// per-tool methodology
ios dating app artifact forensic extractor (Tinder, Bumble, Hinge)
drop iOS dating app database files (Tinder, Bumble, or Hinge) · auto-detect app · parse match records, messages, and profile metadata · surface match timestamps, screenshot alerts, and own location from account plist · detect confirmed real-world meetings (Hinge We Met) · runs locally
public grade
A
flagship triageraw 13/14 · raw 12–14 / 14
Awhat this grade means
real parser depth · 2+ exports with reason fields · honest limits · canonical UI shell
capability class · structured store parser
binary databases and plist/registry hives — SQLite, plist, lnk, registry text, logcat
max grade for this class: A
- WAL/journal sidecars and partial copies may omit recent rows
- encrypted or locked stores require keys or decrypted images not supplied by this tool
known limitations
- even A-grade tools can be wrong on rare inputs, malformed files, or adversarial samples
- independent verification is required before consequential or evidentiary use
- the grade is not a court-admissibility score — jurisdiction and chain of custody still apply
B minimum ship bar
- newly added forensics tools must clear the public B minimum before merging
- minimum: letter grade B or A · raw score ≥ 9/14 · UI dimension = 2 · IF/OU/DQ/RB/HN ≥ 1 each · no critical red flags (missing engine, placeholder logic, no exports)
- the ship bar is enforced by quality.audit.json sidecars and npm run tools:grade-forensics --check