Photography
Leica Q3
Camera · Leica
Used Sunday · 16 photos
A record of your things
Make more of the things you love.
Log it. Record what you do with it. Share when you want to.
Staged beta · Starting with camera people · Open to every interest · iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo
Cycling
Canyon Endurace CF 7
Road bike · Canyon
3 uses this week
Vinyl
Technics SL-1200MK7
Turntable · Technics
Used last night
Photography
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2
Lens · Voigtländer
9 photos · 1 Conversation
Watches
Seiko Alpinist
Mechanical watch · Seiko
Logged · a gift in 2019
Golf
Scotty Cameron Newport 2
Putter · Scotty Cameron
Used Saturday · 2 posts
Writing
Lamy 2000
Fountain pen · Lamy
12 uses
Photography
Olympus OM-1
Film camera · Olympus
Logged · one roll a month
Workshop
Dad’s hammer
Claw hammer · Unbranded
Logged · handed down
Cooking
de Buyer Mineral B 28 cm
Carbon-steel pan · de Buyer
Used most nights
Illustrative Things across interests and brands. otherthing is not affiliated with any brand shown.
01 What it is
A record of your things,
and a meaningful record of what you do with them.
Log a camera, a bike or a pen once, and it gets its own log. When something is worth showing, you share it on purpose: it appears in Club for anyone to see, and in that Thing's log. There are no followers.
Record each time you use it, without posting anything. Those entries are private by default. A Thing's log holds your uses and the posts you attach to it.
- thing
- The object you own.
- (other)
- What you do, make and remember with it, and the people who own one too.
02 Why it exists
An interest grows.
Its context gets lost.
Photographs in one app. Gear details in your notes. A useful conversation buried in a chat. The things you care about end up scattered.
Keep it in one record, and a collection becomes more than a list. Each Thing holds what you chose to share about it and the days you record using it. What you paid stays with you.
The thinking behind otherthing Example · A week with a road bike
Log it
Add the bike once, under Cycling. Its name, picture, where you got it and any value you enter are public, and Club gets a short New Thing update.
Record
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: used it. Those entries are private by default.
Share
One iPhone photo from Saturday's ride, posted to Cycling. Posts are public: anyone can see it in Club and on the bike.
Private
What you paid for it, and the receipt. Only you.
Illustrative example. Using, recording and sharing are three separate acts.
03Inside the app
Start with one Thing.
Log a camera, a bike or anything you love. Its log collects what you share about it and each day you record using it. Club shows everyone's posts and helps you find the members who own the same Things.
Staged beta · Starting with camera people · Joining needs only a profile.
01Things
A record of your things.
Your camera, your bike, your watch: one shelf, organised by interest. Each Thing opens to its own log. What you paid shows only to you.
02Record
Record what you do with it.
Record starts from Today: log a new Thing, share a post or choose Used it, which saves the day you used a Thing without posting anything. Uses are private by default.
03Share
Share when you want to.
A post is a photograph, a few words or both, with a Thing or one interest attached if you like. Photographs from any camera are welcome; equipment matches are only suggestions. Posts are public. Originals stay on your phone; the shared copy leaves out precise location, filenames and device identifiers.
04Club
What members share, in Club.
Club shows everyone's posts, latest activity first, with replies and member-run Sessions. View shows Everything, your interests or the ones you pick. Find the members who own the same Things you do. No followers, no likes.
05You
Participation, not performance.
Your posts and Club contributions over the last three months. Something to read, not a score to chase.
06Field
One app. Two presentations.
Original is the default. Field is a handheld presentation with a red case and pixel type, sharing the same account, records, Club and photographs.
07iPhone Duo
Opens up on iPhone Duo.
On the inner display Things and a Thing's log sit side by side. Fold it and the cover display keeps the compact layout.
Cover display · the compact layout
Captures from a build with demonstration content
04 A wider world
Your interests don’t live
in separate boxes.
The things you own connect to what you make, where you go, what you discover and who you meet. otherthing gives those connections a home.
A different way of seeing.
Where it takes you
A familiar place.
A new perspective.
What you discover
“Try looking at the light
before the subject.”
Who you meet
A new ideaAnother way inSomewhere unexpectedSomething to return toA shared curiosity.
A conversation that stays.
Photography is the first community focus. Bring the other things you love too.
Where we’re goingIllustrative connections, with native demonstration photography.
05Built around the thing
Not the algorithm.
What is public, what is only yours and how people find what you share. A few principles that shape the experience.
Still yours
Originals stay on your device.
Shared photographs use a separate, rendered copy. Precise capture location, original filenames and device identifiers are left out.
Public and private
What is public, and what is only yours.
A Thing you log is public: its name, picture, model, where and when you got it, and any current value you enter. Posts are public when you share them. What you paid and any receipt stay private. Recorded uses are private by default.
Club
Public. Latest activity first.
Posts appear in Club for anyone to see, latest activity first, with replies and member-run Sessions. View narrows it to the interests you choose. Nothing is ranked by popularity.
Organising signal
What we left out.
No followers, no likes, no streaks. What you share appears in Club for anyone to see, and in the log of the Thing you attach it to. The members list is never ranked by popularity.
Native
iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo.
Familiar controls. Room for the photograph. For iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or later, and iPhone Duo, where Things opens in two panes on the inner display. Original or Field: one account, two presentations.
06Founding cohort
Start with something you love.
We are recruiting in stages, starting with camera people of every brand. Joining needs only a profile: no camera, brand, photograph or post. When you are ready, log the Things you own across your interests, including ones no catalogue lists. New Things have a public record and a short New Thing update in Club; what you paid stays private. Access is staged and not guaranteed. Tell us what you enjoy and what you would like to record.
- Starts with
- A profile and your interests
- Platform
- iPhone and iPad on iOS 26 and later, and iPhone Duo
- Made in
- Sydney, Australia
- Cost
- No payments, marketplace or subscriptions