About Genesis Forge

Genesis Forge is a solo app studio. It builds Android apps for homes and families, and apps and websites for small shops and businesses.

What we have built

• Kinvale, a family-tree app with memories, dates and a relationship finder in English, Telugu and Hindi.
• Nivasa, a household app for money, groceries, subscriptions and EMIs.
• Shubhavela, Telugu and English greeting pictures with your name on them.
• Airyluxe, the website and Android app of a designer ladies-wear store, built as client work. The case study describes it.

Kinvale, Nivasa and Shubhavela are in closed testing on Google Play.

How the apps are made

Local-first

The three Android apps have no server and no account. What you enter stays on your phone, and the internet is used only for ads. We explain the reasoning, and the trade-offs, in Why our apps keep your data on your phone.

One job each

Each app looks after one part of home life: the family, the household, or the greetings you send.

Plain language

We try to write the apps, the privacy policies and this website so that they can be understood on the first reading.

How the apps are paid for

The apps are free and show ads through Google AdMob. This website may show ads through Google AdSense. What you enter in the apps is not shared with advertisers. The website privacy policy and each app’s own policy explain what the advertising software collects.

The guides

The guides on this site are written by Genesis Forge on subjects that had to be understood properly in order to build the apps. They are general information. Where a topic touches on money they are not financial advice.

Work with us

Genesis Forge also takes on client work for small shops and businesses. See Hire us.

Get in touch

Feedback, questions, privacy requests and project enquiries all go to genesisforge.dev@gmail.com. The contact page says what to include.