For a long time we sent each other photos when we opened something new: the can, a short review, that kind of thing. It worked until the history was too long to search and old messages were hard to find.
Reddit and the same questions
On Reddit you see the same pattern: people show what they found and others ask where to buy a specific flavour. We wanted one place that combined chatting about finds, seeing them on a map, and showing a collection.
A wall without keeping every can
A real wall of empty cans is great if you have the space. Not everyone does. A digital wall still records what you have tried and shows how your collection grew, without stacking boxes at home.
What BeastVault is
We kept doing everything in WhatsApp—new finds, where we spotted them, what we had tried—and kept wishing that lived in one proper place. Nothing matched how we actually used the chat, so we built a whole app around it: a feed, a map, barcode scan and catalog search, and a wall for the collection. The catalog is built into BeastVault; it is what we open on our phones now.
Discord
Hang out with us and other Monster enthusiasts. Pitch ideas for the app, or tell us what you really do not like—we would rather hear it than not. See you there.
Join on DiscordSide project
We are both software engineers and built this in our own time because we wanted it to exist. It is not a company roadmap. Use it if it helps; if something is wrong or missing, we are open to feedback.
Get BeastVault
Screenshots from our WhatsApp group. The row scrolls on its own; hover to pause.
