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The business side of working on set

Callsheet Companion

Crew Finances App Store

A local-first production, time, money, gear, document, and relationship system built for freelance film and television crew who move from job to job.

App Store
Client
SwiftUI on iOS
Data
SwiftData models with backup and optional CloudKit sync
Integrations
Calendar, location, notifications, camera, photos, and PDF
Outputs
Invoices, time cards, tax summaries, mileage logs, and CVs

The project

What it does

Callsheet Companion starts with the actual unit of freelance crew life: a production made of shoot days, rates, kit, mileage, expenses, contacts, paperwork, and payment status. It handles overtime and golden-time calculations, tracks what is still owed, and turns the same underlying records into invoices, time cards, tax material, and a work-history CV.

The app keeps the working set on the device through SwiftData, then layers in first-party Apple services where they help. EventKit can place shoot days on a calendar, Core Location supports set and mileage context, local notifications chase late payments, and PDF generators create documents without shipping production data to a third-party service.

Built around

Product principles

01

Built from a real shoot day

Call, wrap, day rate, overtime, kit, mileage, per diem, bumps, meals, and turnaround share one record.

02

One source for every deliverable

Invoices, time cards, tax summaries, mileage exports, and CVs derive from the same production history.

03

A local production vault

Documents, receipts, contacts, gear, and deal information stay organized around the job that created them.

04

Quiet operational help

Calendar events, payment reminders, suggestions, and aging views surface the next useful action.

System architecture

How the system moves

SwiftData is the center of the app. Views write structured production records, domain utilities calculate money and generate documents, and Apple integrations project the same source of truth into calendars, notifications, files, and optional sync.

Shoot day to paid record

  1. 01 · Capture

    Jobs, days, rates, and receipts

    SwiftUI forms and quick-log tools capture the production's operational facts.

  2. 02 · Store

    SwiftData production graph

    Productions connect to shoot days, contacts, expenses, gear, rentals, and documents.

  3. 03 · Calculate

    Earnings and tax domain

    Dedicated utilities compute overtime, golden time, totals, reimbursements, and gear ROI.

  4. 04 · Integrate

    Calendar, location, reminders

    First-party services add schedule, distance, document capture, and local follow-up.

  5. 05 · Deliver

    Invoices, cards, PDFs, and CSV

    Generators turn the source records into production-ready business documents.

  6. 06 · Protect

    Backup, vault, and optional sync

    Local storage remains primary, with export, restore, and CloudKit paths around it.

Financial calculations live outside the views so the dashboard, invoice, time card, and tax surfaces all read the same numbers.

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