Shot list software and an app
that work on the shoot, not only in prep.

Storyflow is built for exactly this job: shot cards with a frame and a checklist per setup, or a table, on the same board as the storyboard and call sheet, drafted by AI from the script or storyboard and opened on set from a view-only link with no account. It has no live timer that tracks the day against the clock; Shot Lister, a native iOS and Mac app, does that in its Live Mode.

Shot list software is an app for building the numbered list of camera setups for a shoot, sharing one version with the crew and marking setups done on the day. A good one holds each setup's size, angle, movement, lens and frame. In Storyflow each setup is a shot card or a table row, on the same board as the storyboard, references and call sheet.

Storyflow runs in the phone's browser rather than as a native app: the crew opens the board from a view-only link with no install and no account, and whoever runs the list ticks setups off after an invite. The list is best built on a laptop. If you want a native iOS app on set, Shot Lister is one, with Live Mode timing and Apple Watch support on its Pro plan.

Yes. In Storyflow, shot cards give every setup a frame: a photo or storyboard frame already on the board (including a still grabbed from a YouTube or Vimeo clip), a web photo captioned as reference, an AI-generated frame on Pro and Max, or an empty frame for your own still. A table works when speed matters more than the picture. A spreadsheet rarely shows the frame; Shot Lister adds storyboards on its Pro subscription.

A template gives you columns; software keeps the list connected and usable after prep. Once a template is emailed as a file, the director, DP and client end up with different versions, and a spreadsheet rarely shows each setup's frame or reads well on a phone. Shot list software keeps one version, holds the frames and lets someone mark setups done on the day. In Storyflow it also sits beside the storyboard, references and call sheet.

Yes, for reading. Anyone with a view-only link opens the board in a phone browser with no account and sees the shot cards, frames and ticks as of their last reload. Ticking setups off needs edit access, so invite whoever runs the list, usually the first AD, script supervisor or camera assistant; people a paid member invites join free. Anyone who wants to comment signs in first.

Yes. Every shot card the AI builds has a shots required checklist for the coverage that setup needs, such as the wide, the over-the-shoulder and the insert, and a shot list built as a table gets a got it checkbox column. Tick them as setups are shot and the board shows what is still missing at this location, before the company move, when a forgotten insert is still cheap to get.

Shot Lister is an iOS and Mac app focused on the day itself: a shot-by-shot, minute-by-minute schedule, a live mode showing how you are doing against the plan, and crew sync, storyboards and script import on its Pro subscription. Storyflow runs in the browser on any device and puts the shot list on a board with the storyboard, references, locations and call sheet, with AI that drafts it. If live timing on set is the priority, choose Shot Lister.

StudioBinder connects shot lists and storyboards to the script, breakdown, stripboard and call sheets inside a production management suite. Storyflow puts the shot list on an open visual board with the storyboard, reference images, video, locations and call sheet, and its AI builds shot cards or tables from what is there. Choose the suite when the production runs from a database, and the board when the shot list sits with the pictures and is shared with a client.

Yes, by living on the same board. Storyboard walls and shot cards sit side by side, and the AI can build a shot list directly from a storyboard, one list per scene in the same order. The strip board groups all the scenes into shoot days from the same scene index, and the call sheet PDF for each day is built from the same board, so the call sheet and the shot list work from one plan.

It can draft it. Ask on a board with a storyboard, script or brief and the AI asks whether you want shot cards or a table and how many shots, then builds one entry per camera setup, keeping the script's scene numbers and the gear you named. When it knows the locations and lighting, it orders setups for the day and says which order it used. You review, cut and reorder; coverage stays the director's and DP's call.

Yes. A photoshoot list uses looks and shot types (portrait, group, detail, candid) with the lens and time, and a creator shoot uses A-roll, B-roll, inserts and talking-head setups with an audio column. The AI's shot cards hold a frame, subject, checklist, direction and equipment for any of them, and the brief and reference images sit on the same board, so each approved reference can become the frame of the shot it is for.

Not yet. Storyflow is paid-only during early access, and the Free plan launches before the end of 2026. Anyone invited to a board by a paid member can sign up free. The AI inside Storyflow starts on Plus at $7.99 a month billed annually ($9.99 monthly), then Pro at $14 ($19 monthly) and Max at $39 ($49 monthly). Anyone a paid member invites joins free, so the AD or camera assistant ticking off setups does not pay.