Archi.vé
A private photo journal for architects.
You notice architecture everywhere — a façade on a walk, a joint at an exhibition, a plan in a book, a model on a desk. Archi.vé turns that habit into a structured, searchable archive. Take the photo, answer two quick prompts, and it files itself.
iPhone · iOS 17+ · Free
Capture in seconds
Built for the street, not the desk.
A focused native camera: tap the shutter, two taps to tag, done — fast enough to use while walking. Grid, level, aspect-ratio guides, tap-to-focus and exposure, pinch zoom, and film-inspired colour looks.
Structured tags, not typing
A small, consistent vocabulary — two taps, filed.
Building
The whole thing
Typology — residential, office, public, civic, hospitality, heritage, industrial, landscape — and room.
Element
A part of it
Structure, openings, envelope, finishes and details — with materials, concepts and colour.
Graphic
Flat references
Artwork, book, drawing, plan, render, model — capture the wall label instead of typing it.
Find it again
By time, by what it is, or by where you found it.
Browse the archive on a timeline, by reference, by project, or on a map. Search across every tag and filter by type, project, favourites or rating.
- Time — your whole archive, chronologically
- Reference — grouped by what's in the photo
- Project — a whole site shoot in one place
- Place — pinned on a map
- Search & filters across every tag
Boards & Journals
Turn a selection into something printable.
Pick a set of photos and lay them out as a clean editorial poster (B1) or a chronological journal (A4 landscape) — captions drawn straight from your tags. Export as a PDF to print, save, or share.
Private by design
Your photos are yours.
Everything is stored on your device and syncs through your own iCloud across your devices. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party servers. Export a full backup to Files any time.
- No account, no sign-in
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking
- No developer server — synced via your iCloud
- The developer can't see your data
- Designed for architects, by an architect