Patchly

Know the ground you're working.

Patchly is the all-in-one gold prospecting and metal detecting app for exploring and understanding the goldfields. It puts the layers that matter on one map and records where you have been and which detector you used.

PRIVACY
Patchly asks for no account, runs no server that stores or processes your field history, and does not track you. Your sessions, finds, photos and Stash live in a plain database on your phone that you can export any time. Optional backups and exports go only to storage you choose. Map and content downloads still use network services.

MAPS AND RESEARCH
• 100+ curated layers and growing: geology, geochemistry, tenements, land access, terrain, historic activity and more
• Tenements refresh nightly, so leases, applications and expiries are current
• Bare-earth LiDAR relief for New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania, with Victoria as a separate add-on
• Stacks: build your own layer setups with per-layer filters, and switch between saved maps in a tap
• Custom layers: bring your own GeoTIFFs and map services into a Stack
• 3D terrain: tilt and exaggerate the ground to read its shape
• Section 40E permit builder for Western Australia, with Form 1A export
• Offline search for places and watercourses

FIELD RECORDING AND NAVIGATION
• Smart classification: Patchly works out which parts of a session were travelling, detecting or stopped
• Logbook+ draws detecting as lines or as Coverage, the honeycomb of how hard a patch has been worked
• Record a session and see where you detected, and which detector was active for that section
• Off-road go-to and multi-stop routes, by bearing, distance and ETA
• Finds by type, size and condition, and pins with icons for camps, vehicles, water and hazards
• Logbook Editor: edit tracks, finds, pins and shapes on the map, draw lines and areas, and reclassify travelling, detecting or stopped by hand
• Recording setup checklist: keep a session running all day
• Nametag: sign on to the Palmerville camp board from your phone, no more trips to the office

RECORDS AND GOLD
• Logbook: filter and sort every session, inspect it, and return to the exact ground
• Stash: track nuggets, specimens, bars and coins in a simple or purity-aware mode, valued at the live gold price
• Overview and Calendar: totals, value, categories, daily hauls and season statistics
• Add photos to finds and pins, and link a find to its Stash item

OFFLINE, BACKUP AND SYNC
• Offline regions: download an area's satellite and layers, and keep working out of range
• Automatic backup of records, photos, Stash, detectors and Stacks to your own iCloud Drive or Google Drive
• Sync your Logbook between your phones and tablets, through your cloud or straight over Wi-Fi
• Guided imports for Trilobite CSV, Detector Maps KML and Gaia GPS, plus generic GPX, KML and KMZ
• Share .patchly files for Stacks, sessions, finds, pins and shapes

PATCHLY FREE
Free is a real field tool, not a trial. The offline map, the land-access and place-name layers, full session recording, your Logbook, finds, pins, Stash and cloud backup. Free tracks up to one troy ounce in Stash and allows one active detector.

PATCHLY PRO
Patchly Pro adds the deeper curated Library including LiDAR relief, Logbook+ classified travelling and detecting sections, the Coverage honeycomb over ground you have already searched, and offline region downloads. Unlimited Stash and detectors.

• Patchly Pro annual: A$79.99 per year (first year A$23.99)
• Patchly Pro monthly: A$13.49 per month
• Victoria LiDAR relief add-on: A$59.99 per year, requires Patchly Pro

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.

Terms of Use: https://patchly.gold/terms
Privacy Policy: https://patchly.gold/privacy

Patchly is made in Australia by Patchly Labs Pty Ltd.