Camp
Camp is an iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision app that uses AI to title and tag each screenshot you take, pull out the information that actually mattered, and keep a personal capture library instantly searchable.
What is Camp?
Camp is a screenshot app with an AI layer, published by Studiolanes LLC, a small San Francisco studio. Its starting point is a familiar problem: screenshots pile up in the camera roll stripped of the context that made them worth taking. Camp's answer is to give each capture a title, a set of tags and a searchable trace, without asking the user to file anything.
The app runs natively on iPhone (iOS 17.0 and later), Mac (macOS 14.0 and later) and Apple Vision (visionOS 1.0 and later); it weighs 29 MB and sits in the App Store's Productivity category. Content detection is the core idea: rather than reading a screenshot as raw text, Camp tries to work out why it was taken, whether that is a song, a venue, an outfit or a paragraph, and surfaces only that. Titling and tagging then follow automatically. On iOS an interactive share extension lets the user extract information from a capture without switching context. Everything lands in a library with instant search, annotation, pinned favorites and a home folder view. The Mac version asks for screen recording permission at first launch and adds keyboard-first controls with a Cmd + Option + V shortcut.
The AI work is delegated: the screenshot is sent to OpenAI for analysis, and Camp's terms state that OpenAI does not retain the images it processes. Beyond that call, the product is presented as local-first, the Mac site claiming that all your data is kept locally.
Camp is free to download with a daily processing quota. Camp Pro costs 4.99 USD per month through the App Store and adds unlimited screenshot parsing, custom app icons, advanced features and access to beta features. A one-week free trial is advertised on the listing.
On maturity the picture is mixed. Version 1.0 shipped on 9 May 2023, a 2.0 rebuild followed in January 2024, and the latest release, 2.1.0, dates from 7 October 2024. The app was featured on Product Hunt and holds a 4.0 out of 5 rating from ten reviews on the US App Store, a genuine but very thin body of feedback.
What it does
- Detect what a screenshot contains and why it was taken
- Title and tag every capture automatically, with no input from the user
- Extract the useful information from a capture: a song, a place, an outfit, a piece of text
- Pull that information straight from the iOS share sheet, without leaving the app in use
- Search the entire screenshot library instantly
- Annotate a capture
- Pin favorites and browse them from a home folder view
When to use Camp / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Camp is the right fit.
When to use Camp
- Heavy screenshotters whose captures pile up unsorted in the camera roll
- People who collect visual inspiration from social feeds: outfits, venues, restaurants, music
- iPhone and Mac users who want to save information straight from the iOS share sheet without switching apps
- Anyone who needs to find again, weeks later, a detail seen once on screen
- Individuals looking for an inexpensive, self-contained capture tool rather than a team workspace
When not to use Camp
- Teams needing shared spaces, collaboration or administration features, none of which are documented
- Developers and businesses wanting an API or named third-party integrations, as neither exists
- Android users, and anyone on older hardware: Camp requires iOS 17, macOS 14 or visionOS 1.0 and above
- Non-English speakers, since the interface and the processing are English only
- Organizations working under GDPR obligations, as the site names no GDPR framework, no data processing agreement and no Article 27 representative
How to use Camp
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Download Camp from the Apple App Store: there is no web version and no sign-up on the website
- On macOS, grant the screen recording permission requested at first launch, without which the app cannot work
- Allow push notifications if you want them, or decline them so that no device token is stored
- Take a screenshot as you normally would and let Camp pick it up, title it and tag it
- On iOS, send a capture to Camp from the share sheet to extract the information you want without leaving the app in use
- On macOS, call Camp with Cmd + Option + V and drive it from the keyboard
- Work through the queue of unsorted captures, archiving or deleting them one by one
- Annotate a capture when something needs to be added to it
- Find a capture again through instant search, the home folder view or your pinned favorites
- Subscribe to Camp Pro through the App Store if the daily free quota proves too tight, billing and cancellation staying with Apple
Pros & Cons
Pros
- No filing required: titling and tagging happen without any input from the user
- Contextual extraction rather than raw text recognition, so Camp targets the information that mattered
- The iOS share extension avoids any context switch when saving something
- Instant search is claimed across the entire capture library
- Local storage is the stated default, and only one named third party, OpenAI, receives content, with the terms stating it retains no images
- Low entry cost: a permanent free tier with a quota, a one-week trial, then 4.99 USD per month
- Native builds for iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision at 29 MB, rated 4.0 out of 5 on the US App Store
Cons
- No release published since version 2.1.0 on 7 October 2024
- A very thin base of feedback: ten ratings on the US App Store
- A daily processing quota applies even to subscribers, and a September 2024 reviewer finds the number of screenshots kept too limited on the paid plan
- No custom folders: a January 2024 reviewer reports that unsorted captures must be handled one by one in a queue, archived or deleted
- English only, with no other interface language documented
- No web version, no API and no Android build
- No GDPR framework at all, no data processing agreement, no EU representative, no stated retention period, and a generic privacy policy unchanged since 25 September 2023
Pricing & Plans
Camp is free to download and offers a permanent free tier limited by a daily quota of processed screenshots. The lowest paid entry point is Camp Pro at 4.99 USD per month, sold as an in-app purchase, with a one-week free trial advertised on the App Store listing. Billing, renewal and cancellation are handled exclusively through the Apple App Store; the publisher issues no invoice and no refund, and publishes no pricing page on the web.
- permanent tier with a daily quota of processed screenshots
- raised for all users in version 2.0.9
- 4.99 USD per month
- advertised as unlimited screenshot parsing with custom icons
- advanced features and beta access
- the release notes for version 2.1.0 describing a quota five times the free allowance
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Camp handles your data.
GDPR overview
No mention of the GDPR appears anywhere in the material Camp publishes: the word does not occur once across the site, the terms of 9 March 2024 or the privacy policy of 25 September 2023. There is no named legal basis for processing, no rights of access, portability or objection described as such, no data processing agreement, no EU representative under Article 27 and no data protection officer. The framework the publisher does invoke is American: the policy states that "Country" refers to California, United States, and the terms commit the user to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, the service not being intended for children under 13. Transfers outside the user's own jurisdiction are expressly contemplated, consent being treated as given by submitting information. This is a documented absence of GDPR material, and nothing more than that.
Who owns the data?
The privacy policy of 25 September 2023 defines the "Company" as Camp, while the terms of 9 March 2024 name Studiolanes LLC as the legal entity behind the service; that company collects and controls the personal data it gathers. Content is treated differently: data captured through screen recording is said to stay on the user's local device and never to reach third-party servers. Users may delete their personal data themselves, or ask the publisher to do it, by writing to team@studiolanes.com. Two carve-outs remain: information may be kept where a legal obligation requires it, and personal data may pass to an acquirer in a merger, an asset sale or a bankruptcy.
Reuse rights
Camp collects Usage Data, meaning IP address, device type, operating system, unique identifiers and diagnostic information, for stated purposes: providing and maintaining the service, managing the account, performing the contract, contacting users, sending offers and analyzing usage. Device tokens are stored on an application server for push notifications, removed periodically as they go stale, and avoidable by declining notifications. Data may be shared with service providers, affiliates, business partners or during a corporate transaction. On the App Store the publisher declares identifiers, User ID, diagnostics and crash data, all listed as not linked to the user's identity, and the website adds Google Analytics. Only one third party receives user content: the screenshot sent to OpenAI for analysis, which OpenAI is said not to retain. Nothing in the published terms or privacy policy claims a license over the screenshots themselves or restricts what the user may do with them, so captures remain the user's own to reuse, publish or delete without asking permission.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
No hosting country and no hosting region is declared anywhere in Camp's documentation. The principle stated on the product side is local storage: the terms say that data collected through screen recording is stored securely on the user's local device and never transmitted to third-party servers. Two exceptions are documented. Push notification device tokens are held on an application server run by the publisher, and screenshots submitted for analysis are sent to OpenAI, whose infrastructure is not described. The privacy policy of 25 September 2023 adds a broad clause: information is processed at the company's operating offices and in any other place where the parties involved in the processing are located, with transfers outside the user's jurisdiction expressly possible. The only concrete location available concerns the website itself, served from Render at 216.24.57.1, an address geolocated in the United States; that is the marketing site's infrastructure and says nothing about where user data lives. A European user therefore has no published assurance about the jurisdiction of any data that leaves the device.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Camp.
- Screenshots are sent to OpenAI for analysis, so anything confidential, personal or client-related inside a capture leaves the device
- The no-retention assurance rests on OpenAI's own policy quoted in Camp's terms, not on a commitment Camp makes and can be held to
- No version has been published since 7 October 2024: check the app is still maintained before building a daily habit on it
- No GDPR mention, no data processing agreement and no EU representative, so professional use inside the European Union is covered by no published framework
- The privacy policy is a generic document dated 25 September 2023, and the terms still carry a stray paragraph about a UK insurance policy that has nothing to do with the app
- A daily processing quota applies even to subscribers, and refunds and cancellations sit with Apple, outside the publisher's control
- Handing recall over to an app weakens the habit of noting things for yourself; with a two-person publisher and no postal address published, plan for the possibility that the service stops
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Setup is straightforward and needs no technical skill. Camp installs from the Apple App Store, with no server to configure, no API key and no web account to create. The one sensitive step is on macOS, where the app asks for screen recording permission at first launch and will not work without it; notification permission is optional. The real constraint is hardware rather than skill: Camp requires iOS 17.0, macOS 14.0 or visionOS 1.0 and above, so a reasonably recent Apple device is mandatory.
Deployment
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Behind Camp
Resources
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Frequently asked questions
Which devices does Camp run on?
How much does Camp cost?
Is there a free trial?
Do my screenshots leave my device?
Does OpenAI keep the images Camp sends it?
Can I opt out of having my data used to train models?
Is there an API?
Does the Mac version need a special permission?
How do I cancel my subscription, and can I get a refund?
Who publishes Camp, and how do I reach them?
Should you pick Camp?
Camp does one thing: it stops screenshots from turning into an undated pile in the camera roll. The AI names them, tags them and pulls out the detail that justified the capture, a song, an address or a line of text, and the library stays searchable afterwards. The execution is native and careful across iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision, the free tier is real rather than a teaser, and at 4.99 USD per month Camp Pro is priced for an individual rather than a company.
Two dependencies deserve attention. The analysis itself is performed by OpenAI, so every screenshot sent for processing leaves the device; the assurance that no image is retained comes from OpenAI's own policy, quoted in Camp's terms rather than promised by Camp. And the legal frame is entirely American, built on California law and COPPA, with a privacy policy dated 25 September 2023 and terms dated 9 March 2024, no GDPR material of any kind, no data processing agreement and no EU representative.
The maturity signals are modest. The last published version, 2.1.0, dates from 7 October 2024; the App Store rating rests on ten reviews; the publisher is a two-person studio with no postal address published. A daily processing quota applies even to subscribers, and refunds remain Apple's business rather than the publisher's.
For a personal capture habit on Apple hardware, Camp is a well-aimed and inexpensive tool, and the free tier makes the test cheap. For professional use, especially where screenshots may hold client or personal data, or where a European compliance framework is expected, the absence of published retention periods and GDPR documentation calls for a deliberate decision rather than a default yes.
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