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A photo becomes
a day worth keeping.

Review, revisit, write, collect. Four places for the little things that make a life.

01Review · Time Stroll

A little tidying. A little remembering.

Swipe right to keep, left to set aside. Try Time Stroll and find your way back to an ordinary day you loved.

Take your time. There is a memory in here.

ReviewTime Stroll

Then 2021.06.16

Now ·

Light over the mountains
Light over the mountains09:42
Kept 0Set aside 0

Drag a photo or use the buttons. Undo if you change your mind.

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Recent brings newly captured photos and videos forward when you return; tap it again to switch to Recommended, What's inside, Photos, Screenshots, Videos, Live Photos, Blurry or Duplicates, sorted newest, oldest or largest first. Time Stroll keeps your current batch, in the order the photos were taken, until you choose another. You confirm again before anything is deleted.

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Public samples only. Your photos stay yours.

Four gestures

One photo at a time.
Your thumb decides.

Every photo gets one small decision. Nothing is deleted until you confirm, and iOS asks once more.

  1. Swipe right

    Keep

    It stays in your library, and the next photo slides in.

  2. Swipe left

    Set aside

    It waits in Pending Deletion. Change your mind any time before you confirm.

  3. Swipe upNew

    Album, or think again

    Albums fan out above the card; pin up to 3. Not sure yet? Let go over the thought bubble to Think again.

  4. Spread two fingers

    Immersive Review

    Or swipe 7 in a row. Everything else fades away.

What's inside

Found for you,
right on your iPhone.

Tap Recent again to pick a pile. Recommended puts similar shots, blurry photos and large videos first. What's inside sorts people, scenery, cats, dogs, food and documents. All of it is worked out on your iPhone.

  • Not sure? The card asks, like “Is this a cat?”. Your answer stays on this device.
  • Tickets past their date are marked in Documents.
  • Can't decide yet? Swipe up into the thought bubble to Think again.

What's inside · On this iPhone

PeopleCatsDogsDocuments

Think again (3)

Recommended

Tap a pile, then answer the card.

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Immersive ReviewNew

Just the photo.
One batch after another.

Spread two fingers on a photo, or swipe seven in a row, and the buttons step aside. Swipe down or pinch to bring them back. You can turn it off in Settings → Preferences.

  • Live Photos play while you hold; videos play with a tap.
  • Batches follow one another without a stop.
  • Leave whenever you like and see what you got through.
Footprints mapNew

Every place you have been,
gathered on one map.

Your photos land on a satellite globe by city. PicLoom also spots your trips, so you can review a whole journey at once, or save it as an album with Pro.

Trip · Oct 2 – 7, 2025

Lisbon

LisbonLisbonLisbon

214 photos · 38 left to review

Review this tripSave as albumPRO

Tap a trip on the map or in the list.

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  • Trips are worked out from the location in your photos, on your iPhone. No location permission, nothing uploaded.
  • Tap a trip bubble to review just that trip. When it is done, save the keepers as an album (Pro).
  • Places near home, and cities you lived in for a month or more, are not counted as trips.
02Calendar

Hold a day.
Let it unfold.

Those days are still here. Hold a date and its photos and video covers pop out like a little stack of prints. Let go, and they settle back.

  1. Hold to peek at up to five moments.
  2. Release to close; tap to open that day.
  3. Read its saved entry, or pick up where you left off.

Try holding a date. You can also hold Space to peek.

Public samples only. Your photos stay yours.

Calendar
August

Hold / hold Space to peek · release to close · tap / Enter to open the day

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JournalNew

Every day you keep
becomes a page.

Save a day and PicLoom lays it out as a journal page, with tape, a city postmark and your own words. Change the template or the paper, or shuffle for a fresh layout.

Laid out for you

Lisbon · 3 days

Trips, new cities, holidays, birthdays and activity milestones become pages on their own. Keep them, edit them or skip them.

Month recap

October 2025 · 12 pages

At the end of each month your pages are bound into a book you can flip through. Share it as images or as a vertical video with music.

Time capsule

Opens Oct 3, 2027

Seal a page for your future self. PicLoom reminds you when it opens, and you can add the day to your calendar.

  • Auto pages are made on your iPhone from that day’s photos.
  • Words alone are still enough. Add Apple Health rings, or ask your own AI service for a start.
  • Share pages as images any time. Videos: 3 free, unlimited with Pro.
1,248Reviewed
18Saved entries
This week’s reviews
Gathered light IIIA keepsake for every thoughtful choice.

Drag sideways, or tap to turn.

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1,000 items reviewed · Sample date earned · Aug 20, 2026

04Footprints

Little by little,
you leave a trace.

Photos reviewed. Entries saved. Days you came back. Small, quiet habits become something you can collect.

  • The Footprints map puts your photos on a satellite globe, city by city. Swipe for On this day, or Wander to a place you have been; tap a date to open that day’s album, or a city to revisit it month by month.
  • Seven little dots show the days you reviewed this week.
  • Collect keepsake badges. Turn them over for their milestone and date.
  • Open the details to see when your photos and videos were taken, by month or year.

1,000 items reviewed
Sample date earned · Aug 20, 2026

Photos · Videos · Live Photos

Some memories
still move.

Photos, videos and Live Photos, all in the same flow. Take a proper look before you decide what stays.

Photos
One moment at a time. Swipe to choose.
Videos
Play a little, then decide.
Live Photos
Hold in the viewer to bring a moment back to life.
Public sample video · play / pause

Keep, set aside and undo work across photos, videos and Live Photos.

Home Screen widgets

Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen.

Photo Memories, Photo Review, Photo Calendar and Journal Pages are separate widgets; add the ones you want. The Journal Pages widget shows your latest page, or one from this day a year ago, and a Lock Screen widget counts this month’s pages.

PicLoomOn this day

Some days are worth a second look.

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PicLoom Pro

Make your daily ritual
a little more yours.

One Pro purchase unlocks unlimited reviewing, permanently. Pick a favourite theme and make PicLoom feel like your own little corner.

  • Unlimited reviewing of photos, videos and Live Photos
  • Mint and Graphite themes plus Pro app icons
  • Trip albums in one tap
  • Unlimited journal videos
  • Your own black-and-gold Pro identity badge

One-time in-app purchase · US$9.99

More themes and Pro features are on the way.

Pricing
PicLoomPicLoomPearl · Free
Footprints

A little tidying. A little remembering.

This week’s reviews
Gathered light III1,000 items reviewed

Pick a theme. Find your favourite.

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These are the current Pro benefits. Future optional features or cloud services may be sold separately or by subscription. Your purchased unlimited reviewing remains yours. Your chosen AI provider charges separately for usage.

Seven languages

Your days.
Your familiar language.

The app and widgets speak seven languages. You can choose a separate language for writing help; words you have already written are never automatically translated.

  • English
  • 简体中文
  • 繁體中文
  • 日本語
  • 한국어
  • Français
  • Español
PicLoom

Keep what you love, with peace of mind.

Local-first, with no PicLoom account to create. Reviewing and writing begin on your iPhone. Optional cloud tools explain what will be sent before you choose to use them.

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  • A left swipe only queues an item. iOS asks again before deletion.
  • You can grant access to selected photos. Cloud photo attachments need a separate opt-in.
  • Your journal and your choices stay in your hands.
  • Blurry-photo and duplicate checks run on your iPhone from small local thumbnails. Nothing is uploaded.
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