BIRDSEYE Get the app

Field documentation · iOS & Android

Photos,
pinned to the plan.

Fully offline. No account, no cloud, no data collected — everything stays on your device.

Fully offlineWorks with no signal at all
No accountNo sign-up, no login, no email
No cloudNothing is uploaded anywhere
Your dataStays on your device, always

Three steps.

STEP 01

Mark where you're standing

Press the spot on the PDF drawing and drag to set which way you're facing. Position and direction, straight onto the plan.

Placing an anchor on a PDF drawing in Birdseye

STEP 02

Take the photo

Shoot from inside the app, or pull one in from your camera roll. Each photo carries its anchor, timestamp, project, and notes.

Capturing a photo attached to an anchor

STEP 03

Export the report

A PDF where every photo sits with its date, note, and a locator map showing exactly where on the drawing it was taken.

An exported Birdseye report page

Your data stays yours

Built for sites where cloud apps aren't allowed.

Birdseye has no server to send your photos to. That isn't a setting you switch on — there's nowhere for the data to go.

No account, ever

No sign-up, no email, no login. Install it and start documenting.

No cloud sync

Projects, drawings, and photos live in the app's storage on your device. You decide what leaves, and when.

No GPS, no location permission

Position is relative to the drawing, not the earth. The app never asks for location access — which is also why it works deep inside a plant where GPS fails.

No signal needed

Airplane mode, dead zone, secure facility with no data allowed. Everything works the same.

In the app

The details that survive a real jobsite.

The photo you see is the photo you send

Every documented photo is composed the same way on every device — phone, tablet, whichever tablet. What's on screen is what lands in the report, at full resolution, uncropped.

Dates you can defend

Photos taken inside Birdseye carry an authoritative timestamp. Photos imported from your camera roll display their best-known date and are marked as unverified, so nobody has to guess which is which months later.

Before and after, side by side

Put two photos of the same location together and export the comparison — the same repair, weeks apart, with both dates and both locator maps on the page.

Phones and tablets, portrait or landscape

iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, including foldables. The drawing gets the screen space; the controls move out of the way.

What you shoot is what lands in the report

Who uses it

If you photograph a jobsite, this is for you.

Anywhere a photo needs to be findable on a drawing six months from now.

General contractors

Daily progress by area instead of by folder. When an owner asks what the third floor looked like on the 12th, you open the plan and point.

Electrical

Panel schedules, rough-in, and device locations photographed against the drawing, so the next crew knows what's behind the wall before they open it.

Mechanical & HVAC

Equipment tags, duct routing, and above-ceiling work captured where it actually sits — not guessed at from a photo of a grey ceiling.

Plumbing & piping

Underground and in-wall runs documented before they're covered, with the anchor showing exactly which wall and which way you were facing.

Fire protection

Head locations, riser rooms, and inspection findings tied to the sheet, so the AHJ walkthrough and the report tell the same story.

Low-voltage & security

Camera, reader, and drop locations pinned on the floor plan — often in buildings where a cloud app isn't going to be permitted anyway.

Facilities & property management

Build a photo record of the building you already manage. Work orders, damage, and conditions all findable by location rather than by memory.

Industrial & plant maintenance

Equipment layouts, turnaround documentation, and deep-interior work where GPS has never once helped and signal is not a given.

Inspection & quality control

Punch lists and QC walks where every finding needs a location, a date, and a photo that holds up when someone disputes it.

Restoration & insurance claims

Loss documentation with the position of every photo on the plan, and before-and-after pairs that show the same spot on two different dates.

Pricing

Try it on a real job before you pay.

Birdseye installs with a sample project already loaded, so you can see the whole flow before you point it at your own drawings.

Free

$0

No account required.

  • Full documentation flow, start to finish
  • Sample project included
  • Up to 2 projects
  • PDF report export

Subscription

$14.99 / month

Or $149.99 a year — two months off.

  • Unlimited projects and photos
  • Everything in the free tier, uncapped
  • Works on your phone and tablet
  • Still fully offline — nothing changes about where your data lives

Coming next

Birdseye Viewer

Share a whole project with someone who doesn't have the app. They open it, click through the drawing, and pull the photos they need — without editing anything, and without your files going near a server.

See what's planned

Questions

Straight answers.

What does Birdseye actually do?

It records where a jobsite photo was taken by marking the spot directly on your PDF drawing, along with which direction the camera was facing. Instead of a folder of photos nobody can place, you get photos tied to locations on the plan, and a PDF report that shows both.

Does it work without internet or cell service?

Yes. Birdseye is offline by design — there is no server, no account, and no sync. It behaves identically in airplane mode, in a basement, or inside a facility that doesn't allow outside connections.

Does it use GPS or track my location?

No. Birdseye never requests location permission and captures no real-world coordinates. A photo's position is relative to the drawing you loaded, which is why it works in interiors where GPS is unreliable or unavailable.

Where are my photos stored?

On your device, in the app's own storage. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. You choose what leaves the device by exporting a report or sharing individual photos.

What drawings can I use?

Any PDF — floor plans, site plans, equipment layouts, as-builts, single sheets or multi-page sets. Load the file you already have; there's nothing to convert first. If you are in a pinch, draw it on a napkin and convert it to a pdf, that works too.

What does the exported report look like?

A PDF with each photo shown at full resolution alongside its date, project details, any notes, and a small locator map of the drawing showing where the photo was taken.

Does it work on tablets?

Yes — iPad, Android tablets, and foldables, in portrait or landscape. The layout adapts so the drawing keeps the screen space.

Who is it for?

Construction supervision, inspection, facilities and industrial maintenance, punch lists, as-built documentation, and anyone who takes jobsite photos that somebody will need to locate later.

Is there a desktop version?

Not yet. A read-only viewer for sharing whole projects is the next thing planned, followed by a desktop editor for back-filling older jobs.

How much does it cost?

The free tier covers up to 2 projects, so you can run a real job through it before deciding. The subscription is $14.99 a month or $149.99 a year and removes the caps. There's no account to create either way.

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