FamilyAlbum - Photo Sharing

Name: FamilyAlbum - Photo Sharing
Rating: 4.9 (327303 reviews)
Author: MIXI, Inc.

Share Baby Photos & Videos

Free · In‑App Purchases

327K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

MIXI, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 7 More
Size

192.5
MB

The best way to safely share and organize your family’s photos and videos. Unlimited storage and it’s free! Now with 11 free photo prints every month. 3 Reasons to Start Your Album: 1) You’ll love it - YOUR MEMORIES ON DISPLAY. Show off your photos and videos in a way that’s both beautiful and intuitive. Everything is automatically sorted by month, complete with your child’s age. Just swipe the screen to go back in time! - UNLIMITED STORAGE. Back up all your memories for free. - STREAMLINED SHARING. No more sharing the same photo with five different group chats. All your photos, all your videos, all your favorite people, all in one place. - YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY. Your album is completely private. All content you upload to the app belongs to you, and it can only be viewed by you and the family and friends you invite. Read more at https://family-album.com/privacy. - COMPILATION VIDEOS. The app automatically pieces together 1-second clips of your memories into short, touching movies. Tissues not included! - FREE PRINTS EVERY MONTH. Get 11 free photo prints delivered to your doorstep every month. You can also order photobooks, photo albums, and more—all from right within the app. - VISIBILITY CONTROLS. Decide what to show to the whole family and what to keep private between you and your partner. - IT’S ACTUALLY FREE. We make money two ways: (1) when you purchase a photobook or other product from the app and (2) when you register for our Premium service, which adds bonus features to our already-awesome free version. 2) Your family will love it - EASY TO USE. Our app is optimized to make viewing shared content easy. Family members that have trouble using other apps will have no trouble using FamilyAlbum. There’s also a browser version. - STAY CLOSE. FamilyAlbum is a great way to let distant loved ones feel included. But unlike messenger apps, there’s no pressure to react right away. That also means you don’t have to wait for a reason to share! 3) Your child will love it - BUILD THEIR STORY, PRIVATELY. Start a curated collection of photos, videos, and comments to look back on when they’re older—without compromising their privacy. What Users Are Saying: “Love it! Great way for family to see and not post on social media.” “Is AMAZING!! I love it!! I'm far away from my family and this is perfect so they can see my baby growing up” “This app is just so awesome! Easy to use and all of the family can see our little girl grow! A great way to share and be connected!” Awards: ・Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Recipient ・Official Webby Honoree for Best User Experience ・National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) ・W³ Awards Gold Winner All the features listed above are FREE. You can also upgrade to our Premium service and unlock extra features for the whole family. With Premium, you can upload longer videos, upload from your computer, view photos/videos sorted by child, and write monthly journal entries. Plus, you’ll get more 1s Movie compilations, additional sharing options, free shipping, and more! To register, open the Settings tab and tap Premium. If you subscribe to Premium, it will automatically renew every month unless you disable automatic renewal at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. You can manage your subscription settings by visiting your account settings in the App Store. For more details, see the Terms of Use for our Premium service at https://family-album.com/premium_terms. *Please note that automatic renewal for Premium can only be canceled via the App Store. It can’t be canceled from within the app. FamilyAlbum Website - https://family-album.com Privacy Policy - https://family-album.com/privacy If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@family-album.com.

Ratings & Reviews

4.9

out of 5

327K Ratings

Nearly perfect
04/05/2020

SMURPHYY1322
This app has been such a blessing. Due to its private nature, I have been allowed to maintain my privacy while still being able to share photos of my kid with my family, many of whom have smart phones but don’t use social media. I enjoy the convenience of being able to upload to one place without having to individually text photos to my family. The app and desktop version has allowed for members of my family who aren’t so tech savvy to be apart of experiencing the memories we share as well. I haven’t used the features of being able to buy the books for the month memories yet but I appreciate the option. A big thing I enjoy as well is that the photos are grouped by month so it’s not just one large stream of photos and videos. I would give it 4.8 stars until the app allows uploads to continue even when the app is momentarily closed. I’ve been uploading and leave the app to respond to a text and it’ll pause the upload until I return which annoys me. I also wish that the comment feature had a way to tag the person you are responding to so they become aware of a response directed to them, but that’s hardly been an issue. Highly recommend for the people looking to maintain privacy and control the environment in which they share their memories without having to resort to sharing over social media or being burdened with potential forgetting to include someone in a group text of pictures.
Nearly perfect
04/05/2020

SMURPHYY1322

This app has been such a blessing. Due to its private nature, I have been allowed to maintain my privacy while still being able to share photos of my kid with my family, many of whom have smart phones but don’t use social media. I enjoy the convenience of being able to upload to one place without having to individually text photos to my family. The app and desktop version has allowed for members of my family who aren’t so tech savvy to be apart of experiencing the memories we share as well. I haven’t used the features of being able to buy the books for the month memories yet but I appreciate the option. A big thing I enjoy as well is that the photos are grouped by month so it’s not just one large stream of photos and videos. I would give it 4.8 stars until the app allows uploads to continue even when the app is momentarily closed. I’ve been uploading and leave the app to respond to a text and it’ll pause the upload until I return which annoys me. I also wish that the comment feature had a way to tag the person you are responding to so they become aware of a response directed to them, but that’s hardly been an issue. Highly recommend for the people looking to maintain privacy and control the environment in which they share their memories without having to resort to sharing over social media or being burdened with potential forgetting to include someone in a group text of pictures.
SERIOUSLY THE BEST PHOTO STORAGE APP
01/10/2023

Noonefancy
My wife and I have been using this app since our daughter was born. We love that when we upload a photo, they no longer shows up as an available photo from our camera roll. This simple and intuitive feature makes it extremely hard to upload duplicates (which is fantastic). Another great feature is that all of our close family can see a photos we upload to that child’s album. We are no longer unintentionally spamming our family with cutie little baby photos of our child. They can view it are there our discretion. This app also allows the admin to grant access for family or friends to comment on photos. The admin rights gives the ability to restrict view to some of the more personal photos. We do occasionally use the free 8 printed photos a month for being a premium member. One feature we love is the monthly photo books. We purchase them and just store it away. They are great when friends and extended family visit. Someday in the future, these photos books will surely be a treasure item to flip through. I highly recommend the premium version of this app. I simply can not recommend it high enough and it’s truly a service to behold. If I could give it more then 5 stars I would. Overall a very user friendly app. The app is well coded and has extremely quick response times when navigating through the it.
SERIOUSLY THE BEST PHOTO STORAGE APP
01/10/2023

Noonefancy

My wife and I have been using this app since our daughter was born. We love that when we upload a photo, they no longer shows up as an available photo from our camera roll. This simple and intuitive feature makes it extremely hard to upload duplicates (which is fantastic). Another great feature is that all of our close family can see a photos we upload to that child’s album. We are no longer unintentionally spamming our family with cutie little baby photos of our child. They can view it are there our discretion. This app also allows the admin to grant access for family or friends to comment on photos. The admin rights gives the ability to restrict view to some of the more personal photos. We do occasionally use the free 8 printed photos a month for being a premium member. One feature we love is the monthly photo books. We purchase them and just store it away. They are great when friends and extended family visit. Someday in the future, these photos books will surely be a treasure item to flip through. I highly recommend the premium version of this app. I simply can not recommend it high enough and it’s truly a service to behold. If I could give it more then 5 stars I would. Overall a very user friendly app. The app is well coded and has extremely quick response times when navigating through the it.
BEST FAMILY APP EVER!!!!!
Sep 26

Kso yipekdh isopadhcnor
I used social media like many people to keep in touch with family and let them see new photos and videos of the kids, but the issue was that means it isn’t ONLY family seeing my photos. No matter what security settings you choose, the public can still find ways to access your photos which makes me uncomfortable. Finding this app was a GAME CHANGER! I get the same benefits as social media; family sees all the updated photos and videos, they can comment on them and engage in conversation, but without ANY public what so ever. This is ENTIRELY private, unlike other sites that claim to be. This truly is as private as it gets. No one can search your album, you have to personally invite members to be there and they can be removed at any time and lose instant access to your album. I have used this app for quite a few years now and have encouraged many other family members to join as well. If you want a SAFE space for your family photos, with options to order prints or albums, customized videos, THIS IS THE APP YOU NEED!
BEST FAMILY APP EVER!!!!!
Sep 26

Kso yipekdh isopadhcnor

I used social media like many people to keep in touch with family and let them see new photos and videos of the kids, but the issue was that means it isn’t ONLY family seeing my photos. No matter what security settings you choose, the public can still find ways to access your photos which makes me uncomfortable. Finding this app was a GAME CHANGER! I get the same benefits as social media; family sees all the updated photos and videos, they can comment on them and engage in conversation, but without ANY public what so ever. This is ENTIRELY private, unlike other sites that claim to be. This truly is as private as it gets. No one can search your album, you have to personally invite members to be there and they can be removed at any time and lose instant access to your album. I have used this app for quite a few years now and have encouraged many other family members to join as well. If you want a SAFE space for your family photos, with options to order prints or albums, customized videos, THIS IS THE APP YOU NEED!
Room for Improvement
01/07/2021

ShellME7
There are a lot of great things about this app (it auto sorts the photos in a timeline; shows the kids age, allows for comments, creates a private way to share with family, and it’s free!), but there is also room for improvement. I used LifeCake (now BackThen) for years until they decided to change their name so they could start charging $5/month to use it which I personally think is excessive. When I decided to switch to avoid the cost, Family Album checked a lot of the boxes as to what I was looking for, however once I got into using it, there were features of LifeCake that I assumed this would have but it doesn’t. The two biggest to my family and me were (1) the ability to add captions to the photos, and (2) the ability for people to add “likes”. The captions gave family members more insight into what was going on and I wrote the captions from our kids’ perspective which gave the photos and videos “personality” and an opportunity for humor. The likes just made everyone feel a little more connected because you could see people were viewing the photos together even if they didn’t have a comment. I do really appreciate that the free version of this app is still functional in a lot of ways but it has definitely been a step back from the experience my family had using LifeCake. Hope there is room for these improvements soon!
Room for Improvement
01/07/2021

ShellME7

There are a lot of great things about this app (it auto sorts the photos in a timeline; shows the kids age, allows for comments, creates a private way to share with family, and it’s free!), but there is also room for improvement. I used LifeCake (now BackThen) for years until they decided to change their name so they could start charging $5/month to use it which I personally think is excessive. When I decided to switch to avoid the cost, Family Album checked a lot of the boxes as to what I was looking for, however once I got into using it, there were features of LifeCake that I assumed this would have but it doesn’t. The two biggest to my family and me were (1) the ability to add captions to the photos, and (2) the ability for people to add “likes”. The captions gave family members more insight into what was going on and I wrote the captions from our kids’ perspective which gave the photos and videos “personality” and an opportunity for humor. The likes just made everyone feel a little more connected because you could see people were viewing the photos together even if they didn’t have a comment. I do really appreciate that the free version of this app is still functional in a lot of ways but it has definitely been a step back from the experience my family had using LifeCake. Hope there is room for these improvements soon!

This app version includes the following updates. • Support ended for devices running iOS 16 Improvements/fixes for: • Album screen If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us at support@family-album.com. Stay tuned for more improvements, and thank you for using FamilyAlbum!

Version 22.32.0

Nov 4

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