be turned into a card built for one job: the photograph, the coat, the age, the street it lives on, and the other times you have seen it. Made to be handed to somebody who might take it in. It is the one card in the app not meant to be collected. Made for the cats who were already there. Requires iOS 17 or later. Location is optional.