Hi there,

I’m Leo, and I just launched a new app called Pileometer, that helps organising brick collections and building large ideas.

Here’s how it works: You scan batches of parts (about 150 at a time is convenient) and store them in numbered transparent bags. The app recognizes the parts, identifies their colors, and catalogs them. My main focus has been on:

• Making it easy to scan parts and fix any recognition errors.
• Providing a quick and efficient way to browse your catalog, find parts, and retrieve them from storage.
• Enabling you to build ideas directly from the app.

Beyond The Brick made a really nice video explaining the app.

I’d love for you to give it a try and share your feedback. I have big plans for the next steps, and any additional insight would be super useful.

Also below there are more details I wanted to share.

Since alpha testing announcement in September we had a few hundred participants, and I really really wanted to thank you all. Based on the feedback my team had to change quite a few things. For example, testers were not really happy with the color recognition, so we had to work a lot to improve it.

I have a lot in mind for the next few months, and specifically wanted to call out a few things:

• Collection export to Rebrickable etc. This had been asked for and I wanted to do it for the first version. But it turned out to be harder than expected due to the data structure being different. I’m hoping to resolve it.
• Better scanning quality. We are training a new set of models that recognises 2X part types compared to what we have now. I hope to launch it very soon.
• Simple building with Pileometer. I want to make building with my app as seamless as opening a new LEGO set. There’s a lot of things we can do here.

Last important bit. The app has a subscription that helps users find parts when building from in-app instructions. These funds let me focus 100% on this project and keep the team running.

However, you don’t need a subscription to catalog your parts. Scanning, managing, and searching your collection is completely free.

Thank you for reading; this has been a long one 😊