Every time you want to do a simple task on your phone these days, you are asked to download a dedicated app. If you want to check the weather, you are prompted to download the app. If you want to send a file to a friend, you need an app. At Pure Contrast Tools, we have chosen a distinctly different path.
We absolutely refuse to put our tools behind an App Store wall. The friction involved in downloading a native application is enormous. It takes up valuable storage space on your device. It asks for permissions it simply does not need. It constantly pesters you for updates. Worst of all, it usually includes hidden trackers designed to monitor your behaviour.
The Browser is the Operating System
We believe the web browser is the only operating system you should need for simple utilities. By building everything as a standard web page, we ensure that someone on a ten-year-old laptop has the exact same access as someone using the newest smartphone. Equal access is fundamental to our design process.
Accessibility Without Barriers
This "no-app" philosophy is a deliberate choice for accessibility. If you rely on a specific screen reader setup on your desktop computer, you do not have to learn a completely new, poorly labelled interface on a mobile app. You just open the link and start using the tool.
We proved this recently with the launch of Pure Send. You can securely transfer files between any two devices without asking either person to create an account or install software. The browser handles the connection entirely.
Privacy by Default
Staying out of the app ecosystems also protects your privacy. A modern web browser gives you strict control over what a site can and cannot do. When you close a tab for Pure Send or Pure Chance, the tool is completely gone. There is no background process left behind to drain your battery, and there is certainly no code monitoring your location data.
We will keep building tools that you can load instantly, use effectively, and close without a second thought.