iOS AppsPrivate iPhone prototypeLocal device build and working photo-lab evidenceVerified 2026-07-28

Pocket Lab

A compact photographic workroom where a chosen material becomes a finished local print.

Pocket Lab is a device-built photo instrument built around an original material-to-print ritual: load a roll, make an intentional exposure, develop a print, refine it, and keep the work local.

Pocket Lab local workroom screen with an active roll. — The current workroom begins with a loaded original material and one deliberate next exposure.

Photo apps commonly begin with a generic camera or a catalog of filters. The harder product question is whether capture, waiting, development, and keeping a print can feel like one coherent creative process.

What was built

Local roll, capture, development, print, and refinement states.
Original material recipes rather than named film-stock or camera-brand emulation.
Sound, haptic, local persistence, and handset build evidence for the core workroom loop.

Visible receipts

A signed, installed, and launched local iPhone build verified on 2026-07-28.
Fixture-safe workroom screens for roll, desk, and finished-print states.
A remaining human product-QA gate for the authorized original-frame Critique Desk journey.

Pocket Lab desk screen with local workroom controls. — The desk makes a bounded development and refinement workspace visible.

Pocket Lab finished local print screen. — A completed print can be kept, refined, or saved deliberately.

Public boundary

Pocket Lab is a private device-built prototype, not an App Store release or a claim of real film chemistry, official camera compatibility, cloud processing, or social sharing. The public record uses only safe fixture screens.

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