What is Fieldcraft Labs?

What is Fieldcraft Labs?

Fieldcraft Labs is a small, independent software studio. It builds practical tools for field professionals: the people who spend their day on site and then have to write it up. Most software handed to these workers is built by developers who have never done the job, so it fits a sales demo better than a real day's work. Fieldcraft Labs builds the opposite, software shaped by the work itself, made one tool at a time and made solid before the next one starts. The studio is independent and made in Australia.

What is PikPix?

PikPix is the studio's first app. It is an iPhone and iPad app that turns a roll of site photos into a clean, client-ready report the same day. You take your photos on site, caption them as you go, and export a finished report, as a PDF, Word document, or RTF file, before you have left the car park. No laptop, no reformatting, no lost evening.

Who is PikPix for?

PikPix is built for people whose job is time on site followed by time writing it up. That includes field engineers, inspectors, surveyors, loss adjusters, and building inspectors. If your work ends with a photo report due by Friday, it is built for you.

What problem does PikPix solve?

After a site visit you come back with a phone full of photos and hours of work still ahead: captioning each one, laying them out in order, placing them on a map or against a location, and exporting the lot into a document a client can actually read. That write-up is the part of the job that eats evenings. PikPix collapses it into the time it takes to walk back to the car, so the report is done before you leave the site.

How does PikPix work?

You pick your photos straight from your camera roll. PikPix reads the location data already stored in each photo and places them on a map of the site automatically, with no re-tagging. You caption as you go, helped by a caption library that learns the phrases you use most, so the captions you wrote on the last job are ready for the next one. When you are done, you export. PikPix produces a PDF for clients, a Word document to drop into a master template, or an RTF file for systems that only accept that format. Your logo, brand colours, header, and footer are set once and then applied to every report.

Key features:

• Capture by picking photos directly from your camera roll.
• Automatic site map built from the location data in your photos.
• A caption library that learns your most-used phrases.
• Export to PDF, DOCX, and RTF, with your own branding.
• Photo zoom and crop, and a dark mode for late nights.

What does PikPix cost?

PikPix is free to start, with every Pro feature included for your first 5 reports. Those first 5 reports export as clean, unbranded PDFs. After that, the free version keeps working but defaults to a PikPix-branded template. A one-time Pro unlock costs AU$29. It removes the report cap, unlocks your own branding, and is yours forever. There is no subscription and no renewal.

Does PikPix keep my data private?

Yes. Everything you do in PikPix stays on your device. The app has no servers and sends nothing to Fieldcraft Labs. An optional sync to your own private iCloud, between your own devices, is planned for version 1.1 using Apple's CloudKit, and even then only you can read your data. Because PikPix processes everything on the device, it is usually a simpler conversation with a company's IT team than a cloud-backed tool.

What platforms does PikPix run on?

PikPix runs on iPhone and iPad. Mac support is on the list for later. There is no Android version in the near term; the studio builds one platform properly before splitting focus.

Where can I get PikPix or learn more?

PikPix is launching on the Apple App Store. You can read the full feature and pricing detail on the PikPix page, see what is planned on the roadmap, and reach a real person through the support page. Everything about the studio lives at fieldcraftlabs.io.