Fast capture
Photograph a defect, give it a title and tag the room in seconds, so a full inspection stays quick.
100% free - no account, no subscription
A genuinely free snagging app for iPhone and iPad
SnagPal is a free snagging app that does the whole job and asks for nothing in return. Photograph a defect, annotate it, pin it on a floor plan and export a branded PDF report, all from your iPhone or iPad. There is no account to create, no subscription, no trial that quietly ends, and no cloud. Every feature works fully offline and your data stays on your device. Free is not a teaser here, it is how the whole app works.
No sign-up. No card. No cloud. Download and start snagging.
£0To download and use
0Accounts to create
100%Of features included
OfflineEvery feature, no signal
Genuinely free
What free actually means here
A lot of apps call themselves free and then ask for a card, cap the useful bits or sell your data. SnagPal does none of that. Here is exactly what you get and what you are never asked for.
No account to create
You do not sign up, log in or hand over an email address. Open the app and start snagging straight away.
No subscription and no trial
There is no monthly fee and no free trial that quietly turns into one. The app does not expire or downgrade after a set number of days.
No in-app purchases
Nothing is locked behind a one-off payment or an unlock. Capture, annotation, floor-plan pins, reports and offline use are all included.
No per-report or per-export charge
Export as many branded PDF reports as you like. You are not charged per snag, per project or per export.
No cloud lock-in
Your snags live on your device, not on a server you have to keep paying for to access your own data.
No ads and no data harvesting
There are no adverts, and because there is no account and no cloud, there is no profile of you being built or sold.
Honest answer
Why is it free?
It is a fair question, so here is the straight answer with no marketing spin.
SnagPal is a focused free tool built by Bulldogs Digital Ltd, a small UK software company. We wanted a snagging app that was fast, clean and did the whole job, and we decided the simplest thing to do was to give it away rather than wrap it in accounts, trials and tiers.
Because there is no account and no cloud, there is very little for us to run. Your snags, photos and reports stay on your device, so we are not paying to store your data and we have no reason to build a profile of you or sell anything on. There is no advertising in the app either. That keeps it genuinely free rather than free until you hit a limit.
We are honest about the trade-off: there is no team sync, no shared cloud workspace and no web dashboard, because the app runs entirely on your device. For most snagging - one person walking a property and producing a report - that is exactly what you want. If we ever add optional paid extras, the core snagging features described on this page are intended to stay free.
The short version
No catch. A small UK company made a good free snagging app, your data stays on your device, and there is nothing to buy, subscribe to or sign up for.What you get
Everything, for free
The free part is not a stripped-back version. You get the full app. Here is the short tour - the features page covers each one in depth.
On-device annotation
Mark up each photo with arrows, circles and labels right in the app, with no third-party editor.
Floor-plan pins
Drop a numbered pin on the floor plan for each snag so the location is never in doubt.
Rooms and assignees
Tag each snag by room and the trade responsible, then filter or group to turn a list into a plan.
Branded PDF reports
Export a clean, professional PDF with your own logo, every photo and the floor-plan pins, in one tap.
Fully offline
Every feature runs on the device with no signal, which matters on half-built or empty properties.
Want the detail on each one? Read the full SnagPal features breakdown.
Free vs paid
How a free app compares to paid snagging
Plenty of good snagging tools exist, and many of them charge. It is worth understanding what you are weighing up, fairly and without knocking anyone.
Paid and subscription apps
Many snagging apps run on a monthly or annual subscription, a per-seat fee or a freemium model that caps reports or exports until you upgrade. They often store your data in the cloud, which usually means an account and an ongoing dependency on their service to reach your own snags.
A professional snagging survey
Hiring a professional snagging inspector for a new-build is a genuinely useful service, and one that typically costs somewhere in the region of £300 to £600 for a single property. It buys you an expert eye, which is worth it for many people.
SnagPal sits in a different place. It is the free tool you use to do the logging and reporting yourself - or alongside a professional survey if you commission one. You get the capture, annotation, floor-plan pins and branded PDF without a subscription, without an account and without your data leaving your device.
It is not a like-for-like replacement for an expert inspector, and we would not pretend it is. But for producing a clean, evidenced snag list yourself, it does the job for free.
We have put together a fair, factual side-by-side on the things that actually matter - price, whether an account is required, offline use, PDF export, floor-plan pins and platform. See the free alternative to paid snagging apps comparison.
How it works
From download to PDF in three steps
There is no setup, no account and nothing to configure. The whole flow takes minutes.
Download from the App Store
Install SnagPal on your iPhone or iPad. There is nothing to sign up for, so you can open it and start straight away.
Walk the property and capture
Photograph each defect, give it a title, tag the room and set a status. Annotate the photo and pin it to the floor plan as you go.
Export your branded PDF
When you are done, export a professional PDF report with your logo and every snag in one tap, online or off, ready to send.
Download the free snagging app
Free on iPhone and iPad. No account, no subscription, no cloud. Your data stays on your device.
Where to next
Keep exploring SnagPal
Dig into the features, see how it fits your situation, or compare it against the paid options.
Explore the features
A detailed walk-through of capture, annotation, floor-plan pins, reports and offline use.
Learn moreSnag list app
What a snag list is, the workflow end to end, and the PDF output you can share.
Learn moreFor new-build buyers
Snag your own new home and send the developer a clean, hard-to-dismiss PDF report.
Learn moreFree vs paid apps
An honest, side-by-side comparison of SnagPal against typical paid and subscription rivals.
Learn moreNew to all this? Start with the SnagPal overview on the homepage.
FAQ
Free snagging app: your questions answered
Is SnagPal really free?
Yes. SnagPal is free to download and free to use. There is no subscription, no trial period, no in-app purchase and no per-report charge. Every feature - capture, annotation, floor-plan pins, rooms and assignees, status tracking and branded PDF export - is available at no cost, and it all works fully offline.
What is the catch?
There is no catch. SnagPal is a focused free tool made by Bulldogs Digital Ltd. There is no account to create, so there is no email list, no profile being built and no data to sell. Your snags stay on your device rather than on our servers. We built a clean, fast snagging app and chose to give it away free.
Do I need an account to use it?
No. There is no sign-up and no log-in. You do not provide an email address or any personal details. You download the app and start snagging immediately, which also means your work is not tied to an account you could lose access to.
Will it stay free?
SnagPal is free today with no subscription or in-app purchases. We cannot make promises about every future version, but if any paid features are ever added, the core features described here - capture, annotation, floor-plan pins, reports and offline use - are intended to remain free. We will not retroactively put a paywall in front of work you have already done.
Is my data private?
Yes. Because there is no account and no cloud, your snags, photos and reports stay on your device. They are not uploaded anywhere, which is the simplest way to keep sensitive property and client details private. You decide who sees a report by choosing who to send the exported PDF to.
Does it work on iPad as well as iPhone?
Yes. SnagPal is a native iOS app that runs on both iPhone and iPad. Many surveyors prefer the larger iPad screen for annotating photos and placing floor-plan pins, while an iPhone is easy to carry around a property. There is no Android or web version.
Ready to snag faster?
Free to download. No account, no subscription. All data stays on your device.