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The most recently opened (or pinned) project appears as a large hero card at the top. Up to 5 additional recent projects appear in a horizontal slider below it. Pinned projects always appear first regardless of when they were last opened.

On iPad, up to 8 additional projects are shown in the horizontal row beneath the hero card.

Tap a project to open it. Long-press (or use the context menu) to pin or unpin a project.

Pin up to 8 tools here for one-tap access. Tap the + button to choose which tools to add. Use the Arrange button to drag them into your preferred order.

On iPhone the favourites appear as a 4-column grid. On iPad they are shown in a 2×2 paged panel — swipe left to see the next page if you have more than 4 favourites.

Long-press any tool to remove it from favourites or to rearrange.

Automatically tracks the last tools you opened — up to 6 on iPhone and up to 10 on iPad. No setup needed, just use the app and this list fills in on its own.

Tap Clear to wipe the history. You can also hide any of the three Home sections entirely in Profile → Settings.

A freeform notepad for creative ideas, references, mood board notes, script thoughts, or anything else that doesn't fit a structured tool.

Each note has a title and a body. Notes can be pinned to the top, reordered, renamed, and deleted. There is no limit on how many notes a project can have.

Import a PDF screenplay to view it directly inside the app and extract scene headings for your shotlist.

Tap Import Script to pick a PDF from Files. Once imported, tap Import Scenes to scan the document for scene headings (slug lines). The app detects lines in the standard format:

• INT. LOCATION - DAY
• EXT. LOCATION - NIGHT

From the scene list you can assign individual scenes to specific Shooting Days, then tap Import to create the scenes automatically in your shotlist. Scenes already imported are not affected if you later delete the script PDF.

Tap the trash icon in the toolbar to remove the PDF from the project.

Plan your production day by day. Each project can have multiple Shooting Days, and each day is divided into three tabs:

• Planner — add scenes and shots, set focal length, lens, notes, and flags. Drag to reorder. Mark shots as done when they are completed.
• On Set — a streamlined view for active shooting. Tap shots to mark them off and log takes with status (Good take, Usable, or Bad take) and custom tags, which you can define in your profile.
• Review — a summary of all takes logged during the day. Export as a PDF review sheet to share with the team.

Shots can be exported as a PDF shooting schedule from the Planner tab.

Tip: Use the Script tool to import scenes from a PDF screenplay and assign them to shooting days automatically.

Create one or more packing lists per project to track what gear to bring. Check items off as you pack them — the list shows your progress as a count and percentage.

Link a list to specific Shooting Days and tap the lightbulb button to get smart gear suggestions based on the lenses and cameras already in your Shotlist for those days.

Lists can be duplicated for similar shoots and exported as a PDF.

Build detailed, itemised budgets for each project. A project can hold multiple budget plans (e.g. one for the client quote and one for your internal estimate).

Line items are grouped by category: camera gear, lighting, grip, labour, post-production, licensing, and more. Each item has a unit cost and quantity — totals are calculated automatically.

• Auto-fill your own rates from My Rates
• Pull client billing details from My Clients
• Export a professional quote as a PDF
• Export the full breakdown as a CSV spreadsheet

• Slow Motion Calculator — find out how long a slow-motion clip will appear on the timeline when played back at a different frame rate.
• ND Filter Calculator — find the right ND stop when you change your frame rate or shutter angle but want to keep the same exposure.
• Depth of Field Calculator — calculate near/far focus limits and total depth of field for any camera, lens, and aperture combination.
• Hyperfocal Calculator — calculate the hyperfocal distance for maximum depth of field, or find the aperture needed so that a given focus distance becomes the hyperfocal.
• Time to Seconds — convert a timecode (HH:MM:SS) into total seconds for quick duration arithmetic.

• Anamorphic Desqueeze — calculate the real desqueezed resolution from a squeezed anamorphic recording and get the resulting aspect ratio.
• Aspect Ratio Converter — enter any pixel width and height to get the simplified aspect ratio, or pick a common preset like DCI 4K or Scope.
• FPS Converter — see how a clip's duration changes when you change its playback frame rate.
• Shutter Angle Converter — instantly convert between shutter time and shutter angle for any frame rate.

• Timelapse Planner — calculate the shooting interval needed to produce a timelapse clip of a target duration, or find the final clip length for a given interval.
• Crop Factor Simulator — visualise the field of view difference between sensor sizes and focal lengths. Useful for comparing lenses across different camera bodies.
• Data Rates Planner — calculate how much storage a shoot requires and how long you can record on a given card or drive based on codec and duration.
• Flicker Checker — identify which frame rates are safe to shoot at under mains-frequency lighting (fluorescent tubes, older LEDs, etc.).
• Battery Planner — estimate how long your camera rig can run on battery power based on your gear's power draw.

A database of all your equipment organised into lists (e.g. Camera Kit, Lighting Kit, Grip Kit). For each item you can record name, category, serial number, purchase date, purchase price, condition, and custom attributes.

Key attributes used by other tools:

• Power draw (W) — used by Battery Planner
• Media capacity (GB) — used by Data Rates Planner
• Sensor size — used by DoF Calculator and Crop Simulator
• Mount — used by Packing List smart suggestions

Inventory lists can be exported as CSV or JSON and imported back. Individual items can be imported into Budget Planner as gear line items, and into Packing Lists.

Category order — tap the Arrange Categories button (visible when viewing a list) to drag categories into your preferred order. This order is saved per list and persists across sessions.

Save named gear configurations that you use regularly — for example "Wedding One-Camera Kit" or "Documentary Travel Rig".

Build a setup by selecting items from your Inventory. Setups can then be imported into Packing Lists as a starting point, and appear as smart suggestions in the Packing List tool when the setup contains lenses or cameras that match the shots in your Shotlist.

Three types of reusable presets:

• Sensor Presets — custom sensor dimensions (width × height in mm) used by Depth of Field and Crop Simulator. Create one for each camera body you own.
• Codec Presets — codec configurations (resolution, frame rate, bitrate) used by Data Rates Planner. Name them after the camera and recording mode.
• On Set Tags — custom labels you can attach to shots in the Shotlist (e.g. VFX, ADR, Safety, Pickup). Create a consistent set of tags for your productions.

Configure your personal billing rates so that Budget Planner can auto-fill cost line items. Sections include:

• Personal Labour — day rate, half-day rate, hourly rate
• Post Rates — editing, colour grading, sound, VFX
• Overtime Rules — extra pay multipliers after standard hours
• Travel & Per Diem — daily travel and accommodation allowances
• Policies — additional fees and standard terms
• Billing Details — your name, company, tax ID, and bank details used in PDF exports

You can save multiple rate profiles for different types of work (e.g. corporate vs. narrative).

Save client billing information so that Budget Planner can auto-fill the client section of a quote PDF.

For each client you can store a name, company, address, and tax ID. When exporting a budget as a PDF quote, select a saved client and their details are inserted automatically.

App-wide preferences and data management:

• App Theme — Light, Dark, or follow system setting
• Units — Metric or Imperial for distances and measurements
• Default Currency — shown in Budget Planner and My Rates
• Show on Home Screen — toggle which sections (Recent Projects, Favourites, Recent Tools) appear on the Home tab

• Guest Mode — lock selected sections (Inventory, Rates, Clients, etc.) behind Face ID or Touch ID. Useful when handing your phone to someone on set.
• App Lock — require biometric authentication when the app returns from background (iOS 17 and earlier; on iOS 18+ use iPhone Settings instead).

• Backup — export all your data to a single .filmaribackup file. Keep it somewhere safe.
• Restore — import a previously exported backup. This replaces all current data.
• Reset all data — permanently wipe everything and restart the app fresh.