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Hi, I’m Simon. I built Piilo because I wanted an easy, enjoyable way to keep track of all my stuff. The apps I had tried before felt dull and unnecessarily complicated. I’m trying, and trying, to make this as simple as possible, and I’d really appreciate any help getting it there.
You’ll need Apple’s free TestFlight app first. iPhone is the one to use — the iPad layout is still rough.
A camera in a box. The box in a closet. The closet in a bedroom. Piilo remembers the whole route.
You really can put anything in anything. You can put a house in a sock if you want. I wouldn’t advise it though. Any object can become a container, or even a room, whenever you need it to. And if you change your mind, you can always fix it later.
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CameraYou don’t have to catalogue your whole home. Start with one drawer, one box, one bag, or a few things you can never find.
The junk drawer
Mystery cables
The medicine cabinet
A kitchen cupboard
A packed suitcase
Under the bed
Camera gear
Important documents
Craft supplies
A toolbox
Kids’ toys
Board gamesPiilo starts nearly empty. Then you fill it with your own things. Use a symbol when that’s enough, an emoji when it feels more personal, or one of your own photos when seeing the real thing helps.
It’s closer to drawing a map of your things than filling in a spreadsheet. Your Piilo won’t look much like mine.
A new Piilo is nearly empty. One place, and room for everything else.
The same collection can feel completely different in another theme.
Piilo keeps things simple and familiar. Clean, neutral and easy to read.
Pop is Piilo turned up. Brighter colors, more energy, maybe a bit too much.
Nova is your galactic retreat. Dark, glowing and still a work in progress.
Play is for kids, and for anyone who prefers something more tactile and human.
An illustration of a Piilo home screen filling up on an iPhone. It begins nearly empty with one place called Home, then gains places, containers and lists shown as symbols, emoji, and a photograph, and finally the same library redrawn in the Piilo, Pop, Nova and Play themes.
Once you’ve added a few things, Piilo has some other tricks worth playing with. Pick whichever one sounds useful.
Make a fridge, freezer or pantry a Perishable container, then add use-by dates to anything worth keeping an eye on. Piilo reminds you as dates approach and can hide long-expired items from the everyday view until you clear them out.
Make a list for a weekend away, a beach day or anything else that requires gathering half the house. Mark things as ready, pack them into a real bag, then use Put back to return everything to where it came from.
Mark a book, tool or game as lent, choose who has it and add a return date if useful. Piilo keeps it in On loan and reminds you when it’s due, with a quick way to mark it returned.
Print or share a Piilo QR label for a box, or pair the box with an NFC tag. Stick the label or tag on the outside, then scan or tap it later to open that box in Piilo and see exactly what’s inside, without unpacking the whole thing.
Make a drawer, cabinet or other frequently changing container Active. Piilo asks you to check it after something changes, or after a few weeks, and Looks right confirms that its recorded contents still match reality.
Make a travel bag, tool kit or other frequently used container Busy. Piilo turns everything inside into a quick checklist, so you can confirm what’s physically there and spot anything missing without moving or deleting it.
A note from me
Add a few real belongings — or pick one of the six ideas above. Put them where they actually live.
That’s it — five things is plenty. If something is confusing or annoying, that’s the most useful thing you can tell me. I’d much rather hear that than something polite.
Send it from TestFlight (open Piilo’s page there and tap Send Beta Feedback) or email me directly at [email protected]. Screenshots help. A single sentence is genuinely fine.
Get the beta on TestFlightPiilo installs on iPad too, but that layout is still being worked on. Please test on an iPhone if you have one.
This is a first public beta and I’m still changing things. Expect a rough edge or two, and don’t let this build be the only copy of anything you can’t lose.
Your library starts on your device. Switch on iCloud only if you want sync across devices or family sharing; otherwise it stays on that device.
Anything you want to find again: the contents of a drawer, boxes in storage, tools, important documents, packed bags, collections, borrowed things, and plenty more. Start with whatever is useful to you.
No. A name is enough. You can use a symbol or emoji to make something easier to spot, and add one of your own photos only when seeing the real thing would help.
Just a few minutes. Add one place, drawer, box, or bag and put a handful of things inside it. There’s no need to catalogue your whole home.
Yes. Switch on optional iCloud sync to keep your library up to date across your devices. You can also share your library with family members. Without iCloud, your library stays on the device where you made it.
Yes. You’ll need Apple’s free TestFlight app to install it.
Only if you export a backup. You can export one from Piilo, and you’ll be able to import it into the final product. Without a backup, beta data may be lost during an update.
Piilo does not require an account, show ads, use analytics to watch what you tap, or store your library on a server of mine. Your library starts on your device. Optional iCloud sync only runs if you switch it on, and optional import and lookup tools reach the network only when you use them. Because the beta comes through TestFlight, Apple may collect crash logs and anything you send through TestFlight.
Free · iPhone · TestFlight required
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