PinPoint is local, one-time on the Store, and built for people who care what their machine is doing while they work. No account wall to read a PDF on top of an IDE.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
windows · local-first · buy direct · high-performance overlay
If this sounds like your week
If your on-top app feels like Discord’s little brother, you are paying twice in RAM and trust.
Where tooling usually breaks
A reference utility should be auditable, small, and boring. Boring is a compliment here.
Where PinPoint lands
Automata Labs builds local tools with clear pricing. PinPoint is an always-on-top reference utility for people who are tired of renting basic desktop behavior with accounts and cloud dashboards. Buy once, use it, move on with your work.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
windows · local-first · buy direct · high-performance overlay
What you get
Pin reference windows so they stay visible while you work in your main application.
Built for responsiveness on real hardware—no browser tab stack for your spec sheet.
A real Windows desktop utility from Automata Labs—no cloud account required for basic use.
One-time purchase with instant secure download — perpetual license, no subscription.
Trusted by pragmatic desktop users
Real workflows: focus timers that stay visible, batches that never leave the disk, and renames you can rewind.
PinPoint: Always On Top saves me so much time as I can organize all my report materials without having to flip between windows or tabs. I love the fact that it is straightforward and simple.
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Our Core Moat
Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<5MB idle RAM).
Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.
Pay a single, clear one-time purchase price. Own your specific native software utility execution tier permanently without artificial subscription paywalls or ongoing usage tax.
FAQ
PinPoint is an always-on-top Windows utility from Automata Labs. It is designed to keep reference material—browser, PDF, notes, tickets—pinned above your working window with a zero-latency feel, without turning your machine into a tiling window manager essay. One-time purchase on the Microsoft Store, local-first, no telemetry. If your problem is “I keep losing the thing I need beside my work,” this is the category: a real always-on-top workflow, not another tab you will bury.
No. The point is the opposite: keep a small set of reference pixels where your eyes expect them, without turning your editor or browser into a compromise layout every time Windows snap forgets what you meant.
Browsers do great PiP for video. PinPoint is for the rest of your work: docs, internal tools, PDFs, tiny chat windows, scratch buffers—things that are not always a video rectangle with a codec contract.
More screens help until they do not. PinPoint still wins when you are on one display, on the road, or when the “second monitor” is a policy dream, not a desk reality.
PinPoint is a lightweight, zero-latency always-on-top utility for Windows: put documentation, a browser, or a viewer beside your work and keep it there while you work.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
Technical specifications
| Spec | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Data Sovereignty | Window pin state and preferences remain local; no cloud account |
| Telemetry Status | None |
| Core Runtime | Rust / native Win32 overlay with layered-window border feedback |
| Network Requirements | Fully functional offline |
| Deployment Compatibility | Windows 10 and 11; direct purchase |
| Workflow | Always-on-top reference windows without focus stealing |
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