We build. We innovate.
We create.
Grace Network designs and engineers software for the systems people rely on — and grows a small group of branches to carry specific ideas further, starting with Gracely Network.
Four standards behind every product.
Whether it ships from Grace Network or one of its branches, the same standards apply.
One company. Five branches.
Grace Network sits at the center, and each branch builds in its own area. Click any card to open it.
Apps made for your phone.
The apps taking shape inside Grace Network's mobile branch. Tap any card to open it.
Founded by Ahmed Naveed.
A software developer and tester who started by finding bugs and built a company around building things better. Grace Network and its founder share one story.
See what we build next.
New apps, games, books and branches are announced first in News & updates.
About Grace Network
A software company founded by Ahmed Naveed, and the group of branches built underneath it.
Our story
Grace Network and its founder grew up together, so one story tells both. It began with Ahmed Naveed and a simple habit: looking closely at software and asking how it could be better.
He started in software testing, finding bugs, checking how things behave in real use, and suggesting improvements to software other developers had built. He later contributed to work on Lubuntu, a Linux distribution, focusing on bug checking and performance. Those years taught him why testing, optimization and steady improvement decide whether software succeeds.
From there he began helping developers with their projects, sharing technical feedback and pointing out issues and practical fixes. That drew him from testing into building, and he taught himself HTML, CSS and Dart along with other development tools.
Grace Network is where that road led. It was founded by Ahmed Naveed as a parent technology company with a clear idea: develop and coordinate several specialized branches, each focused on a different area of technology. Gracely Network builds mobile apps, WebAxe builds web software, Signal Axe tells the story, GameAxe makes games and BookAxe BE publishes e-books.
The founder
Ahmed Naveed is the Founder of Grace Network. He is a software developer, a software tester and a quality enthusiast, and he is based in Canada. His long-term goal is a technology ecosystem that brings together software development, quality assurance, performance optimization and creative problem-solving to deliver genuinely useful digital products.
He believes great software is not built through coding alone. It takes testing, critical thinking, collaboration, continuous learning and the willingness to improve. That belief is the standard Grace Network holds every branch to. His own motto is to build step by step, keep learning and create with purpose.
Backed by people who believe in it
Grace Network is financially backed by two investors. One is Naveed Irshad, the founder's father, who has been serving in Saudi Arabia for the last 30 years. The other is a third investor who has chosen to remain private, so their name is not published.
What we do
Grace Network builds software and the systems it runs on. Some of that work stays inside the company as internal tools and infrastructure; some of it grows into its own branch, with its own team and its own products, like Gracely Network.
How we work
We keep a small number of standards constant across every branch, so a product built under Grace Network always feels considered rather than rushed:
- —Precision in how software is written and reviewed, not just how it looks when it ships.
- —Innovation aimed at ideas that change habits, not just add features.
- —Performance treated as a requirement from day one, not a fix for later.
- —Security built into the foundation of every system, before a single user touches it.
The group
Grace Network sits at the center of the group. Gracely Network is its first branch, fully funded by Grace Network and focused on Android & iOS apps — including Dude and the upcoming Picso. WebAxe is its second branch, focused on web-based application software. Signal Axe is the third branch, running advertising, press, and the News & updates section for Grace Network and every branch beneath it. The newest branches are GameAxe, which makes Android & iOS games starting with The Reborn One, and BookAxe BE, which publishes e-books.
Gracely Network
The Android & iOS apps branch of Grace Network — fully funded by Grace Network.
What it is
Gracely Network is Grace Network's dedicated team for mobile apps. Its purpose is simple: take an idea from a first prototype to a finished app and launch it on both Android and iOS — separate from Grace Network's core software work, but built to the same standard, and entirely funded by Grace Network from day one.
What it's building
Dude, a messaging and calling app, is Gracely Network's first release and is launching now. Picso is next in line and is still in development. Both apps live entirely under the Gracely Network brand, and both are on their way to Android and iOS.
Latest incoming projects
This is the place to watch what's next out of Gracely Network. Here's where things stand right now:
- —Dude — messaging & calling, launching now.
- —Picso — photos app, in active development.
- —A third Gracely project is already being scoped, with a public reveal once it's ready.
Why it exists
- —To give mobile products a focused team, instead of splitting attention with Grace Network's core systems work.
- —To move at the pace a phone app needs — fast iteration, direct feedback, frequent releases.
- —To give each app its own identity while staying accountable to Grace Network's standards.
Gracely's tree
Gracely Network sits underneath Grace Network, and carries its own pair of apps beneath it.
WebAxe
The web-based application software branch of Grace Network.
What it is
WebAxe is a branch of Grace Network focused on creating web-based application software. It designs and develops modern web applications built around ideas, functionality, and technology — reliable digital software and online experiences that people and businesses can access through the web.
What it's building
Through WebAxe, Grace Network turns ideas into powerful web-based applications designed with purpose, performance, and quality in mind. Its first project, AeroAPK, a catalog where developers publish Android apps directly, is live at aeroapk.store, and more web applications are being scoped.
Why it exists
- —To give web software its own focused team, separate from the mobile work happening at Gracely Network.
- —To build for the browser with the same purpose, performance, and quality standards as every other branch.
- —To make ideas accessible the moment someone opens a link — no install required.
WebAxe's tree
WebAxe sits underneath Grace Network, and will carry its own web applications beneath it as they launch.
Signal Axe
The advertising, press & announcements branch of Grace Network — and the branch behind the News & updates section.
What it is
Signal Axe is Grace Network's dedicated team for advertising, press, and public communications. Instead of shipping apps or web software, Signal Axe's product is the story — every launch, milestone, and update that comes out of Grace Network and its branches, told clearly and put in front of the right audience.
What it's building
Signal Axe writes, designs, and publishes every post in the News & updates section — the rotating banners, the category filters, and the announcement that lands the moment a branch or an app reaches a milestone. When Gracely Network ships a feature, when WebAxe scopes a new project, or when a brand-new branch joins the group, Signal Axe is the team that turns it into a public update and runs the advertising push around it.
Why it exists
- —To give Grace Network and every branch beneath it one consistent voice, instead of each team announcing things its own way.
- —To make sure a launch gets the attention it deserves — through the News section, the banner rotation, and outward-facing advertising.
- —To keep a running, public record of arrivals: new apps, new branches, and everything shipped in between.
Where to see it in action
Signal Axe's work lives in the section — that's Signal Axe's newsroom, covering Grace Network, Gracely Network, WebAxe, and Signal Axe itself.
GameAxe
Android & iOS games. First title: The Reborn One, a horror escape game.
What it is
GameAxe is the newest branch of Grace Network. It designs and publishes games for Android and iOS, built to be fun, polished and easy to pick up.
First project: The Reborn One
The Reborn One is GameAxe's first game, a horror escape game currently in development. Players find clues, solve puzzles and try to escape before the dread closes in. Release details will be announced in News & updates.
Why it exists
- —To bring Grace Network's engineering into mobile gaming on both Android and iOS.
- —To build original games with their own identity, starting with horror.
- —To keep shipping: more titles will follow The Reborn One.
BookAxe BE
The e-book publishing branch of Grace Network.
What it is
BookAxe BE is Grace Network's e-book publishing branch. It publishes digital books so readers can pick up a good story or a useful guide on any screen.
What it's building
BookAxe BE prepares, formats and publishes e-books, from manuscript and editing to cover design and release. Titles and the publishing roadmap will be announced here and in News & updates as they are ready.
Why it exists
- —To give writers a home for their work inside the Grace Network family.
- —To make well-made e-books easy to find and read.
- —To grow a library alongside the apps, web software and games of the other branches.
Branch
Dude
Messaging & calling for Android and your computer, by Gracely Network.
Overview
Dude is Gracely Network's first app — a straightforward way to message and call the people you actually talk to, without the extra noise that's crept into most chat apps. It's launching now on Android, with a sign-in flow that takes just a phone number or an email address. You can also open your chats on a computer, in any browser, with Dude Web.
What's inside
- —Instant one-on-one and group messaging, with photo, video and voice messages built in.
- —Voice and video calling, including group calls, not bolted on as an afterthought.
- —Status updates — post a photo, video, line of text or voice note that fades after a day.
- —App lock and biometric unlock, plus fine-grained control over who can see your status or reach you at all.
- —Chat backup and a chat wallpaper picker, so a conversation still looks like yours.
- —Dude Web: the same chats on your computer, with file sharing of up to 50 MB and no install.
Use Dude on your computer
Dude Web is the browser version of Dude. It shows the same conversations as your phone, so you can type on a full keyboard, read longer chats and send files without switching devices. There is nothing to install.
- 1Open hidude.web.app in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari on your computer.
- 2Sign in by scanning the QR code with the Dude app on your phone, or use your Dude number or your email.
- 3Start chatting. Messages, voice notes and files of up to 50 MB all work from the browser.
Status
Dude is Gracely Network's flagship release and is rolling out now on Google Play, with Dude Web available in any browser. Feedback from this launch will shape the next update.
How Dude actually works
A quick look at what happens the moment you sign in, send a message, or start a call.
You verify with just a phone number or an email address — a one-time code confirms it's you, and you're in. No password to invent, no separate account to set up first.
The moment you hit send, your message arrives on your friend's phone — no refreshing, no waiting for it to "come through." The same live connection is what keeps the green "online" dot accurate, so you know when someone's actually there.
Photos, videos and voice notes upload securely straight from your phone, then load back in full quality from a fast, global network — so a video you send lands quickly whether your friend is next door or on the other side of the world.
The moment your friend picks up, both phones connect directly for the call itself — so voice and video stay fast and clear instead of getting funneled through a slow middleman. Works the same way for group calls too.
You're notified instantly, even if Dude has been fully closed for days. That's what lets an incoming call ring with a real full-screen alert — with its own ringtone — instead of a quiet notification that's easy to miss.
It's all built to stay out of your way — every piece works together so a message sent on one phone shows up on the other in a fraction of a second, every time.
Dude Privacy Policy
What Dude collects, why it needs it, who helps us run it, and how you stay in control. Written to be read, not skimmed past.
What we collect
Dude is a messaging and calling app, so it has to handle some personal information to work. This is everything it collects, grouped by where it comes from.
| Information | Why Dude needs it |
|---|---|
| Phone number or email address | To create your account, verify it's you, and let people find you. |
| Profile details: name, photo, banner, bio, posts | To show who you are to the people you choose. |
| Messages and media: text, photos, videos, voice notes, files | To deliver conversations to the person or group you send them to. |
| Status updates | To show your photo, video, text or voice status to the people you allow. Statuses expire after a day. |
| Call information: who called whom, when, and call type | To ring the right device and show your call history. Call audio and video travel live between participants. |
| Contacts (only if you allow it) | To show which people in your address book already use Dude. |
| Online status and last seen | To show presence, subject to your privacy settings. |
| Device token and app settings | To send message and call notifications, and to remember your privacy, chat and appearance choices. |
| Feedback you send us | To read and respond to what you report. |
We don't collect your device location, and Dude doesn't show advertising.
How we use it
- To run the service: sign you in, deliver messages, connect calls and send notifications.
- To apply your choices, such as who can see your status, your last seen, or reach you at all.
- To keep Dude safe and working, including preventing abuse and fixing bugs.
- To answer your feedback and support requests.
- To meet legal obligations, when a valid legal request requires it.
We don't use your messages or calls to build advertising profiles, and we don't sell or rent your personal data.
Device permissions
Dude asks for a permission only when you use the feature that needs it. You can turn any of them off in Android settings.
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| Microphone | Voice calls, video calls and voice notes. |
| Camera | Video calls, and taking photos or videos to send or post. |
| Contacts | Finding friends already on Dude. Read-only, and optional. |
| Photos and files | Choosing media to send or set as your profile picture. |
| Notifications and full-screen alerts | Message alerts, and a full-screen ring for incoming calls even when the app is closed. |
| Biometrics | Optional app lock. Your fingerprint or face data stays on your phone and never reaches us. |
Keeping and deleting your data
We keep your data while your account is active. Statuses disappear after 24 hours. Messages and media stay until you or the other person delete them, or until your account is deleted.
Delete your account
Open the account settings inside Dude and choose Delete account. Deleting permanently removes:
- your profile and account sign-in,
- your one-to-one chats, including the media they contain,
- your status updates.
Messages you sent in group chats stay visible to the other members of those groups, because they're part of a shared conversation. You are removed from each group's member list.
If you can't open the app, email us from the address you signed up with and we'll delete the account for you.
Step-by-step instructions are on the Dude account deletion page.
Security
Data moves between the app and our providers over encrypted connections, and stored data sits on secure, access-controlled cloud infrastructure run by reputable providers. Access to Dude's back end is restricted and credentials for storage never live inside the app. No system is perfectly secure, so please choose a device lock and enable Dude's app lock as well.
Your choices and rights
- Control who sees your status, last seen and profile, and who can contact you, in the Privacy settings.
- Edit your profile information at any time.
- Ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion.
- Withdraw permissions in Android settings whenever you like.
- Object to how we use your information, or complain to your local data protection authority if you think we've handled it wrongly.
Email us to make any of these requests. We reply as soon as we reasonably can, and we may need to confirm it's really you first.
Age limit
Dude is for people aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we'll remove it.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Dude handles your data, we'll update this page and the effective date at the top. For meaningful changes we'll also tell you inside the app.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or a request about your data? Reach the Gracely Network team here.
Aeroapk Privacy Policy
What Aeroapk collects, why it needs it, who helps us run it, and how you stay in control. Written to be read, not skimmed past.
What we collect
Aeroapk is a catalog where developers publish Android apps and people download them. You can browse and download without an account. This is everything it collects, grouped by where it comes from.
| Information | Why Aeroapk needs it |
|---|---|
| Name, email address and sign-in account identifier | To create your account when you sign in with Google or GitHub. We never receive your password. |
| Display name and username | To show who you are on reviews and developer profiles. |
| Profile photo and banner (developers, optional) | To present your public developer page. |
| App listings and files: APKs, expansion files, icons, banners, screenshots, descriptions, version notes | To publish and deliver the apps you upload. |
| Ratings and reviews | To show what people think of an app. Only people who downloaded an app can review it. |
| Download records and counts | To keep download numbers accurate, and to let you review apps you've downloaded. |
| IP address and technical logs | To limit abuse and inflated download counts, and to keep the service secure. |
| Messages you send us | To read and respond to what you report or ask. |
We don't collect your device location, and we never receive the passwords for your Google or GitHub account.
How we use it
- To run the service: sign you in, show listings, deliver files and keep counts and ratings accurate.
- To let developers publish, update and manage their apps.
- To review submissions, handle reports and keep the catalog safe.
- To prevent abuse, fraud and inflated download numbers.
- To show advertising that helps pay for the service.
- To answer your messages and support requests.
- To meet legal obligations, when a valid legal request requires it.
What is public
Your display name, username, profile photo and banner, the apps you publish, and the reviews and ratings you post can be seen by other visitors. Reviews show your display name.
Your email address is never displayed publicly.
Ads
Aeroapk shows ads served by a third-party network, including on app pages, on the upload page and in a short step before a download starts. The ad network may use cookies, device identifiers and your IP address to deliver and measure ads and to limit fraud. We don't control those practices, and the network's own privacy policy describes them. Ads are not shown inside the apps you download.
Ads are provided by an outside network and are not endorsed by Aeroapk or by the developers listed there. If you see an ad that looks harmful or misleading, tell us.
Cookies and storage
Aeroapk keeps your sign-in session in your browser's storage so you stay signed in, and uses short-lived browser storage while you sign in through Google or GitHub. Advertising partners may set their own cookies. You can clear or block cookies and site data in your browser settings. Some features, such as staying signed in, may stop working if you do.
Keeping and deleting your data
We keep your information while your account is active.
Delete an app
Choose Delete next to an app on your dashboard. This removes the listing together with its reviews, ratings, download records and past versions, for every visitor.
Delete your account
Choose Delete account at the bottom of your dashboard. Deleting permanently removes:
- your profile,
- every app you've published,
- the reviews, ratings and download history attached to those apps.
Technical logs held by our providers may remain for a limited time. If something you expected to be deleted is still showing, or you can't sign in, email us from the address you signed up with and we'll take care of it.
Security
Data moves between your browser and our providers over encrypted connections, and stored data sits on access-controlled cloud infrastructure run by reputable providers. No system is perfectly secure, so please keep your Google or GitHub account protected with a strong password and two-step verification.
Apps on Aeroapk are provided by third-party developers. Read Safety & scanning on aeroapk.store for how to install APK files more safely.
Your choices and rights
- Edit your display name, username, photo and banner on your dashboard at any time.
- Ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion.
- Clear cookies and site data in your browser whenever you like.
- Object to how we use your information, or complain to your local data protection authority if you think we've handled it wrongly.
Email us to make any of these requests. We reply as soon as we reasonably can, and we may need to confirm it's really you first.
Age limit
Aeroapk is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we'll remove it.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Aeroapk handles your data, we'll update this page and the effective date at the top. Continuing to use Aeroapk after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or a request about your data? Reach the WebAxe team here.
Picso
Coming next from Gracely Network, for Android.
Overview
Picso is the app taking shape right after Dude. It's still early, so most of it is under wraps — but the name points at what it's about: photos, and simpler ways to work with them.
What we can share so far
- —Built for Android, like everything else from Gracely Network.
- —Centered on photos — capturing, organizing, or sharing them more simply.
- —Following Dude as Gracely Network's second release.
Status
Picso is in active development. There's no release date yet — this page will update as soon as there is.
Scanova
A document scanning app from Gracely Network, for documents and other scanning needs.
Overview
Scanova is Gracely Network's document scanning app. Point your phone at a page and turn it into a clean, readable digital copy, and use it for other scanning purposes too, not only paperwork.
What it is built for
- 1Scanning everyday documents such as notes, forms, receipts and letters.
- 2Keeping scans clear and easy to read, save and share.
- 3Other purposes beyond documents, so one app covers more of your scanning.
Status
Scanova is in development. There is no release date yet, and this page will be updated, along with News & updates, when there is one.
PitStop
A tyre callout app from Gracely Network, now in closed testing on Android.
Overview
PitStop is a tyre callout app built by Gracely Network for Android. It is currently in a closed test, so a small group of testers is using it before it is opened to everyone.
Help us test PitStop
Joining takes about two minutes and works in three steps. Use the same Google account in every step and in the Play Store on your phone.
- 1Join the Grace Network testers Google Group. If it asks you to request access, send the request and wait for approval.
- 2Open the tester link and press Become a tester.
- 3Install PitStop from Google Play, then open it and try it. If Install is missing, wait 5 to 10 minutes and refresh.
Please keep PitStop installed for the whole testing period, and tell us about anything slow, broken or confusing.
Status
PitStop is in closed testing. There is no public release date yet, and this page will be updated when there is one.
No updates in this category yet — check back soon.
Built with precision
How Grace Network treats the details.
What this means
Precision means nothing ships because it's "close enough." Every feature is scoped clearly, built deliberately, and checked against what it was supposed to do before it goes anywhere near a user.
How it shows up
- —Code reviews that look for edge cases, not just working demos.
- —Small, well-defined releases instead of large, risky ones.
- —Design details — spacing, wording, timing — treated as part of the product, not polish added at the end.
Focused on innovation
How Grace Network chooses what to build.
What this means
Innovation, here, isn't about being first — it's about being useful in a way nobody else quite is. That's why Grace Network builds branches like Gracely Network instead of bolting every idea onto one product.
How it shows up
- —New ideas get their own space — like a branch — instead of being squeezed into an existing product.
- —Apps like Dude are built around one clear problem, not a long feature list.
- —Early, unfinished ideas — like Picso and the branches still coming — are allowed to stay quiet until they're ready.
Engineered for performance
How Grace Network builds for speed.
What this means
Performance isn't a benchmark chased after launch — it's a constraint from the first line of code. That matters most in apps like Dude, where a slow call or a delayed message breaks the whole point of the product.
How it shows up
- —Apps built to stay fast on lower-end Android devices, not just flagship phones.
- —Backend systems sized for real usage, not just demo traffic.
- —Performance regressions treated as bugs, not "future improvements."
Secure by design
How Grace Network protects what people trust it with.
What this means
Security decisions get made at the start of a project, not added in after something goes wrong. That's especially true for a messaging and calling app like Dude, where people are trusting Gracely Network with private conversations.
How it shows up
- —Access and permissions scoped to what a feature actually needs, nothing more.
- —Sensitive data handled deliberately, with clear limits on what's stored and for how long.
- —Security reviewed as part of every release, not as a separate, occasional audit.