Early access opens September 1 · only 20 founding memberships

Tap the tool.
Its whole story opens.

CraftedTracker uses NFC tool tags — stick one on the saw, tap it with the phone already in your pocket, and that tool's record appears: whatever you've chosen to keep on it, like hours logged, blade changes, maintenance, what you paid, whose shop it came from. Nothing to install. Works with most phones — and every tag carries a printed QR code backup.

Only 20 founding memberships — lock in $4/mo or $40/yr, half price, for as long as you stay.

Joining is free · no credit card until you're ready to pay · double opt-in · unsubscribe anytime · your email is never sold or shared.

TAG T-014

DeWalt 735 Planer

Hours logged 212 Blades flipped May 12 Last service Jul 28 — bed waxed

"Bought 2019 · came out of Grandpa Ed's shop"

↑ What a tap shows — the record card for one tool

See it work

The 60-second tap demo

Filmed in the real shop — no actors, no stock footage.

Video coming soon

We're filming the tap demo in the shop right now — it'll live here the day it's ready.

How it works

Three steps. No barcode gun, no spreadsheet.

Stick a tag

A 1″ NFC tag with its QR sticker right on top — both in the same one-inch spot. Any tool with an inch of room works, from the CNC to the drill press.

Tap your phone

Most phones read it instantly — and the QR code printed on the tag covers the rest. No app to download, no account needed at the tool.

The story opens

Maintenance log, hours, costs, manuals, provenance — the working life of that tool, in one place.

Why it's different

Built where the big tools won't go

The only tracker built around the tap

Every other inventory app hands you barcode scanning, Bluetooth hubs, or manual data entry. CraftedTracker is built on NFC tool tags: touch the actual tool with your phone and its record opens.

The competition: barcode/QR sheets, $200 Bluetooth trackers, or typing it all in by hand.

Priced for one maker, not a crew

$8 a month, or $80 a year — full price, full features, on the homepage, no asterisks. The tools-tracking market quietly abandoned solo makers and moved to $49/mo "per seat" plans. We're staying.

No per-user pricing. No surprise 300% price hikes.

Your data is yours, forever

Export everything, anytime, in one click — free tier included. If your trial ends or you stop paying, you never lose the ability to read or export your records. We watched a competitor shut down and take every customer's records with it. That will not happen here.

Trial expiry never deletes data. Reading and exporting are never paywalled.

Know your tools — we'll never claim to "find" them

No GPS, no radar, no tracking dots on a map. CraftedTracker is a record, not a surveillance device — the maintenance log, the hours, the history. Apps that promise to locate stolen tools collect their worst reviews the day someone actually tries. But when a tool does walk off, its tag still speaks for it: mark it lost in the app, and anyone who taps or scans the tag sees your message and how to reach you. We can't locate a missing tool — we make it easy for whoever finds it to get it back to you.

Records that outlive you

"This plane came out of my grandfather's shop — its story should outlive me." Provenance, purchase history, and the record of care travel with the tool: for insurance, for resale, for the estate, for whoever inherits the shop. And when that day comes, your loved ones will know what every machine is really worth — so a lifetime of good tools is never sold off for pennies.

Pricing

All of it, right here, no asterisks

Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial of everything — and each day you use the app adds another day, up to 60 days total. No credit card at signup.

Free keeps your records safe. Maker puts them to work.
What you get	Free — forever	Maker — $8/mo · $80/yr
The complete record — hours, maintenance, costs, manuals, provenance	✓	✓
Read + export your records, forever — never paywalled	✓	✓
CSV import — load your whole shop from a spreadsheet	✓	✓
Items	Up to 100	No item cap
Photos & documents	20 MB	200 MB
Insurance & valuation reportcoming this fall	One free report	Unlimited
Maintenance reminder emailscoming this fall	—	✓
Buy & Sell kit extras + your shop's branding	—	✓

Waitlist exclusive

$4/mo

Founding member — or $40/yr

Everything in Maker
Half price, locked for as long as you stay
First invites, first say in what gets built
For the first 20 who join before Dec 31, 2026

The standing promise: leaving CraftedTracker never costs you your records. Read access and export are free, forever, on every tier.

NFC tag packs sold separately — $24 and $44 packs, QR codes printed on every tag, photographed on real tools, in the shop store at launch.

"I'm not a software company. I'm a woodworker with a love of tech. I have a shop full of tools and needed a way to remember what I last fixed on that CNC machine so I can figure out why it's glitching again now. When was the last time I changed the oil in the air compressor? How long has that blade been on my table saw? What did I pay for that drill press — and did I make any money on the resale? How much time do I actually spend making? Every feature exists because it's something I needed. If you make things for a living or for the love of it, this was built for you, too."

— Jennifer, CraftedCarvings · CraftedProfit on YouTube

Questions

FAQ

Do I need to install an app?

No. Tags open a web page — tap with any modern iPhone or Android and the tool's record is just there. You sign in once in your browser to edit; a tap to read needs nothing.

Which phones can read the tags?

Any phone with NFC can tap — every iPhone since the XS (2018) and virtually every Android of the last decade. If your phone does tap-to-pay, it reads CraftedTracker tags. No NFC? Every tag also carries a printed QR code — point the camera at it and the same record opens.

Is this GPS tracking? Can it find a stolen tool?

No, and we'll never pretend otherwise. A tag holds the tool's record — history, maintenance, provenance. It doesn't transmit, doesn't have a battery, and can't be located remotely.

What happens to my data if I stop paying — or if you shut down?

You keep it. Read access and export are never paywalled, expiry never deletes anything, and full export means a copy of your records always lives with you, not with us.

What are the tags, physically?

1-inch NFC tags with the QR sticker right on top — one square inch covers both. Stick one on anything with an inch of room, from a CNC to a drill press. No battery, nothing to charge, rated for shop life.

When do invites go out?

Early access opens September 1, 2026 — invitations go out from this waitlist in small batches, and founding memberships go to the first 20 who join before Dec 31, 2026. Signing up is free, and you only add a credit card when you're ready to pay. Founding-member pricing ($4/mo or $40/yr, locked for as long as you stay) belongs to this list.

Tap the tool.Its whole story opens.