Pool launches iOS app that organizes and searches your screenshots

In short: Pool has launched a free iOS app that turns your screenshot pile into organized, searchable collections and can often recover the original links.

What happened

Pool, a new app for iPhone, is launching with a simple goal: make screenshots easier to find and use later. Many people screenshot recipes, products, travel ideas, quotes, and event details, then forget where they came from.

After you give the app permission to access your photos, Pool imports your screenshots and sorts them into personalized collections it calls “pools.” These pools depend on what you have actually saved, so two people can end up with very different categories.

Pool also tries to track down the original web link connected to a screenshot. For example, if you saved a screenshot of a product, the app may link back to the store page. If you saved a recipe from a social app, it may pull up the ingredients and instructions.

The company says it uses AI, which is software that looks for patterns in information (like a very fast sorter). Pool includes a search feature and an in-app AI assistant you can ask for help finding things.

Pool was created by co-founders Maxime Junique and Piet Terheyden, and it came out of their product and design studio, Spinoff Studio. The startup previously raised a pre-seed round of a little over $2 million from General Catalyst, Kima Ventures, Source Ventures, and other investors.

Why it matters

Screenshots are often a messy “junk drawer” on a phone. An app that organizes them, and points back to the original source, could save time when you want to buy something, cook something, or revisit an idea you saved weeks ago.

Source: TechCrunch AI