Questions and answers
What is Fernscout?
Fernscout is a travel journal for the people at home. You write a day while you travel, and the people you invite read it by email, without installing anything.
What it does
- You write each day yourself, in your own studio, or hand your notes to an AI agent that drafts it for you to review.
- Readers you invite get the day by email, free, and read it in any browser.
- A day can become a printed postcard, posted anywhere (CHF 3.90); a trip can become a photobook (CHF 36.90).
What it costs
Free: CHF 0, with 2 GB of storage. Trip pass: CHF 19 once. Plus: CHF 49 a year (CHF 59 inside the iPhone app). Plans open with public sign-up; until then, joining is by invitation.
Prints are paid when you order them, and you see the price first.
Where your data is
The hosted journal stores its data in Helsinki, Finland. Your journal is JSON documents and your original photos in a folder; you can download all of it as one zip.
What is open source
The journal itself is open source under the Apache-2.0 licence, and you can run it on your own server. Printing, postcards and payments are part of the hosted service only.
In short
Do my readers need an app?
No. They read in any browser, and get new days by email.
Who can read my journal?
Only the people you invite. A trip becomes public only if you publish it that way.
What does a printed photobook cost?
From CHF 36.90. You see the exact price before you order.
Where is my data stored?
In Helsinki, Finland, and you can export all of it as one zip at any time.
Is it open source?
The journal is, under Apache-2.0. The printing and messaging services are part of the hosted edition.