Set Up Your PRFv3 Studio Profile
Setting up your iPad piercing release form app only takes a few minutes.
Q: Who should perform the initial setup of the PRF app? A: The studio owner or the party holding primary liability for the studio. This ensures technical accuracy, account recovery, and compliance with health board requirements.
Let's get to it. You need a few details about your studio to set up, so read on to prepare.
Download the iPad App: Search for "Piercing Release Forms App" in the Apple App Store on your iPad and look for our logo. You'll see a few look-alike apps, but PRF is the original since 2014.
Authenticate Identity: Once downloaded, sign in using SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE or SIGN IN WITH APPLE. You only need to do this once, and it anchors your studio profile for all time. If you uninstall PRF, buy a new iPad, or deploy multiple iPads across your studio, signing in with this same master account will instantly bring up all your saved settings.
Configure Studio Settings: Tap the Main Menu (the three lines in the top right of the main screen) and select Settings. Enter the default Master Passcode 1234 (you can change this passcode at any time in Settings). You will be placed directly on the STUDIO tab. Complete all required studio fields:
PRF App Login Field: Located second from the bottom on the STUDIO tab, type or paste the exact email address for the Google or Apple account you used in Step 2. Do this right now. Entering your master login email in this field saves it directly in your studio profile, so you and your management never have to guess down the road.
Studio Popular Name: Enter your public studio name as recognized by clients and local marketing.
Studio Legal Name: Enter your official registered business name.
Registered Piercers: Tap to add at least one piercer name to activate the intake dropdowns for client waivers.
Cloud Service Status: Verify at least one cloud pathway is enabled.
Connect Cloud Backup: Tap the CLOUD tab at the top of the Settings screen. PRFv3 connects to four major cloud services: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box. Select your studio's primary cloud provider and authenticate the login. Linking a cloud service is required to complete your setup so that signed client PDF waivers automatically sync.
Review Legal Clauses & Medical Screening: PRF comes pre-loaded with standard legal disclosures and essential health questions pertinent to the piercing industry. You are ready to go out of the box. Add yours when you get time, OR tap the EDITORS tab to customize health questions, medical alerts, and legal clauses as required by your attorney, health inspector, city, or state.
Save Configuration: Tap SAVE & VERIFY at the bottom of the screen to push your parameters to the cloud database and return to the Welcome Screen.
Test Your PRF App Digital Intake Setup
Follow every step of this dry run to ensure your intake flow and piercer controls are working perfectly:
Tap New Client on the Welcome Screen.
Follow the New Client Flow prompts: enter test personal information, complete the health questionnaire, capture an ID photo, and complete the client signature. Test everything as if you were the client sitting in your lobby.
Tap submit to reach the Piercer Notes Pane Flow. You are no longer the client; you are now the piercer. Enter the Master Passcode (default is 1234).
Upon access, the Client Health Considerations screen appears automatically. This screen isolates and displays critical health disclosures and medical alerts directly to the piercer before work begins. You can tap Preview Waiver to review the client's inputs.
Proceed into the Piercer Notes Pane. Test entering piercing setup details: select or enter jewelry, batch numbers, disposable needle sizes, and take a photo of supporting documentation (such as a state-issued photo ID or minor guardianship paperwork).
Complete the piercer sign-off. You can either sign to complete the form or select Save For Later (available with a Basic or PRO subscription). For this test, sign as the piercer and tap FINISH & UPLOAD. A success modal will confirm the waiver has been compiled and queued for cloud upload.
Check Your Cloud
Verify that your completed test waiver landed correctly in your cloud backup:
Open the dedicated cloud app on your iPad (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box), or open a web browser and log into the cloud account you linked in Step 4.
Locate the root directory created automatically by the app: Beluga Digital App [year] Piercing Release Forms.
Open the Waivers subfolder inside this directory.
Locate your test waiver PDF. Tap or click the file to expand it and review the rendered layout, captured ID photos, piercer notes, and signatures. You are officially configured and ready for your first live client!
Let Your Friends Play With It
PRF comes pre-loaded with 10 free waivers. We hope you'll let the other kids in your studio play with it after you do, so everyone is familiar and comfortable before you unleash the PRF app on your clients. The PRFv3+ download includes ten free forms, which should be enough to educate everyone—from resident piercers to studio managers and health inspectors.
You and other studio staff might take a few minutes to tap the Main Menu Flow (the three-line menu at the top right):
Example Waiver: Tap to view and share a completed sample waiver layout.
About The Makers: Read about the history and development of the app.
Knowledge Base: Open our in-app documentation hub to learn to use PRF app.
Support Message: Send direct feedback or technical questions to our team. Be nice, and don't be shy. We got you.
Play With It Alone
Since you started this setup, you are probably considered "studio management" or some such. This means you can enter your Master Passcode and familiarize yourself with SETTINGS:
The STUDIO Tab: Manage studio identity, PRF App Login email field, logo branding, and registered piercer lists.
The FORM OPTIONS Tab: Configure mandatory client fields, minor intake rules, language options, and screen toggles.
The EDITORS Tab: Add, edit, or reorder custom health questions, medical alerts, and legal clauses.
The REPORTS Tab: Access client lists, filter records by date or piercer, and export CSV financial and demographic data.
The CLOUD Tab: Manage authentication and folder sync pathways for Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Box.
The MORE Tab: Configure your studio slideshow setup, choose the app language, and log out of or delete your PRF account.
Now Show It To Everyone.
It would be swell if you told other piercers to give this a whirl. We worked super hard to bring you PRF and are mighty proud of it. We didn't do a whole lot of tattooing while developing this app, and we're hoping you will help us succeed. Also, because you told other piercers who got on with PRF, we were able to drop $30/month off of our PRO subscription. Please keep spreading the word, and thank you!
Please tell us who you are. Reach out to us! We are glad to share your work. It matters to us that piercers treat each other well, DAMMIT. We are living a renaissance, paying for our lives with art, changing people. It's hard out there, and it would be grand if we could uplift each other.
PRF is our contribution. We hope you love it.
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