PicPlots Shipping iOS & Android
A collaborative million-plot photo wall with an in-app marketplace. Users claim plots, post photos, build collections, and trade through a creator economy. Native Capacitor build on both platforms.
What it is
PicPlots is a social photo-sharing app organised around a finite grid of plots. Each user can claim a plot, fill it with photos, and discover other plots through a shared feed and a marketplace. The grid model gives the app a concrete collectibility mechanic (plots are limited and addressable), which the marketplace turns into a creator economy.
Target market
- Casual photo sharers who have outgrown ephemeral-story apps and want a more permanent canvas.
- Creators and communities who want a low-friction way to build and trade photo collections.
- Collectors attracted to the limited-plot / addressable-grid mechanic.
Current status
- Live on the App Store and Google Play. iOS 1.5.3 / build 33; Android 2.5.2 / version 11 as of April 2026.
- App Store IAP compliant. Previous Stripe / in-app-browser subscription flow (which triggered an Apple 3.1.1 rejection in an earlier submission) has been replaced with a CdvPurchase v13 IAP integration. Registered product:
com.nirocorp.picplots.photoslot.monthly.v1. - Hard age-gate on first launch: DOB capture + TOS / Privacy acceptance, with a hard lockout for users under 13.
- Moderation in product. Report button on marketplace and Top-10 cards, long-press on board tiles, 6-reason bottom sheet, local block list with live re-render. Server-side user-reports endpoint at
POST /api/reportsfeedingcontent_reports. - Server-side receipt validation at
POST /api/iap/validate(AppleverifyReceiptwith sandbox fallback; Android stubbed safely). - Supabase backend with migrations for
iap_receipts,content_reports, and anactive_subscriptionsview.
Why it lives under NIRO
The drone-hardware program runs on multi-quarter lead times. PicPlots ships on a weekly cadence and produces revenue, which funds the hardware program's quoting, bench-testing, and compliance tracks without outside capital dictating timelines. It also gives the company a public track record of shipping and maintaining production iOS + Android apps under the NIRO Corp developer identity.
Key technical specs (in plain language)
In plain English: a native mobile app on both major platforms, with real server-side payment validation (not just a client trust-me button), a user-reporting and block-list system that actually writes to the database, and a first-launch screen that correctly handles minors. Every piece an App Store reviewer looks for is wired up.
Install
- iOS — App Store: search "PicPlots" · direct link published at launch of the niroaerial.com refresh.
- Android — Google Play:
com.nirocorp.picplots.
App Store direct links are intentionally left to resolve at the current listing; we don't hardcode iTunes IDs on the marketing site so that relisting or bundle-ID migration doesn't break the link surface here.