Your collection, in your pocket.
A simple, phone-friendly catalog for small, volunteer-run historical societies.
If your society keeps its records in binders, spreadsheets, or an aging copy of PastPerfect, Archive Pocket was built for you. It runs in the web browser on the phone or computer you already have, so a volunteer can catalog an item right where it sits.
The app is in development. We are looking for small societies to try it and tell us what they need.
What you can do today
- Add records on a phone or a computer, right in the web browser.
- Add photos from your phone’s camera or from files you already have, including JPEG, PNG, WebP, and iPhone photos (HEIC). You can add several at a time. Large photos are shrunk automatically.
- Search by title, name, maker, or number.
- Import a catalog from a CSV file, including accession and catalog numbers in the usual YYYY.N.N format. Import one file at a time, under 2 MB. Photos are not part of the import.
- If you use PastPerfect, export your catalog as CSV and bring that file in. There is no direct PastPerfect connection. Photos stay in PastPerfect until you add them to each record by hand.
- Export your records as CSV files, or as a PDF of the catalog or of a single record. Photo files are not included in the export.
- Give each person a role: Admin, Volunteer, or Read-only.
- Each society sees only its own records.
How to use Archive Pocket
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A short walkthrough will go here: sign in, add a record, add a photo, and search. It is not ready yet.
Pricing
- Free demo first Send us 20 to 50 of your records (any spreadsheet or a PastPerfect export) and we'll load them into a private demo, so you can try Archive Pocket on your own collection. You get 14 days. Ask and we'll add 7 more days, once. No card, no fee. When the demo ends, it locks.
- Move in: a one-time $99 setup fee We move your real records in (a PastPerfect import is included, from a CSV export). Your 60 free days start when the $99 is paid, not when you first try the demo. No card is needed during those 60 days. The $99 is refundable only if you ask within 48 hours of paying and before we start moving your records.
- Then $25 a month or $249 a year We'll send you a secure payment link. We cannot take checks. If you cancel, or if you have not paid after the 60 free days, you get 48 hours to download your records (CSV and PDF only). After that the account locks.
Get in touch
Questions, or want a demo? Write to us. This message is not anonymous.