Noraneko 野良猫: Strays Near You

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 —…