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Share with family without handing your photos to a service
Most family photo sharing means uploading your library to somebody's cloud. DailyAlbum does not have a server for your photos. One chosen photo a day moves through your own iCloud's shared area to your family's iPhone or iPad, and appears there framed.
Where the photos actually go
Your photos stay in your iPhone and your iCloud. When you share with family, the chosen photo is placed in a shared area of your own iCloud account and their device reads it from there. It never passes through a server of ours, and we cannot see it.
The app itself only records which photo you chose for each day and the line you wrote.
What the usual answers cost you
Direct transfer (AirDrop, or a peer-to-peer sync tool) keeps photos off any cloud, but somebody has to be present or keep a computer running, and nothing arrives on its own.
A cloud photo service is automatic, and in exchange your whole library sits with that company. DailyAlbum sits in between: automatic, one photo a day, and inside your own iCloud.
No account on either side
There is no DailyAlbum account. You are identified only by the iCloud you already use, and so is your family. They install the free app, tap your invitation once, and their frame starts filling.
You choose whether they see every day or only the days you tag, and you can stop at any time. Days they already have stay visible; nothing new arrives.
What we can and cannot see
We can see nothing about your photos, notes or days. There is no advertising and no analytics on your content. The only thing the developer receives is what you write in a support email.
Questions
Does my family need to pay or sign up?
No. Viewing is free and no account is created. Only the person sharing needs DailyAlbum Family.
Does it use their iCloud storage?
No. The shared photos count against your own iCloud, not theirs.
What if I stop sharing?
They keep the days they already received and stop getting new ones. Your own records stay on your device.