The page in your browser
Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, Samsung Internet, Safari, Arc. It opens in the other device's browser.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesture → opened
Android · iPhone · Windows · Mac
Grab it from the air.
Close your hand over one screen and open it over another. Pages, videos, photos and files move between your phones, iPhone, Windows PC and Mac — in any direction, to any device in your group.
Free. No account, no cloud — your devices talk over your own Wi-Fi.
A YouTube video — it carries on from the same second on the laptop.
- 4platformsAndroid, iPhone, Windows and Mac — in every direction
- 1QR scanpairs a device with your whole group
- 0serversno account, no cloud, no ads
- 7kinds of thingspages, videos, reels, photos, files, screenshots, text
The effect
See what a grab looks like.
The screen pulls in, sparks gather into a glowing orb and it lifts away. Catching plays it backwards. The same on every device.
What it grabs
Whatever is on your screen, the way you'd want it on the other one.
OrbGrab looks at the app in front and takes the useful thing — the link, the file, the moment in the video. A picture of the screen only when there's nothing better.
A YouTube video, at the same second
Grab it on your phone or Mac; it carries on from where you were on the other screen.
youtube.com/watch?v=…&t=213s
Instagram reels and posts
The reel or post filling the screen, with the share tracking taken off the link.
instagram.com/reel/… (igsh removed)
Photos and videos
The original file at full quality, not a screenshot — from the Android gallery or the iPhone's library. Computers open it full screen.
IMG_20261013_235027.jpg · 4.2 MB
Files and documents
On a computer: the files selected in File Explorer or Finder, or the document open in Preview or TextEdit. Otherwise a screenshot.
Report.pdf · Screenshot — Maps.jpg
Or share it yourself
Share → OrbGrab from any Android app, or the buttons in OrbGrab on any device: copied link, photo, any file.
Share → OrbGrab → ✋ → ✊
One group, every device
Not just phone to laptop. Everything to everything.
Your devices form one group. Any of them can send, any of them can catch — two phones, a phone and an iPhone, a Mac and a Windows PC.
- 01Pair onceScan any device's QR code and it joins your group — along with every device it was already paired with.
- 02Every directionPhones, iPhone and computers all send and all catch: laptop to phone, phone to laptop, phone to phone.
- 03Grab once, catch anywhereWhat you grab is offered to the whole group. The first open hand takes it, and the others are told who did.
- 04Finds itself againNext time you open OrbGrab, the group reconnects on its own. No pairing twice.
| From ↓ To → | Android | iPhone | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| iPhone | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Every pair works, two of the same kind too — except iPhone to iPhone: an iPhone connects to your Android, Windows and Mac devices.
How it works
Set it up once. After that it's just your hand.
Install it on your devices
Any mix of Android phones, iPhone, Windows PCs and Macs. Keep them on the same Wi-Fi.
Scan the QR code once
Open OrbGrab on one device and tap Pair device → Scan on another. From then on every device in the group finds the others.
Grab and catch
✋ → ✊ in front of one device sends. An open hand ✋ in front of another catches — on a computer, ✊ → ✋. The phone vibrates once when something arrives.
Each device
What each one does.
| Device | Grabs | Catch with | Over other apps | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | Browser page, YouTube at the same second, Instagram, gallery photo or video, screenshot | Open hand | Yes, with Background mode | Android 10+, front camera |
| iPhone | Copied link or text, photo or video, file | Open hand | Only while OrbGrab is open | iOS 16+ |
| Windows | Browser page, selected files, screenshot | Fist → open hand | Yes, from the tray | Windows 10/11, webcam |
| Mac | Browser tab (YouTube at the same second), selected files, open document, screenshot | Fist → open hand | Yes, from the menu bar | macOS 14+, camera |
No server. No account. No ads.OrbGrab is a direct line between your own devices. There's nothing in the middle to sign in to, and nothing that could keep a copy.
- The camera stays on your deviceIt looks for your hand a few times a second. Nothing is recorded, saved or uploaded, and it pauses while the screen is off.
- Only your devices, only on your Wi-FiDevices join your group by scanning its QR code, and prove it before anything is exchanged.
- Reads the screen only when you grabAndroid's Accessibility service is used at that moment only, to read the page address or press the app's own Share button.
- Nothing about you, anywhereNo analytics, no tracking, no ads. Privacy policy
Download · version 0.1.0
Get OrbGrab for each device you use.
You need it on at least two. The one for this device is marked.
Android
APKOpen the file on your phone and tap Install (allow installs from your browser if asked). The app then walks you through setup.
Download APKWindows
ZIPExtract the zip and run OrbGrab\OrbGrab.exe. If Windows warns you: More info → Run anyway.
Download ZIPMac
ZIPUnzip, move OrbGrab to Applications, then right-click → Open the first time. It lives in the menu bar.
Download ZIPiPhone
BetaInstall with Sideloadly or AltStore and your Apple ID (a free Apple ID needs a reinstall every 7 days). App Store version on its way.
Download IPAGoogle Play: coming soonApp Store: coming soon
Questions
Before you try it
Can I use more than two devices?
Yes. Pair as many phones and computers as you like into one group — each one only scans a QR code once. Anything you grab is offered to all of them, and the device where you open your hand first gets it.
Does it record me through the camera?
No. OrbGrab checks a few frames a second for the shape of an open hand or a fist, on the device itself, and throws each frame away. It never saves or sends video, and on the phone it stops while the screen is off or locked.
Will it drain my battery or slow my phone down?
While no hand is in view it looks 5 times a second, and only once a second when nothing in front of the camera moves. The hand model runs at low priority, so the app you're using always comes first. Turn Background mode off whenever you like.
Do my devices need the internet?
They need to be on the same Wi-Fi (a phone's hotspot works too). Nothing goes through the internet or any server; a link you send simply opens on the other device.
Is what I send private?
It goes straight from one of your devices to another over your Wi-Fi, and only devices that scanned your group's QR code are let in — each one proves it before anything is exchanged. On the way it is protected by your Wi-Fi's own encryption, so use a network you trust.
Can two iPhones send to each other?
Not directly. An iPhone sends to and catches from your Android phones, Windows PCs and Macs, and only while OrbGrab is open — Apple doesn't let apps use the camera in the background or read other apps' screens.
My Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO closes it in the background.
HyperOS closes apps to save memory. OrbGrab's setup walks you through Autostart, Battery saver → No restrictions and locking OrbGrab in Recent apps. With those on it keeps running, and if it's closed anyway it comes back by itself.
Why does Android ask for Accessibility?
So that ✋ → ✊ over another app can take the link from your browser or press that app's own Share button. OrbGrab uses it only at the moment you grab, and shows you exactly what it does before you switch it on.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no ads, no subscription.