On This Day Rewind
revisit photos from past years
Free · In‑App Purchases
See what you were up to on this day — one, two, five years ago. All from your own photo library.
On This Day shows you photos from your library taken on today's date in past years.
Open the app and see what you were doing one, two, or five years ago. No account needed, no cloud upload. It reads your photo library and filters by today's date.
What you can do
- Browse photos grouped by year
- Swipe between days to check other dates
- View EXIF metadata: camera, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed
- See where a photo was taken on a map
- Share photos with a date caption
- Add widgets to your home screen
- Get a daily reminder to look back
- Pinch to zoom, favorite, and delete photos
Privacy
Your photos never leave your device. OnThisDay reads from your photo library and doesn't upload or sync anything.
Pro
The free version shows the last 3 years. Pro gives you access to your full history and removes the share watermark.
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Privacy Policy: https://flohgro.com/onthisday-privacy-policy/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
This update brings major performance improvements and a bunch of fixes based on your feedback. Thanks to everyone who helped test along the way!
## Highlights
- Massive performance boost: loading and scrolling images is now 3 to 10 times faster
- Improved video player controls and proper video sharing (no more screenshots when sharing videos)
- Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more polished experience
## What's New
### Performance & Polish
- 3–10× faster image loading and scrolling
- Numerous additional performance improvements with minor visual refinements
- Faster loading of the Pro unlock
- Improved thumbnail sizes when using fewer than 3 columns
### Video & Sharing
- Improved video player controls
- Sharing a video now actually shares the video (previously only a screenshot)
- Updated filenames when sharing
### Fixes
- Fixed duplicated images from shared albums
- Locally synced images that previously didn't show up are now displayed correctly
- Deleting images on other dates no longer jumps back to today
- Favorite state now displays properly when returning from full screen to grid view
- Widget no longer duplicates an image when too few are available
- Companion Shortcut now uses your local timezone instead of UTC for search
### Other
- Added URL scheme documentation to the FAQ
The developer, Florian Grossmann, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Florian Grossmann
- Size
- 6.2 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- On This Day Pro $4.99
- One A Month Club $0.99
- Large Tip $3.99
- Small Tip $0.99
- Medium Tip $2.99
- Copyright
- © Florian Großmann
