# Frame Notes — A photography notebook. > A photography notebook. (iPhone/iPad app by HAOLIN SHEN.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/frame-notes/id6809039950 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [HAOLIN SHEN](https://appshunter.io/developer/6809039952) - Category: Photo & Video, Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 10 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-15 - Data updated: 2026-10-11 ## What is Frame Notes? Every roll has a few frames that almost worked. The light was right, but the horizon cut through the subject. The moment was there, but you pressed a second late. Frame Notes is where you work out why and remember it next time. Grade each frame Keeper, Almost, Missed or Reject. For the ones that almost worked, say what went wrong in your own words, while it's still fresh: "my shadow in the corner", "a second too late". The words you've used before are one tap away. Turn on Pre-shot in the camera, and each photo keeps about a second and a half either side of the shutter. Scrub through the frames, mark the moment you meant to catch, and see how early or late you pressed. Mark a few, and Frame Notes tells you whether you tend to press late. Frame Notes groups what you write on your device, so the mistakes that keep coming up show as patterns, named in your words. Each pattern shows when it tends to happen, the fix you wrote last time, and a short technique to try. Each new roll asks whether you remembered your note. Then your notes come back on their own. Pin one, and it's the first thing you see before your next shoot. Open the camera where you've shot before, and it shows what you wrote there last time. Also in Frame Notes • Camera: exposure compensation, focus and exposure lock, front and back cameras, and grading right after each shot • RAW import: pick RAW files from your camera, developed once on your device • Frame Study: mark the detail on the photo and compare it with a reference, on a composition grid • Locations: a map of where you shoot, and what tends to go wrong at each place • Projects: build a series from any roll, plan the frames you still need, and share it as a PDF • Missed moments: notes for the shots you didn't get • Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button Your words are grouped with Apple Intelligence where it's available, and with a small model built into the app on every other iPhone and iPad. While Pre-shot is on, photos are taken at 12 MP. ## Is Frame Notes safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Frame Notes. ## Is Frame Notes legit? Frame Notes has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Frame Notes is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.2 — 2026-10-10 Pre-shot: see the moment you almost caught. Turn on Pre-shot in the camera, and each photo keeps about a second and a half on either side of the shutter. Open Before & After to scrub through the frames, mark the moment you meant, and see how early or late you pressed. Mark three, and Patterns tells you whether you tend to press late. A trained small model built into Frame Notes groups your notes into patterns and picks a technique to try, all on your device. Also new: • Photos waiting for a grade show on Home: grade them all in one pass • Quick Cull: say what went wrong right after the shot • Choose to grade after each shot or after the roll when you start a Live Roll • Exposure compensation in the camera, and hold the viewfinder to lock focus and exposure • Front camera, and the camera opens fresh each time • Many fixes and smoother transitions ### 2.1 — 2026-10-03 Say what went wrong in your own words. When a photo almost works, write what happened the way you'd say it. Frame Notes groups your words on your device and shows the mistakes that keep coming up, named the way you wrote them. Also new: • Each pattern shows when it tends to happen, the fix you wrote, and a technique to try • Each new roll asks whether you remembered your note • One kind of note per photo, the same one Frame Study writes • Learn is simpler: Notebook, Patterns and Locations • Smoother camera opening and closing • Clearer roll cards, and many fixes ### 2.0 — 2026-10-03 Your camera now remembers. Open it at a place you've shot before, and it shows what you noted there last time. Frame Notes now runs on iPad too. Also new: • A redesign in paper and ink • Home opens with your own notes • Suggestions based on your recent mistakes and your own Keepers • Tap to focus, a grid, and your iPhone's full zoom range • Keep the camera's reminder on screen, with your own Before You Shoot notes • Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button • A short welcome for first-time users • Simpler navigation, clearer wording and many fixes ### 1.1 — 2026-09-17 New in 1.1: • Projects: bring photos from different rolls into a sequence and plan the frames you still want to shoot. • Shoot planned frames into a dedicated Project Roll for each project. • Add selected photos to a project directly from Rolls. • Preview and share PDFs in Classic, Contact sheet or Pairs layouts. • Back up your complete library to Files and restore it later. Refined photo selection, navigation and menus, with fixes for capture, saving and exports. ### 1.0 — 2026-09-15 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-11.*