TrayCount — plan (v3)

What we're building

A camera-based counting and identification app for pharmacies. A technician photographs a tray of tablets or capsules and gets an immediate count; the drug is confirmed by scanning the stock bottle's barcode — never by eyeballing a loose pill. The wedge is replacing hand-counting and multi-thousand-dollar dedicated counter hardware with software running on the phone or webcam a pharmacy already owns, client-side (photos never leave the device).

Honest competitive position (verified 2026-10-10, see Evidence): we are not first — camera/vision counting exists as ~$12.6k–$25k-per-unit hardware (Eyecon) and as mature app-store products. Our wedge is cost, deployment (no hardware install), and privacy, and we position as a second count / check, never a primary count at current accuracy.

Who it's for

Hypothesis: single-location independents and small chains (2–10 stores), where a technician hand-counts hundreds of prescriptions a day and counters costing thousands of dollars per station are out of reach. Not yet confirmed with a real pharmacy. No public evidence was obtainable on daily hand-count practice (r/pharmacy and trade-press search blocked) — the owner is the source of truth here.

How it makes money

Hypothesis only: a monthly per-store subscription. Recurring revenue is proven in this category — a federal award line item "EYECON TABLET COUNTER QUARTERLY UPDATE" at $16,950 and Optical Pill Verification sold "as a simple addition to your standard annual subscription" — but no price is set, nothing has been sold, no payment account is connected and no real money has moved.