Privacy by default
Scans, documents, contacts - everything stays on your device. Nothing flows back to me unless you explicitly opt into webhooks (and even then, the destination is your server).
Built independently, in Portugal.
NFC.cool is an independent product from Nicolo Stanciu, made in Lisbon. One person, one mission: ship the best mobile scanning toolkit anyone has, without spying on the people using it.
The story
NFC.cool started as a personal itch - Apple opened up NFC on iOS in 2017 and the apps available all felt either too limited or too cluttered. I built the first version of NFC.cool Tools that year for myself, shipped it to the App Store, and watched a small but passionate community form around it.
Eight years and 6,500+ five-star ratings later, NFC.cool has grown into a family of apps: the full scanning toolkit (NFC, QR, barcodes, documents, 3D, room scans, webhooks), the dedicated Business Card app, and an Android version focused on what Android does best. Everything still ships from one keyboard, in one apartment, in Lisbon.
I keep it that way on purpose. No VC, no analytics, no growth team - just one person who actually uses what they ship every day.
What NFC.cool stands for
On-device processing
OCR, photogrammetry, NFC parsing - all run locally. No cloud round-trips, no internet required.
Open standards
NFC Forum types, NDEF, vCard, iCalendar, OpenPrintTag. Where standards exist, NFC.cool follows them.
No analytics, no tracking
I don't know which features you use, how often, or who you are. I write the apps; the data is yours.
Free where it can be
The core toolkit is free with no ads. A few advanced workflows may unlock inside the apps, but you'll never need a subscription for the essentials.
Get in touch
The fastest way to reach me is by email - hello@nfc.cool. I read everything personally. Feature requests directly shape the roadmap; bug reports get triaged within a day.
For press inquiries, see the press page.