Toolz

Your device, fully orchestrated.

Toolz is a modern Android toolkit that brings productivity, media, PDF, sensor, privacy, and system utilities into one polished app. It is built for people who want one fast home for the tools they actually use, not a folder full of single-purpose apps.

Toolz currently targets Android 12 and above, ships from this repository as version 1.0.8, and combines 30+ precision instruments into a single Compose-first experience. Many tools work locally on-device, while connected features like AI, web search, music catalog downloads, and update checks use the internet when needed.

Why Toolz

Toolz is designed to feel like a real daily driver, not a demo shelf.

• One app for timers, notes, PDFs, media, utilities, sensors, and device tools.
• A polished dashboard with quick access, pinned tools, recent tools, widgets, and a universal floating status pill.
• Strong local capabilities for vaults, clipboard history, PDF work, conversion, measurement, and sensors.
• Optional AI where it actually helps, including assistant flows, smart matching, and document summaries.
• Android-native integrations like Autofill, notification listening, accessibility-powered focus controls, quick settings tiles, and app widgets.

Standout Features

• Focus Flow tracks app usage, scores productivity, supports daily app limits, and can use accessibility-powered hard locks for advanced focus modes.
• Password Vault stores credentials in an encrypted SQLCipher-backed database, supports biometric unlock, Autofill, password generation, CSV import, and vault health checks.
• Notification Vault captures selected notifications into a searchable local archive with filters and app-level controls.
• PDF Reader opens PDF files directly from Android share/open flows, scans documents with OCR, extracts text, and supports AI-assisted summaries.
• File Converter handles video, audio, image, and PDF conversion workflows with FFmpeg-backed processing and PDF-to-image support.
• Music Player supports local playback, lyrics, Media3 controls, and a catalog/download flow for expanding your library.
• Widgets and tiles include homescreen widgets for flashlight, notes, steps, compass, flip coin, and music, plus quick settings tiles for Clipboard and Caffeinate.

What You Can Do In Toolz

Smart Flow & AI

• AI Assistant with configurable providers and model selection.
• Smart dashboard search that matches intent to the right tool.
• Web search with DuckDuckGo HTML results, bookmarks, quick links, and DNS/ad-block controls.
• Quick capture tools like Todo and Notepad for notes, reminders, and lightweight planning.

Time & Focus

• Timer, Stopwatch, Pomodoro, World Clock, Calendar, and Todo workflows in one place.
• Focus Flow for usage analytics, weekly summaries, focus insights, and app limits.
• Caffeinate mode to keep the screen awake when you need it.

Media & PDF

• Music playback, voice recording, and media browsing.
• File conversion across video, audio, image, animation, and document formats.
• PDF reading, OCR overlays, extracted text, and document summaries.

Sensors & Vision

• Flashlight, Screen Light, Magnifier, QR/barcode Scanner, and Light Meter.
• Compass, Bubble Level, Speedometer, Altimeter, Step Counter, and Ruler.
• Color Picker and Sound Meter for quick environmental measurements.

Security & System

• Password Vault, password generation, clipboard history, and notification history.
• Device Info, Battery Info, File Cleaner, Periodic Table, Flip Coin, and random generation tools.
• Homescreen widgets and quick settings integrations for faster access from anywhere.

Install Toolz

Toolz is distributed through GitHub Releases:

• Releases page: github.com/freroxx/toolz/releases
• Current repo version: 1.0.8

Download the APK that matches your device:

• arm64-v8a for most modern Android phones
• armeabi-v7a for older 32-bit ARM devices
• x86_64 for many emulators and x86_64 environments
• x86 for older x86 emulator/device setups

If you already have Toolz installed, the app also includes an in-app updater that checks GitHub releases and the project update manifest for compatible builds.

Build From Source

Requirements

• Android Studio
• Android SDK 36 (compileSdk 36, targetSdk 36)
• JDK 17
• A device or emulator running Android 12+ (minSdk 31)

Optional AI Environment Keys

Toolz can run core utilities without personal AI keys, but AI-related features work best when you provide your own provider keys.

Create a root .env file if you want to bake default keys into your build:

GEMINI_DEFAULT=
CHATGPT_DEFAULT=
GROQ_DEFAULT=
OPENROUTER_DEFAULT=
CLAUDE_DEFAULT=
DEEPSEEK_DEFAULT=

Build Commands

macOS/Linux:

./gradlew assembleDebug

Windows:

.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug

Import the project into Android Studio, let Gradle sync, and the debug APK will be generated through the standard Android build pipeline.

Tech Stack

• Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
• Hilt for dependency injection
• Room with SQLCipher-backed encrypted storage
• WorkManager for scheduled background work
• Media3 for audio playback and session handling
• ML Kit for barcode scanning and text recognition
• FFmpegKit for media conversion
• Retrofit + OkHttp + Moshi for networking and serialization
• AndroidX PDF Viewer for in-app PDF handling

Permissions And Privacy

Toolz uses different Android permissions depending on which tools you enable. The app asks for powerful access because some of its features are deeply integrated with the system, not because every tool needs every permission.

Feature area	Access used	Why it is needed
Focus Flow	Usage Access, Accessibility, overlay-related access	To analyze app usage, enforce app limits, and show advanced focus controls
Notification Vault	Notification listener access	To capture and organize notifications inside the vault
Password Vault	Biometric auth, Autofill service	To unlock the vault securely and fill saved credentials
Search, updates, AI, catalog	Internet/network access	For DuckDuckGo HTML search, update checks, provider-backed AI, and music catalog/download features
Camera tools	Camera and flashlight	For scanning, magnifier, flashlight, and light-related tools
Audio tools	Microphone and media access	For voice recording, playback, and music library features
Motion and navigation tools	Activity recognition, location, sensors	For step counting, speed, compass, altitude, and related measurements
File-based tools	Media and document access	For PDF opening, music indexing, conversion, cleaner workflows, and exported output

Toolz is not presented here as a fully offline app. Many tools work entirely on-device, but connected features such as AI, web search, catalog downloads, and update checks require network access.

AI is optional. You can use Toolz's core utilities without configuring personal provider keys.

Support

• Repository: github.com/freroxx/toolz
• Releases: github.com/freroxx/toolz/releases
• Discord: discord.gg/aAswRUerwh

If you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement, or contribute to Toolz, open an issue or pull request in this repository.