Built for speed
Capturing a defect in well under ten seconds keeps the inspection moving at the pace of the property, not the app. A faster walk-through means you can fit more work into the day without rushing the detail that matters.
For surveyors & property inspectors
A snagging app for surveyors who work on their feet
SnagPal is a fast, free snagging app for surveyors and independent property inspectors. Walk the property, photograph and annotate each defect on the spot in seconds, pin it on the floor plan and organise it by room, then export a clean, branded PDF report with your own logo and details in a single tap. It works fully offline on site and keeps every photo and note on your device, so you can capture a whole inspection and hand the client a professional report without an account, a subscription or a per-seat fee.
Free on iPhone and iPad. No account, no subscription, no per-seat fees, no cloud.
Under 10sPer defect to capture
£0No subscription or per-seat fee
OfflineWorks on site with no signal
iOSiPhone and iPad
Why it fits the job
A field tool that respects your time and your name
If you inspect properties for a living, the tool you carry has to be fast, work where there is no signal, and produce something you are happy to put your name on.
Most inspection software is built for offices and teams: accounts to manage, dashboards to sign into, and a subscription that bills every month whether you are busy or not. On site, what you actually need is to capture a defect quickly, know it is saved, and walk away with a clean report.
SnagPal is built for that. It is a fast, free field tool for one person on one device. You capture each defect in seconds, work entirely offline, and export a branded PDF with your logo on it. No account, no subscription, no per-seat fee, and nothing leaves your device until you send the report.
The short version
Fast capture, offline on site, branded client-ready PDFs, and no per-seat subscription. SnagPal handles the field-capture and report side of an inspection for a solo professional, for free.What you get
Built around how inspectors actually work
The four things that matter most when you are capturing defects for a paying client, on site, on your own.
Client-ready branding
Add your logo and business details once, and every PDF you export comes out looking like a proper professional report. The document that lands with your client carries your name, not someone else's.
Reliable on site
Everything runs on the device, so patchy or absent signal on a new build or part-finished site never stops you working. You capture the whole inspection offline and send it later.
Client data stays private
There is no account and nothing is uploaded to a cloud. Photos, notes and reports live on your own device, which matters when you are handling properties and client details under your own duty of confidentiality.
The inspection workflow
From arrival to a report in the client's inbox
A typical inspection, start to finish, and where SnagPal fits in at each stage.
Arrive and start a fresh inspection
Open the app and start straight away. There is no account to log into and no project to set up first, so you are capturing within seconds of walking through the door.
Walk the property room by room
Go through methodically. For each defect, photograph it, add a short note, annotate the photo and tag the room. Each item takes seconds, so the pace of the walk-through sets your pace, not the app.
Pin each defect on the floor plan
Drop a numbered pin on a floor-plan image so the exact location of every defect is unambiguous. Whoever reads the report later does not have to guess where anything is.
Keep working with no signal
Empty new builds and part-finished sites rarely have a usable connection. Capture, annotation, pinning and export all run on the device, so a dead spot never stalls an inspection.
Export one branded PDF
When the walk-through is done, export the whole inspection as a clean PDF carrying your logo and business details, with every photo, note and pin laid out properly.
Send the report to your client
Email or share the PDF straight from your phone or iPad while you are still on site, or back at the office. You keep your own copy as the record of what you inspected and when.
Speed - faster inspections
Capture a defect in under ten seconds
On a paid job, the time you spend logging each defect is time you are not billing for the next one. If capturing a single snag is slow, a thorough inspection turns into a long day, and the temptation is to cut corners on notes you will regret later.
SnagPal is built so a single defect takes seconds: photograph it, give it a short title, tag the room, set a status, done. Capturing in well under ten seconds per defect means a full inspection is genuinely quicker, and you can keep your attention on the property rather than on the paperwork.
- Photo, title, room and status in one quick flow
- Annotate the photo on the spot so the fault is obvious
- The list builds itself as you walk, ready to export
A new snag form showing a captured photo, a title of scuff on cabinet door, the room set to kitchen and the status set to open, with a save snag button.
Branded, client-ready PDFs
Hand the client a report with your name on it
The report is what your client pays for and what represents your work after you have left. A clean, dated PDF that carries your own logo and business details looks like the professional document it is, not a string of photos in a message.
SnagPal turns the whole inspection into that branded PDF in one tap. Every photo, note, annotation and floor-plan pin is laid out properly, grouped by room, ready to send. You add your branding once and every report you produce comes out consistent.
- Your logo and business details on every report
- Every photo, note, annotation and pin included
- One tap from a finished walk-through to a shareable PDF
A branded snag report PDF preview with your logo block, the property Plot 14, a date, and rows of snags with thumbnail photos, captioned page 1 of 6, beside an export PDF report button.
Works offline on site
No signal on site is no problem
Inspections happen in empty new builds, part-finished sites and properties with thick walls and no broadband. Mobile signal in those places is unreliable at best, and an app that needs a connection to capture or save is an app that lets you down on the job.
SnagPal does everything on the device. Capturing photos, annotating, pinning on the floor plan and exporting the PDF all work with no signal at all. You complete the inspection offline and send the report whenever you next have a connection, with nothing lost in between.
- Capture, annotate, pin and export all work offline
- Nothing waits on a connection to save
- Send the finished report once you are back in signal
A no signal panel with a crossed-out wifi icon reading everything still works, above three ticked items: capture, annotate and export.
Free - no per-seat subscription
Free to use, with no per-seat fee
Inspection software is usually sold per user per month, and for a solo inspector or a small independent practice that recurring cost eats into the margin on every job. You end up paying a subscription whether you carry out two inspections in a month or twenty.
SnagPal is free. There is no account, no subscription, no per-seat fee and no in-app purchase. Every feature, including unlimited branded PDF exports, is included at no cost, so the tool you rely on does not take a cut of your work.
- Free to download and free to use
- No subscription and no per-seat charge
- Unlimited branded PDF exports included
A pricing panel reading zero pounds to download and use, with three ticked points: no account to create, no subscription or card, and no cloud so no data leaves the device.
Capture your next inspection for free
Free on iPhone and iPad. No account, no subscription, no per-seat fee. Your data stays on your device.
Is it right for you?
An honest fit check
SnagPal is a fast, free field tool, and it is not pretending to be anything else. Here is who it suits and who it does not.
A great fit if you
- Are a solo or independent inspector who wants fast field capture
- Need a clean, branded PDF to hand to each client
- Work on sites where signal is unreliable or absent
- Want to avoid a monthly per-seat subscription
- Are happy capturing on one device, an iPhone or iPad
Probably not for you if you
- Need a multi-user platform where a team shares one set of jobs
- Want a central cloud dashboard syncing across devices and staff
- Need live collaboration on the same inspection in real time
- Require an Android or web version (SnagPal is iOS only)
- Depend on server-side backups rather than your own device backup
To be clear
SnagPal is a single-device field tool, not a multi-user cloud platform with team sync, shared dashboards or live collaboration. If you need those, it is not the right tool. If you want fast capture and a clean branded PDF, on your own, for free, it is built for exactly that.Where to next
Keep exploring SnagPal
See the full feature set, why it is free, how the snag list works, or the build and contractor side of things.
Explore the features
A detailed walk-through of fast capture, annotation, floor-plan pins, branded reports and offline use.
Learn moreFree snagging app
Why SnagPal is genuinely free, offline and account-free, and how that compares to paid, subscription rivals.
Learn moreSnag list app
What a snag list is, the full workflow, the branded PDF output and how it works across iPhone and iPad.
Learn moreFor builders & contractors
Tracking punch lists, assignees and handover defects on your own jobs and sites.
Learn moreNew to all this? Start with the SnagPal overview on the homepage.
FAQ
Snagging for surveyors: your questions answered
Can I put my own branding on the report?
Yes. You add your own logo and business details, and they appear on the PDF reports you export, so each report looks like a professional, client-ready document with your name on it rather than a generic export. You set this up once and every report you produce comes out branded and consistent.
Does it work offline on site?
Yes, fully. Capturing photos, annotating, pinning defects on the floor plan and exporting the PDF all run on the device with no connection needed. That is deliberate, because empty new builds and part-finished sites often have little or no mobile signal. You can carry out an entire inspection offline and send the report once you are back in signal.
Is it really free, or is there a per-seat cost?
It is genuinely free. There is no account, no subscription, no per-seat fee, no in-app purchase and no per-report charge. Every feature, including unlimited branded PDF exports, is included at no cost. SnagPal is a free single-device field tool rather than a paid platform, so there is nothing to pay whether you carry out two inspections a month or twenty.
Can I use it on an iPad?
Yes. SnagPal is a native iOS app that runs on both iPhone and iPad. Many inspectors carry an iPhone around the property for quick capture and prefer the larger iPad screen for annotating photos and placing floor-plan pins. There is no Android or web version.
Where is my data stored?
On your device. SnagPal has no account and no cloud, so your photos, notes and reports are held locally on the iPhone or iPad you capture them on, and nothing is uploaded anywhere. The only data that leaves the device is the PDF report you choose to export and send. Because everything is on a single device, you are responsible for your own backups, for example through your normal device backup.
Can I export and share the PDF report?
Yes. When the inspection is finished, SnagPal exports the whole list as a single branded PDF in one tap. You can then email it or share it through the standard iOS share sheet straight from your phone or iPad, on site or back at the office, and keep your own copy as a dated record of what you inspected.
Ready to speed up your inspections?
Free on iPhone and iPad. Capture defects in seconds, work offline, and hand your client a branded PDF.