Photo Relato app icon
For iPhone, iPad & Mac

Narrate your photos while the moment’s fresh.

A big game. A day of adventure. An epic hike. Press record and tap through your photos while you tell the story. Photo Relato records you and tracks the photos you tap so the play-by-play lines up perfectly when you share it

Coming soon to the App Store See how it works

iOS & iPadOS 26 or later · Also a native Mac app (Mac Catalyst)

Always ready to record

No setup, nothing to import. Photo Relato opens right on your Apple Photos.

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Press Record

From any screen in the app, one tap and you’re recording. Your front camera captures you and your voice.

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Talk and tap through your photos

Start talking and tap through your photos as you go. The ones you land on are the ones that go in the video.

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Share it

Send the group chat one video, with every photo showing right when you talk about it.

Simple on purpose

Everything you need to tell the story. Nothing you don’t.

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Talk while you look

Narrate in real time. The app tracks which photo was on screen at every moment, even where you paused in a video clip.

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One shareable video

Choose your format: picture-in-picture, side by side, or voice-only. Portrait, landscape or square. Save it or send it straight from the app.

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Automatic transcripts

Your narration is transcribed on your device. Tap any line to jump to that moment.

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Group into stories

Bundle a day’s photos together, add a title, and keep more than one narration, like yours and the kids’.

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On every device

Record on your iPad, watch on your iPhone. Syncs through your own iCloud.

Your photos stay in Apple Photos

No account. No servers. Nothing to upload.

Read the full Privacy Policy →

Questions

Why does Photo Relato need full access to my Photos library?

So it can show your albums and find the photos from stories you started on your other devices. Your photos are never copied, uploaded, edited or deleted.

Do I need an account?

No. Photo Relato uses Apple Photos and your own iCloud account. There is nothing to sign up for.

Where are my recordings saved?

In your own Apple Photos library, in an album called “Photo Relato Narrations.”

Does it work on Mac?

Yes. Photo Relato is a full Mac app, built with Mac Catalyst.

What does “relato” mean?

It’s Spanish and Portuguese for “story” or “account.”

Want to do more?

Want more than a quick narration?

Photo Relato is deliberately simple. If you want to curate a big photo library, organize people and places, and build richer, longer stories, take a look at Younger Then, a full-featured Mac app.

Visit YoungerThen.com →
Younger Then's Curator on a Mac, analyzing a photo library with On This Day and Library Trivia cards