Appspenielly
Your whole life in photos. Finally worth reliving.
penielly backs up every photo and video you take and keeps your library private. Type a few plain words and penielly finds the moment. Then penielly hands your past back to you as recollections set to music.
Find any moment in plain words
- Plain words
- Person
- Place
- Object
- Text in the photo
Why penielly
- 01
Your photos sit in a pile.
Most apps file your photos by date and leave them there. penielly reads the story in them and plays your best days back to you.
- 02
One photo takes an hour to find.
Describe the photo in plain words and penielly finds the photo. You skip the scrolling, the tags and the folders.
- 03
Your library feeds someone else.
penielly never scans your library for ads, never sells your data and never uses your photos to train AI.
Three things done properly
penielly keeps your photos safe, finds any photo from a few words and brings your best days back to you.
Backs up on its own.
Install penielly once. Every new photo and video then backs up privately in the background.
- Android backs up every photo the moment you take the shot.
- The Mac app watches your folders and backs up new photos while you work.
- Uploads resume on their own after a dropped signal or a closed app.
- penielly spots duplicates. You never store the same photo twice.
- Once your photos are safe, free up space on your phone.
Finds anything from a few words.
Type "sunset on a beach", "my dog in the snow" or "Ada at the lake". penielly reads people, places, objects and the words inside your photos.
- Describe a photo and penielly finds the photo without any tags.
- Search by text in the image to pull up receipts, screenshots and whiteboards.
- Mountains, food, documents and thousands more objects and scenes.
- A world map pins every place you shot. Tap Lagos and browse every photo from Lagos.
Hands your past back to you.
penielly composes your trips, your people and your favourite places into recollections. Each one plays full screen with music.
- Trips, the places you return to and your golden hours. Each comes with a written line.
- New recollections compose themselves as your library grows.
- Open Memories in any penielly app and press play.
Your best days come back as recollections.
penielly reads the trips, the people, the places you return to and the light you keep chasing. Each recollection gets a line worth reading and plays full screen with music.
- TRIP
Five days by the sea
When the afternoons ran long and nobody watched the clock.
- RETURNS
This shore, again
The place you keep coming back to. Different skies. The same pull.
- LIGHT
Golden hours
All the times the day paused to go gold before letting go.
Everything your library needs
The same library on your phone, your computer and the web.
- TimelineA fast, date-based timeline. Pinch the grid from five photos a row down to two.
- Full-screen viewerSwipe between photos and videos with the date and time always in view.
- Albums and favouritesPrivate albums for photos and videos. Heart the ones you love.
- Private linksSend a private link or share straight to your other apps.
- PeopleGroup photos of the same face and give the person a name. Off until you turn face grouping on.
- PlacesEvery shot with a location lands on a world map.
- InsightsSee what, when and where you shoot, by year, weekday and hour.
- Archive and TrashTuck photos out of the timeline or delete for good.
- Export everythingExport a full manifest of your library with metadata and download links from Settings.
Your memories belong to you alone.
penielly never mines, sells or feeds your library to AI.
- penielly never scans your library for advertising.
- penielly never sells your library to anyone.
- penielly never uses your photos to train AI.
- Encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Face grouping starts switched off. Switching off again deletes all face data.
- You keep all rights to your photos and videos.
Moments found again
- A new parent finds the first-steps video in three words.
- A traveller relives five days by the sea with music.
- A photographer drops a decade of shoots into the Mac app.
One library on every device
Auto-backup, system pickers and drag-to-upload in every app.- AndroidAndroid 8.0 or newer. On Google Play.
- MacmacOS 13 or newer. Apple Silicon and Intel. Folder-watch backup.
- WindowsWindows 10 or 11. Intel, AMD or ARM.
- LinuxAppImage or .deb. Intel, AMD or ARM.
- WebOpen penielly in any browser and install penielly as an app.
- iPhone and iPadComing soon. iOS 16 or newer.
Questions
Is my library private?
Yes. Your library stays encrypted in transit and at rest and scoped to your account alone. penielly never scans your library for advertising and never sells your data.
Do you train AI on my photos?
Never. penielly does not use your content to train any model and does not share your content with third parties for training.
How do recollections work?
penielly reads the trips, the people, the places you return to and the light you keep chasing. Each recollection plays full screen with music.
Does penielly recognise faces on its own?
No. Face grouping stays off until you turn face grouping on. Turn face grouping off and penielly deletes every face record for good.
How do I export everything?
Any time from Settings. Export a complete manifest of your library with metadata and direct download links.
Is there an iPhone app?
The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon. Meanwhile, open penielly in Safari to see your whole library.