SURVEY STUDIO · FOR THE MAC
Record the walk with an Insta360 X5, or bring in video from another camera. Survey Studio turns it into a clear survey report and a finished video, right on your Mac.
Version 0.7 · in field testing now and on its way to the Mac App Store. Footage, projects and transcripts stay on your Mac.
ONE WALK, EVERYTHING IN IT
Survey Studio follows the job the way you already work it: walk it, trim it, explain it, mark it up, and hand it over.
Run the X5 from your Mac over Wi-Fi: check the battery and card, start and stop recording, and pull clips down. Or bring them straight in by USB. The X5's own raw recordings open, and so does footage from other cameras as MP4, MOV or stitched 360° video.
Drag the grips or type exact times to trim. Drag the 360° picture to look around, zoom, level the horizon, and save view points so the view moves through the walk on its own. Every trim and view change can be undone.
Put text right on the picture, build captions from what was said, and add a presenter over the site footage with the site sound lowered while they talk. Speech to text runs on the Mac itself (macOS 26 or later).
Drop a note at the playhead and it keeps a snapshot of the view and the exact recording time. The X5's GPS route shows on an Apple map, and numbered camera marks on the customer's floor plan link back to the moment you saw them.
Save named clips like “Lobby entry” and “Panel room,” watch three synchronized views of the walk, and build a movie from your clips with dissolves in 1080p or 4K.
Export the finished video, a printable report and the whole job package in one folder. Click Open report and the PDF is up the moment the export finishes.
Editing feels familiar, too: keyboard control in the style of Logic and LUNA, your own Audio Unit plug-ins, and a workspace that folds each section down to one line when you want the room.
Show the customer what you saw.
WHAT YOU HAND OVER
Everything the customer needs, ready to send.
Import the customer's PDF floor plan before there's any footage, place your proposed and existing camera marks, and export a package for the field: the original plan, a marked copy, a US Letter print copy with a key page, a camera list and a read-me.
Your original recordings stay exactly as they were. Every edit, name and note lives in Survey Studio's own project files.
BUILT FOR THE FIELD
Footage, projects and transcripts stay on the Mac. Map tiles load from Apple only when you open a map.
A step-by-step Quick start walks you through the common jobs, from recording to exporting a survey.
Automatic recovery holds onto your latest edit and lists earlier sessions so you can open them again.
QUESTIONS AND HELP
Email support@low-volt-labs.com and tell us you're on Survey Studio, which Mac and macOS version you have, and what you were doing. Most messages are answered within one business day.
Survey Studio is made by Low Volt Labs. Insta360 and X5 are trademarks of their respective owner. Features described here are current as of October 28, 2026.