More time tattooing, less time on DMs.
Needl gives clients a proper booking request instead of a scattered Instagram DM: their idea, placement, size and preferred date, already attached.
Available on iPhone and iPad, so you can pull up a reference or check tomorrow's schedule on the bigger screen between clients.
Still in the works
The app and the rest of Needl are still being built. Follow us on Instagram to see when it's ready.
Follow on Instagram ↗What you get
One inbox for every request
Booking requests arrive with the client's idea, placement, size and a preferred date already attached, not scattered across DMs and comments.
Slots or a simple back and forth, your choice
Open a calendar clients can book straight from, or keep it to proposed dates you and the client agree on. Either way, buffer time between sessions is automatic.
Deposits, with a safety net
Ask for a deposit as part of the request, with a payment deadline and automatic reminders. Turn on auto-cancel and a missed deposit frees the slot on its own.
Designs clients can book directly
Post a one-off design as Wanna-Do and a client can request it straight from your profile, no message needed first. Everything else lives in one public portfolio link.
Every idea saved for later
Clients save their reference images straight into their idea before they even message you, so you see everything they've collected on the first request, not a single screenshot.
One thread per booking
Messages, reference images and the booking itself live in the same thread, nothing to dig up from three different apps later.
Why it's better than a DM inbox
None of this is new work you have to do. It replaces the scrolling, screenshotting and copy-pasting you're already doing across Instagram, WhatsApp and a notes app.
A request is a DM, a screenshot and three follow-up messages to get placement and size.
A request is one message with the idea, placement, size and preferred date already attached.
Your calendar lives in your head, or a separate app clients can't see.
Clients only ever see the slots or dates you've actually opened up.
A missed deposit means chasing a client by hand, or eating the loss.
A deposit has a deadline and reminders built in, with auto-cancel as a backstop.
Your portfolio is scattered across a grid, a highlight reel and a linktree.
One public profile: portfolio, bookable designs and open slots, in a single link.
Where your clients' requests come from
Most tattoo ideas start on Instagram or Pinterest, not inside an app. Needl meets clients there: they save an idea straight from the share sheet, no screenshot, no app switch.
Find an idea
Spot a design on Instagram, Pinterest, Safari or in your Photos, anywhere you can tap the native Share button.
Tap Share → Needl
Open the share sheet and pick Needl from the row of apps (scroll right, or Edit Actions once to pin it up front).
It's saved, no app switch
The image lands straight in your idea. You never left Instagram or Pinterest, and there's no screenshot to crop or clean up.
Why this matters: a screenshot is a cropped, recompressed copy of the original, status bar and UI chrome included. Sharing directly keeps the original image quality, so the reference an artist eventually sees is the real thing.
One exception: sharing a video (a Reel, a TikTok) only saves its title image, the cover photo Instagram or Pinterest itself shows for that post, not the video. If you need one specific frame from inside the video, take a screenshot of that frame instead and share the screenshot the same way.
Spend your time tattooing.
Set up your profile and availability in a few minutes. It's free to get started.
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