Toolbelt: Private Toolbox

No ads ever. No data tracking. No account creation.

Toolbelt puts eight everyday tools in one small app: a bubble level, a compass, a sound meter, a flashlight, a magnifier, a ruler, a square footage estimator and a unit converter. It opens straight to the tools. There's no consent screen, because there's nothing to consent to.

THE FLASHLIGHT IS FREE FOREVER
• Torch on and off, with brightness steps on phones that support them
• Strobe and SOS
• Screen light, white or warm, for phones without a flash
• A Quick Settings tile and a launcher shortcut for instant light
• It never locks, trial or not. It's a safety tool

LEVEL
• Surface mode (a bullseye) and edge mode (a tube), to 0.1°
• Says it in words too: "Level" or "2.4° left"
• Two-point calibration for each orientation, hold the reading, and an optional click or vibration when level

COMPASS
• Heading in degrees with a 16-point label
• An accuracy indicator that's always on screen, and a figure-8 calibration prompt when the sensor needs it
• Optional true north: type your local declination (Toolbelt has no location access, so it never looks it up)
• Lock a bearing and see how far you're off it

SOUND METER
• Live, min, average and max, a 60-second graph, and references like "a quiet room"
• Readings are approximate dB(A). Phone microphones vary, so use the calibration offset to match a meter you trust. Not for hearing-safety, workplace or legal measurements

MAGNIFIER
• Zoom, light, freeze frame, and high-contrast or inverted views

RULER
• Centimetres and inches, from your screen's size, or calibrated against any bank card
• Two handles to measure between

SQUARE FOOTAGE ESTIMATOR
• Rooms as rectangles, triangles, circles, semicircles and trapezoids, with cut-outs for closets and fireplaces
• Type 12' 6" as you'd say it, or use feet, inches, metres or centimetres
• Totals in sq ft and m², plus the perimeter
• Flooring or tile (boxes or tiles, with waste %) and paint (gallons, after doors and windows), with an optional cost
• Use your last ruler measurement, copy a summary, or export CSV
• Every figure is an estimate — buy extra

UNIT CONVERTER
• Length, area, volume, weight, temperature, speed, pressure, energy, power, data, time, angle, fuel economy and cooking
• Fractions in and out: type 1 1/2 or 3/4, and see the nearest kitchen fraction
• Maths in the box: 12*3.5 or (10+2)/4
• Cups to grams for flour, sugar, butter, rice, water and milk (editable)
• Exact definitions, and US and UK gallons, pints, cups and tons kept apart
• Favourites, recent conversions and a swap button
• Works offline, so there's no currency conversion (rates need the internet)

MEASUREMENTS LOG
• Save any level, compass, sound or ruler reading with a note
• Export to CSV or back up to one file, any time, trial or not

WHICH TOOL USES WHICH PERMISSION
• Microphone: only the Sound meter, only while its screen is open. It's asked for the first time you open the Sound meter, "Mic on" shows while it listens, and it's released when you leave, switch apps or turn the screen off. Loudness is measured as numbers; no audio is ever recorded, saved or sent.
• Camera: only the Magnifier, only while its screen is open. It's asked for the first time you open the Magnifier and released when you leave. A picture is saved to your Pictures folder only if you tap Save.
• The flashlight, level, compass, ruler, square footage estimator and unit converter need no permission.
• No internet, and no location. Check "App permissions" on this page.

FAIR PRICING
• Free for 7 days with every tool
• Then a single $1.99 in-app purchase unlocks the other seven tools for good. No subscription, ever
• Without it, the flashlight still works, your log and saved square-footage projects stay viewable and exportable, and your calibrations are kept

OUR PROMISE
No ads, no data, no account, now or in any update. No analytics, crash reporting or tracking SDKs.

Made by Southwest Blueprints with AI assistance.

Recent changes:
First release. Eight tools: level, compass, sound meter, flashlight, magnifier, ruler, square footage and unit converter. No ads, no internet. The flashlight is free forever.