On This Day: Photo Widget

Photos from years ago, daily

Free · In‑App Purchases

Photos from today's date in earlier years on your Home Screen. App selects the best photo to display. Upgrade with a one time purchase to get a 5 photo gallery each day. On This Day finds photos you took on today's date in earlier years. It selects the best one and puts it in a widget on your Home Screen. One photo a day is free. A single purchase unlocks a gallery showing the five best photos of the day. PHOTO SELECTION On This Day looks through your library for today's date in earlier years. It scores what it finds using Apple's Vision framework, entirely on your device. Your Favourites come first, and screenshots are excluded. You see the highest-scoring photo. WIDGET SIZES Small and large Home Screen widgets, plus a Lock Screen widget. THEMES CRT, No Theme, Mixtape and Pocket. Tap any theme to preview it with today's photo before you choose. FREE • One photo from this day in an earlier year • Small and large Home Screen widgets, and a Lock Screen widget • The CRT and No Theme themes • Tap through to see the photo full-screen FULL VERSION — A ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Five photos a day, rotating from midday into the evening • Page through the day's whole set in the app • Pin a photo to hold it on the widget until midnight • The Mixtape and Pocket themes PRIVACY Everything happens on your device. On This Day needs no account and uses no cloud. Your photos never leave your phone. No tracking, analytics or cloud-based algorithms are ever used. If today's date has no photos, the previous set stays on the widget.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

Bug fixes, and an Open in Photos link in the photo viewer.

Version 1.1

The developer, Hamish Tennent, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    Information

    Seller
    Hamish Tennent
    Size
    4 MB
    Category
    Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Hamish Tennent
  • Privacy Policy

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