Two ways to use Hipling.
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Document every learning moment with photos and videos, straight from your camera or photo library. Hipling automatically compresses images through a 3-pass adaptive pipeline to balance quality and storage, and handles HDR-to-SDR video transcoding so everything looks consistent. Videos can be trimmed with a visual timeline editor before saving, with a 30-second maximum duration. EXIF GPS data is automatically extracted from photos to record where learning happened, and reverse geocoded into a readable address. Every file is copied to persistent storage on your device so nothing is ever lost, even offline.

Search millions of books via the Open Library database and add them to your homeschool record with a single tap. Book metadata including title, author, ISBN, page count, cover image, and publisher are automatically imported. Track pages read per session and watch your reading progress build over time. Each book gets its own detail screen showing total reading time (summed from all logged activities), a progress bar, and a timeline of every reading session. Books can be linked to specific students and subjects, and the cover image is automatically uploaded to cloud storage for cross-device access.

The compose flow is the heart of Hipling. Add photos, videos, scanned documents, imported PDFs, books, or text notes to a single moment. Tag it with subjects, collections, and students. Add optional metadata: time spent (in quarter-hour increments), date, time of day, location (with map preview), and free-form notes. Choose which folder to save to with a searchable folder picker that shows breadcrumb paths. Every moment automatically generates activity log entries that power your attendance, hours tracking, and insights dashboards. When tagging multiple subjects, hours are evenly divided across them.

Every moment you log with hours automatically contributes to per-student, per-subject time tracking. See exactly how many hours each child has spent on Math, Science, Language Arts, and every other subject, broken down by day, week, month, or year. Stacked area charts visualize daily subject distribution, and a subject balance donut chart reveals which subjects are getting the most attention and which need more focus. Weekly hours are charted across all 52 weeks of the school year with interactive bars you can scrub through. Year-end summaries show total hours, weekly averages, and subjects that need attention.

Generate comprehensive student progress reports as both downloadable PDFs and shareable web links. Reports include attendance summaries (total hours, daily averages, days with activities), per-subject hour breakdowns with color coding, grade entries organized by term, curriculum completion progress, and books read. Configure date ranges for any period, toggle whether to include zero-hour subjects, summary statistics, and grades. Choose between per-term or final-only grade display. Reports are rendered as styled HTML pages that can be printed via the native print dialog or shared as a link at share.hipling.com, no account required to view.

Add unlimited students to your homeschool, each with their own name, grade level, date of birth, color, and avatar photo. Every student gets a distinct color used throughout the app for instant visual identification in moments, insights charts, attendance calendars, and activity timelines. Drag-to-reorder your student list to set a preferred display order. Tag multiple students in a single moment when they're learning together, with each student getting their own activity log entry for accurate per-student tracking. Per-student insights dashboards show individual attendance, subject hours, grades, curriculum progress, and book reading history.

A full analytics suite with interactive charts and multiple visualization modes. The Insights Explorer lets you slice data by subjects or collections, measure hours or post counts, and view results as donut charts or bar charts, with percentage or absolute count display. Choose from daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly time ranges. Per-student dashboards include stacked area charts for subject distribution over time, subject balance donut charts, weekly hour bar charts across 52 weeks, daily goal calendars with per-day moment progress rings, curriculum and book progress sections, and year-end summary cards that tell you if you're ahead, on track, or behind your annual goal.

Organize moments by type with built-in collections like Lesson, Art Project, Field Trip, Class, Book, and Video, or create your own with custom names and emoji. Collections appear as toggleable pills when composing a moment, and each collection gets its own browsable view showing every tagged moment with cover images and item counts. Custom tags are stored alongside subject tags on each moment, giving you a second dimension of organization beyond subjects. Filter your shelf, insights, and reports by collection to see exactly the slice of your homeschool record you need.

Log field trips separately from regular moments, with dedicated fields for trip name, location, date, time, and notes. Each field trip is tracked per student and creates an activity log entry so it counts toward attendance and appears in your timeline. Browse all field trips in a dedicated list view sorted by most recent, with easy edit and delete options. Field trips are perfect for documenting museum visits, nature walks, co-op days, and other out-of-home learning experiences that might not have associated photos or files.