How the app works, plus everything about the waitlist and Beta program.
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See It, Tap It, Find It is an offline-first app for photographers who want to remember interesting spots while they're out walking, commuting, or travelling, without breaking stride to fill in a form. You see something worth coming back to shoot properly — a viewpoint, an interesting tree, an old building — and record it in three taps: what it is, roughly which way it is from you, and roughly how far. No typing required. Everything is saved instantly to your device; there's no account, no cloud sync, nothing to lose if you're out of signal.
It's built for two moments: spotting something while you're moving (fast capture, minimal interaction) and planning a return trip later (browsing your saved points, marking what you still want to shoot, and optionally getting alerted if you're passing near one again).
Every capture follows the same three steps, in the same order, every time:
That's it — you're back at the capture screen ready for the next one. Your device's location and compass heading are captured automatically the moment you start, so you don't need to wait for a GPS lock before tapping.
If you start a capture and then get distracted (or your phone locks), it isn't lost — an in-progress capture auto-saves itself as complete after about a minute of inactivity, using whatever you'd already selected. Everything is written to your device immediately at every tap, never held only in memory.
Nine fixed categories, shown as a 3×3 grid: Tree, Mountain, Rocks, Viewpoint, Building, Water, Woodland, Wildlife, Other.
Direction is relative to your direction of travel, not compass-absolute — Forward, Right, Behind, Left — based on which way you were heading when you tapped, not north.
Four rough bands rather than an exact figure, since you're estimating on the fly: Under 50m, 50–200m, 200–500m, 500m or more.
Voice notes are off by default (three-tap capture). You can turn them on in Settings. Once on, a microphone button appears on the direction step: tap once to start recording, tap again to stop and save — it happens inline without adding a step. This quick recording is capped at 40 seconds. You can also record a longer voice note afterwards from a saved point's detail page, or re-record/replace/delete it any time.
Yes, optionally, from a saved point's detail page — tap "Attach existing image" to pick one from your device's photo library, using Android's built-in Photo Picker so the app never gets broad access to your photo library, only the ones you pick. You can attach more than one photo to a point, and remove any of them individually later.
The map shows all your saved points as pins — a red "?" means the location hasn't been confirmed yet, a green "✓" means it has. Tapping a pin shows a quick summary; tapping that opens the full detail page. You can switch the map style between Default, Satellite, and Terrain.
If no map key is configured, or tiles can't load (e.g. you're offline), you'll see a "Map unavailable" message — your saved points aren't affected at all, and there's a button to jump straight to the offline list view instead.
Two different ways, and they do different things:
On a point's detail page you can change its type, update its workflow status (see below), edit or add notes, and add/replace/remove its voice note and photos. The direction, distance band, and original capture timestamp stay read-only as a record of what was recorded at the time.
Every saved point has a status you set yourself, purely for your own tracking:
Set this on the point's detail page. Use the Status filter on the main list to see just your planned points, combinable with filtering by type or location.
An optional feature that actively watches your live location while it's turned on and alerts you the moment you get close to a point of interest you've already saved — a nudge to go shoot it while you're passing. It never records anything new by itself, only alerts on existing points. You choose the alert radius, from 50m up to 2000m (300m by default). Tapping an alert takes you straight to that point; you can also dismiss it without opening the app.
A separate, optional feature from Trip Mode. Rather than watching for specific saved points, it gives you a single, occasional nudge shortly after you start travelling, reminding you the app is there for recording new points along the way — not for revisiting anything already saved. It stays quiet if you've already used the app that journey, and won't remind you again for several hours.
Yes, almost entirely. The only things that need an internet connection are loading map tiles, and looking up a readable place name for a newly captured point the first time — that name is then saved and works offline from then on. Capturing points, browsing your saved list, editing details, and everything else works with no connection at all.
Open the app's Settings screen — your current version number is shown there. The Beta feedback form asks for it (optional) since builds change frequently, and it helps us pin down exactly which version a report applies to.
Exporting your points (e.g. as GPX or CSV) isn't built into this version — there's no way to export your data out of the app yet.
This app is currently in Beta. It expires 60 days after it's installed and activated on your device — once it expires, the app stops working for capture or viewing your saved data, and shows only a message with a link to leave feedback. Installing a newer build resolves this.
The Beta program is early access to the actual app right now, in exchange for occasional honest feedback — currently Android only. The waitlist is for anyone who wants to be emailed the moment the app is publicly available, with no commitment to test anything in the meantime.
You'll get a confirmation email straight away, and another the moment the app is ready to download. If you told us you're on Android, we'll also mention that you can jump into the Beta right now instead of waiting.
You'll get a welcome email with the download link (or a note that it's coming very soon if it isn't live yet). Bear in mind the app expires 60 days after it's installed and activated on your device, so you'll occasionally need a newer one to keep using the app. After about a week, we'll send a short, honest feedback form — five questions, about a minute.
Since the Beta isn't distributed through Google Play, your phone treats it as an app from an unknown source and needs your permission to install it.
The Beta is Android only for now. If you're on iOS, join the waitlist and we'll let you know as soon as there's news for your platform.
Yes. When you join the waitlist as an Android (or Android + iOS) user, we'll prompt you on the spot to join the Beta instead, and mention it again in your confirmation email.
Pricing hasn't been finalized. Beta testers get early access at no cost in exchange for feedback.
There's no fixed public launch date yet. Joining the waitlist is the best way to hear the moment that changes.
We'll email you a personal feedback link about a week after you join. You can also use the Beta feedback form at any time. It'll ask which app version you're on (optional, found in Settings) so we know exactly which build a report applies to.
The app itself is offline-first: your points of interest, notes, photos, and voice recordings stay on your device, with no account and no analytics. See the full Privacy Policy for details on what the website itself collects when you sign up.
Every email we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom — one click takes you off marketing emails immediately, no login needed. You can also email seeittapitfindit@gmail.com and we'll help directly.