Mobile app · Active
Camera Trap Journal
Document camera-trap setups in the field — positions, settings, visits, photos, and the iterations that actually worked.
- Launched
- March 2025
- Last update
- April 2026
- Category
- Mobile app
- Status
- Active
After a few years of running camera traps, I got tired of keeping setup notes in three places — Notes app, paper, my own memory. The expensive failure mode is forgetting which version of a setup actually produced the shot you got.
Camera Trap Journal is the notebook I wished I’d had. One record per setup, with everything in it: positions, settings, visits, photos, what changed and why.
What it actually does
- A visual canvas to lay out where the camera, flash, and sensor sit relative to each other.
- Full settings capture for the camera, flash, and trigger — every value you’d want to remember.
- Deployment and maintenance checklists you can customise per setup.
- Visit logs so you can see how a setup evolved over weeks or months.
- Photo attachments in four categories (setup, animal, environment, problem) and voice notes for hands-cold field annotations.
- Offline-first. Works in the bush. iCloud syncs when you’re back in signal.
- Map view of all your setups in one place.
- Import and export
.cameratrapfiles so collaborators can share working configurations.
Who it’s for
Anyone running camera traps who wants a serious paper trail. Free to use, with a Pro tier that unlocks the heavier features.
Where to get it
App Store — iOS, iPadOS, macOS (M1+) and visionOS, all from the same download.