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Bondwidth

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Private, offline phone & contacts app that helps you keep up your bonds

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About Bondwidth

Bondwidth is an all-in-one phone, contacts, and relationship app that works entirely on your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking — and it quietly helps you stay close to the people who matter.

Friendship is small attentions, often. Set a check-in cadence for each person and Bondwidth gently flags who's getting too quiet, so you can reach out before silence becomes a habit. Birthdays and anniversaries are remembered for you, and the calls you make are counted automatically.

Private by design

* No internet permission at all — the app cannot reach the network, and its build pipeline fails if that ever changes.

* No accounts, no servers, no cloud. Everything stays in the app's private storage on your device.

* No analytics, no ads, no third-party trackers.

* Optional encrypted backups (AES-256-GCM) that only you can open.

* Optional biometric app lock and a "hide from screenshots" mode.

Phone

* Default dialer with its own in-call screen, Picture-in-Picture, and per-contact ringtones.

* T9 smart dial, speed dial, and dual-SIM call routing.

* Block numbers, missed-call notifications, call history and search.

* Colour-coded call directions, with optional WhatsApp / Signal shortcuts.

Contacts

* Browse, create, edit and delete contacts, with group filtering.

* Typed phone numbers, emails, postal address, website, organisation, notes and birthday.

* Find and merge duplicates; import and export vCard files.

Bonds

* Per-person check-in cadence with gentle overdue nudges.

* Birthday and anniversary reminders, with a "Mark as wished" action.

* An interaction timeline and an at-a-glance relationship dashboard.

* A home-screen widget for upcoming occasions and who you haven't spoken to lately.

Bondwidth is free software (GPL-3.0). Its phone and contacts features are derived from the Fossify Phone and Fossify Contacts projects.

What's new in 1.1.1

Fixes the app closing right after a fresh install, or whenever contacts access is not granted. Fixes a crash opening call history without call-log access. Fixes "App not installed" when updating a test build downloaded from GitHub: releases now install over those builds and keep your data. Test builds now install separately as "Bondwidth (dev)".

How to install Bondwidth

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Bondwidth from your app drawer.

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