Offline-first visual routine support

Picture the plan with familiar photos.

Create simple visual routines using real places, people, objects, and activities from your child's own world.

Helpful for everyday transitions, outings, holidays, tasks, and those quiet moments of "what's next?"

Every family has its own little language: familiar places, familiar people, familiar objects, and familiar routines. SnapThen helps turn that shared language into simple visual steps with real photos, optional short labels, and optional recorded audio.

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Real photos

2 to 5 step boards

Optional audio

Local-first

No accounts

First, then, next board

Hotel room now Start with the actual room, door, or bed so the plan begins somewhere already visible.

Pool next Use the real pool, lift, car, or restaurant instead of a generic symbol.

Lunch after that Real photos can make the plan feel more concrete because they show the actual place, object, person, or activity.

Useful when you are away from home and need to make new places feel familiar quickly.

Made for real-life moments

SnapThen is for the small moments where a visual plan can help: leaving the house, getting ready, going into school, moving between places, visiting somewhere new, or understanding what happens after this.

Morning routines

coat
bag
car

School transitions

classroom
playground
lunch hall

Trips out

car
shop or cafe
park

Holidays

hotel room
pool
restaurant or ice cream stand

Appointments

waiting room
activity
home again

Your own language, made visual

Parents and carers often already have a shared way of explaining the world to their child. SnapThen helps capture that shared language in real photos, short labels, and optional familiar audio.

Every child's world is different. The cup they use, the door they go through, the seat they sit in, the pool they are excited about, or the restaurant that feels new, these details matter.

SnapThen lets you use those real details instead of generic pictures. That can make a first then next board, a picture routine app flow, or a visual schedule for transitions feel more concrete and easier to understand.

Morning routine board

Use the actual coat, the usual bag, and the family car so the plan matches the child's own world.

coat bag car

School transition board

Show the real classroom, lunch hall, and playground when a change between spaces needs to feel clearer.

classroom lunch hall playground

Outing routine board

Answer "where are we going?" with the places the child will actually see on the way.

car cafe park

Holiday routine board

Make a new place feel more familiar with the hotel room, pool, and restaurant in the order they will happen.

hotel room pool restaurant

Useful when you are on the go

When you are away from home, routines can change quickly. SnapThen lets you build a small visual board in the moment: hotel room to pool to lunch, or car to ice cream stand to beach.

The plan uses places your child can actually see, so the next step feels less abstract. It helps answer "where are we going?", "what are we doing next?", and "what happens after this?" without needing to print, laminate, or hunt for symbols.

On holiday, for example, you might snap the hotel room, the pool, the buffet or restaurant, the ice cream stand, the beach, the car, or the lift, then use those photos to show what is happening now and what is coming next.

Why real photos help

A real-photo visual schedule can feel more concrete because it shows the actual place, object, person, or activity instead of an abstract version of it.

That makes SnapThen a practical visual routine support for children when adults need a quick plan for a transition, an outing, or a new environment.

The app stays intentionally simple: short boards, quick setup, optional audio, and local-first storage on the device.

How it works

SnapThen keeps the setup human and short: snap or choose familiar photos, put them into a clear order, and play the board together.

Snap or choose real photos

Use the actual place, object, person, or activity from the child's own world.

Put them into a short order

Build a 2 to 5 step board and add short labels only if they help.

Play the board together

Use optional recorded audio, then keep everything local on the device unless you choose to export a board.

SnapThen home screen showing a sample morning routine board — **Home screen** See saved boards such as a sample Morning routine.

SnapThen new board setup screen — **New board setup** Create a board quickly when a plan changes or a new place appears.

SnapThen playback screen showing a visual step sequence — **Playback** Play through the steps together with optional recorded audio.

SnapThen edit screen showing step reordering — **Edit and reorder** Adjust the sequence when the routine changes on the go.

Where SnapThen fits alongside AAC

SnapThen is not a full AAC system and does not replace communication tools such as symbol-based AAC, speech-generating devices, PECS, communication books, or specialist provision.

What it is

It is a quick everyday visual planning aid for adults who want to show a short real-photo plan using familiar places, people, objects, and activities.

How it can sit alongside other supports

It can sit alongside AAC, PECS, communication books, symbol-based systems, and specialist support when a child already uses those tools.

What SnapThen includes and does not include

The product stays intentionally narrow so the site can be clear, accurate, and practical.

Includes

In the current app

2 to 5 step visual boards
real photos
optional short labels
optional recorded audio
local-first storage
one-board export and import

Does not include

Not part of the current app

accounts
cloud sync
video
public sharing
AAC replacement features
unnecessary data collection

Privacy reassurance

SnapThen is designed to be local-first. Boards, photos, audio, PIN, and settings stay on the device unless the user chooses to share or export a board.

What stays on the device

boards and step order
photos used in those boards
optional recorded audio
PIN and app settings

What does not happen by default

no account setup
no cloud sync
no routine uploads as part of normal use
no unnecessary collection of family routine data

Support and early testing

Trying SnapThen as an early tester?

We would like to know whether it feels useful, quick, clear, and appropriate for everyday family and SEND routines. For support, purchase and restore questions, import or export help, or permission basics, use the support page. For data handling details, read the privacy policy.

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