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Fieldnotes

A beautifully practical field journal for creators who collect ideas wherever their work takes them.

Client
Fieldnotes Studio
Industry
Mobile App
Duration
11 weeks
Team
Product direction, interface design, mobile engineering
Services
Product framing, Interaction design, Mobile development, Cloud sync
Year
2026
Creative professional capturing ideas on a mobile device

Overview

Fieldnotes Studio partnered with CODEUP LABS to turn a high-value opportunity into a product their customers could use with confidence.

Challenge

Creators needed a faster alternative to scattered notes, screenshots, and voice memos. The product had to capture thoughts instantly while preserving enough structure to turn them into finished work later.

Goals

  • →Create a clear, useful experience for the people who rely on the product.
  • →Ship a stable foundation that the internal team can continue to evolve.
  • →Measure the launch against meaningful product and performance outcomes.

Our approach

  1. 1

    Discovery

    We aligned on the audience, business constraints, success measures, and the smallest valuable release before writing production code.

  2. 2

    Design

    We translated the strongest insights into mobile-first flows, tested prototypes, and a reusable interface system.

  3. 3

    Build

    The team shipped in short reviewable increments with typed contracts, clear states, and production-quality monitoring.

  4. 4

    Launch

    We prepared the content, analytics, deployment, and handover plan together, then supported the team through release.

The solution

  • 01 / DECISIONWe built a capture-first experience with one-tap entries, rich media attachments, smart collections, and reliable background sync. The design keeps the first action frictionless, then brings organization in when users are ready.
  • 01 / DECISIONReusable components and clear content structures for future releases.
  • 01 / DECISIONPerformance, accessibility, and analytics included in the acceptance criteria.
Fieldnotes solution preview

Tech stack

ExpoReact NativeCloud SyncCreator Tools

Results

8 secmedian idea capture time
68%weekly active creators
99.95%sync success rate

Measured outcomes from the delivery period, product analytics, and launch review.

What we learned

The strongest product decisions came from making the most important user action obvious early. That clarity gave the team a focused launch and a better foundation for the next phase.

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