ShareForge transfers installed apps directly between two Android phones with no internet connection, no account and no Google Play Services. Pick apps from a searchable list showing name, icon, version and size, and it extracts the base APK plus every split — the language, density and architecture pieces modern apps are built from — hashing each file as it goes. The sending phone advertises itself over your Wi-Fi or opens a Wi-Fi Direct link; the receiving phone either picks it from a list or scans a QR code, then confirms with a six-digit pairing code. Files stream over a direct socket and the receiver re-hashes every one, so a transfer only succeeds if every byte matches. Installation then goes through the normal Android system installer, one app at a time. Worth knowing up front: it moves apps, not their data; splits must travel together; and some system or copy-protected apps will refuse to be extracted.
What it does
Transfers installed apps phone to phone with no internet, no account and no Google Play Services
Searchable, filterable list of installed apps with name, icon, version and size, and multi-select
Extracts the base APK plus every split — language, density and architecture pieces
SHA-256 hashes every file on the way out and re-verifies it on arrival; a mismatch fails the transfer
Pair over shared Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi Direct, by picking from a list or scanning a QR code
Six-digit pairing code confirmation before any data moves
Installs through the normal Android system installer, one app at a time
Works on Android 8.0 and later; QR handled by a bundled library, discovery by standard mDNS
Honest about its limits: apps only (not their data), splits travel together, some protected apps refuse
Android 8.0 (API 26) or later. Installed by sideloading — see the included instructions. Not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run - choose More info, then Run anyway.
Licence:
Free forever to send a single app over shared Wi-Fi, and to receive and install as many as you like. A licence key unlocks batch sending and Wi-Fi Direct, which works without a shared network. Installed by sideloading — the permissions it needs are not permitted on the Play Store.
