CtxLens
Documentation Simplified
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
NEW in 1.2:
Google Earth and ArcGIS geo-export. Map your cards in Google Earth, ArcGIS, or other GIS
Platform.
Captured. Linked. Secured.
Where notes and photos become a record.
• Capture in seconds. A card holds text, up to 12 photos, GPS, group, subgroup, and up to 24 tags — all from one screen, no setup required.
• Two-tap capture from the Lock Screen. Widget actions for Camera, Compose, and Activities.
• Photos linked to text, both directions. Every image in your report carries an ID; every reference in the AI summary points back to the photo it describes.
• On-device AI summary, narrative or bullets. Apple Intelligence consolidates state-change entries and references your photos inline. Nothing leaves your phone.
• Custom terminology, app-wide. Rename "Group" and "Subgroup" to whatever your work calls them — Address, Project, Client, Asset. The terms propagate everywhere, including the final reports.
• Activities and countdowns inside your timeline. Tracked start, pause and stop times, with the ability to attach photos and add notes at every state change, alongside the rest of the day's record.
• Arrange the report your way. Numbered Sort Order lets you set the exact sequence your cards appear in the final document.
• Multi-format export. PDF, DOCX (Word, Pages, or Google Docs) or structured JSON. Generated on your phone, ready to share.
• AI-ready PDF export, optimized for context engineering. Image references and structure preserved, with a structural overview that primes the AI before the first card. Feed it to a multi-modal AI to populate templates, generate reports, or answer questions about your fieldwork.
• Map cards (including photos) in Google Earth, ArcGIS, and other GIS platforms.
• Full-text search. Every word of every card, indexed and instantly searchable.
• Privacy by design. Your data stays on your phone. No cloud. No server.
• Hand off a packet of cards to a colleague. Selected cards, photos, and even running activities or countdown timers over AirDrop, Messages, or email. No sever. No shared account, and no IT.
• Aggregate your team's work into your own database. Each user's card collection exports as structured JSON, ready to import into a database or analytics tool.
Terms of Use: https://ctxlens.com/terms
Ratings & Reviews
1. Export to Google Earth (KMZ) and ArcGIS (GeoJSON bundle) alongside your DOCX/PDF report.
2. GPS accuracy and altitude now captured at all card creation points.
3. Cards without GPS inherit coordinates from nearby cards in the same subgroup.
4. KMZ placemarks include full card data, balloon pop-ups, and inline image thumbnails.
5. ArcGIS bundle includes observations, sites, non-spatial cards, image attachments table, and data dictionary.
6. GeoJSON fields are shapefile-safe with pipe-delimited tags and dual timestamps.
7. Large KMZ exports auto-split into self-contained volumes at 80 MB.
8. Mapping toggles in Report Settings with inline GPS coverage and volume count captions.
9. Settings advisory nudges enabling Auto-Attach GPS after first geo-export.
10. Timestamp-omission notice moved from toast to persistent inline display.
11. Fix SQL parameterization in media query.
12. Fix Photo Reference section missing card data fields in all export formats.
13. Text labels added beneath multi-select action bar icons.
The developer, Truebird Incorporated, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Truebird Incorporated
- Size
- 21.2 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime $69.99
- Monthly $2.99
- Annual $23.99
- Copyright
- © Truebird Incorporated 2026
