A record of what you own, made before you need it — encrypted on the phone with AES-256 before anything is stored, and exported for an insurer or a police report.
Every sensitive field is encrypted on the phone with AES-256-GCM before it reaches storage at all — descriptions, serial numbers, values, dates and photographs. What gets stored is ciphertext. Because the encryption happens first, the synced copy is unreadable to Apple, to the studio, and to anyone who obtains it.
After a theft or a fire, a claim turns on specifics: the serial number, what was paid, and photographs taken while the thing still existed. Each entry holds those, with the receipt, distinguishing marks, and where the item was kept.
Photograph a receipt or a serial plate and the app reads it on the phone, offering the values it found so you can correct them rather than type them. The image is never sent anywhere to be read.
One tap produces a PDF laid out for an insurance claim or a police theft report, photographs included. It also watches warranty dates and reminds you once, on the phone, before one runs out.
Serial & Story is not on the App Store yet. This page will say so until it ships.
Serial & Story is an iPhone app for recording what you own before you need to prove it — serial numbers, values, receipts and photographs — and exporting that record for an insurance claim or a police report.
Not yet. It is in development. It is made by Anchorwright LLC, a one-person software studio in Texas.
Yes. Every sensitive field is encrypted on the phone with AES-256-GCM before it is written to storage at all — descriptions, serial numbers, values, dates and photographs. What is stored is ciphertext, not text.
No. Because encryption happens before storage and before sync, the data is unreadable to Anchorwright, to Apple, and to anyone who obtains a copy of the synced file. No analytics SDK ships in the app.
No. There is no sign-up, no password and no profile. The encryption key stays with your own devices.
Yes, and it does so on the device. Photograph a receipt or a serial plate and the app reads it locally with Apple’s own frameworks, then offers the values for you to correct. The image is never uploaded.
One email when it reaches the App Store — nothing else. Questions about how it works get a real answer at the same address.