Collect your favorite things in real life. Point your camera and tap the shutter — Loot recognizes it, cuts it out, and sorts it into the right collection. Then share with friends.
I noticed a lot of my friends were collecting photos of the most random things, from exotic cars to traffic cones. Whenever they would see one, they would share it in a chat group or with their friends or partner.
So I decided to build an app for them. Loot lets you take a photo of anything in world around you and collect. Like Pokédex for anything.
It's just a fun project with no specific goals or business model at this point. I just thought it would be a fun project to build because it gets people to see the world around them in a new way. And share that with friends.
@marckohlbrugge, would be awesome if I can add my existing collections from photos library.
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The idea feels really fun, I love that this isn't trying to solve some huge problem, it just makes collecting random little things genuinely fun. The automatic cutout and sorting is what really sells it for me. I can definitely see this becoming a fun thing among friends, everyone ends up collecting random stuff anyway, but it's usually buried somewhere in their camera roll. Love the idea of turning that into actual collections. If you make a android version of this someday that would be nice!!
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Amazing idea, I would install if I wasn't on android!
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The branding is really good :)
I like that this doesn’t feel over-explained or over-monetized. just “Pokédex for anything” is such a simple and fun way to describe it. It also feels like one of those ideas that makes people notice the world around them a bit more. I can totally imagine friend groups collecting random things like cars, signs, street objects, coffee cups, or weird little patterns they keep seeing.
The cutout + automatic collection part is what makes it feel more than just taking photos and dumping them into an album. Curious if you’re thinking about public/community collections too, or if the main direction is keeping it more personal and friend-group based?
The similar things could be done for experiences :)
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The 'Pokédex for anything' concept is brilliant and so simple! I use Android, so I really hope to try it out someday.
Since you mentioned it's just a fun project for now, do you have any plans to release an Android version in the future if it gets enough traction? Congrats on the launch, Marc! 🚀
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Pokedex for anything is a great way to describe it, and honestly refreshing to see something built with no roadmap or business model attached. Question on the recognition side - if I photograph the same sneaker on two different days, does it know it's the same item and just add a second photo, or does it treat every shutter tap as a brand new entry in the collection?
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This feels like a fun excuse to pay attention to random details outside. The automatic cutout and sorting makes it feel more like collecting than just saving photos in another album.
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how does it handle overlapping or messy backgrounds when you point at something you actually want to keep? been burned by other cutout tools that butcher the edges around stuff like bottles or plushies
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so what happens when the app can't recognize the object, does it just hang on the camera screen or give you some way to manually tag it
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@marckohlbrugge, it is fun! :)
I appreciate it stores everything locally!
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@marckohlbrugge, would be awesome if I can add my existing collections from photos library.
The idea feels really fun, I love that this isn't trying to solve some huge problem, it just makes collecting random little things genuinely fun. The automatic cutout and sorting is what really sells it for me. I can definitely see this becoming a fun thing among friends, everyone ends up collecting random stuff anyway, but it's usually buried somewhere in their camera roll. Love the idea of turning that into actual collections. If you make a android version of this someday that would be nice!!
Amazing idea, I would install if I wasn't on android!
The branding is really good :)
I like that this doesn’t feel over-explained or over-monetized. just “Pokédex for anything” is such a simple and fun way to describe it. It also feels like one of those ideas that makes people notice the world around them a bit more. I can totally imagine friend groups collecting random things like cars, signs, street objects, coffee cups, or weird little patterns they keep seeing.
The cutout + automatic collection part is what makes it feel more than just taking photos and dumping them into an album. Curious if you’re thinking about public/community collections too, or if the main direction is keeping it more personal and friend-group based?
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The similar things could be done for experiences :)
The 'Pokédex for anything' concept is brilliant and so simple! I use Android, so I really hope to try it out someday.
Since you mentioned it's just a fun project for now, do you have any plans to release an Android version in the future if it gets enough traction? Congrats on the launch, Marc! 🚀
Pokedex for anything is a great way to describe it, and honestly refreshing to see something built with no roadmap or business model attached. Question on the recognition side - if I photograph the same sneaker on two different days, does it know it's the same item and just add a second photo, or does it treat every shutter tap as a brand new entry in the collection?
This feels like a fun excuse to pay attention to random details outside. The automatic cutout and sorting makes it feel more like collecting than just saving photos in another album.
how does it handle overlapping or messy backgrounds when you point at something you actually want to keep? been burned by other cutout tools that butcher the edges around stuff like bottles or plushies
so what happens when the app can't recognize the object, does it just hang on the camera screen or give you some way to manually tag it