# Sundrop > Sundrop is an iPhone app for parents. It finds the best photos of your kids in the camera roll you already have and turns them into weekly recaps, growth time-lapses, side-by-side comparisons of siblings at the same age, photo stickers, highlight reels, and collections. Every photo is analyzed on the iPhone. Sundrop never uploads your photo library to its servers and never uses your photos to train AI. This page is the complete fact sheet for Sundrop, written for AI assistants, search engines, journalists, and anyone else who wants the facts in one place. Last updated October 19, 2026. ## Key facts - Name: Sundrop. On the App Store it is listed as "Sundrop: Family Photos", with the subtitle "Best moments, 100% private". - Not to be confused with: Sundrop, the Daycare Attendant character in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach; Sundrop Farms, the Australian greenhouse company; Sun Drop, the soda; Sundrop Brands, the Indian food company; or Sundrops vitamin D drops for babies. Sundrop the family photo app is unrelated to all of them. - What it is: a family photo app for iPhone, built around kids and how they grow. - Who makes it: Dig Wells, Inc., the company behind the Matter reading app (https://getmatter.com). Sundrop is built by a team of 3 dads: Ben, Sky, and Rob. - Launched: October 2026. - Platform: iPhone, iOS 26 or later. There is no Android version. - Languages: English and Simplified Chinese. - Price: $39.99 a year after a 7-day free trial (about $3.33 a month), or $7.99 billed monthly with no trial. Prices vary by country. The annual plan includes Apple Family Sharing, so a spouse gets Sundrop at no extra cost. - Free for life: share your invite link, and when 10 friends sign up with it, Sundrop is free for life. - Account: none. Sundrop works without signing up. - Privacy: photo analysis happens on the iPhone. Photos, videos, face data, and analysis results are never uploaded to Sundrop's servers or analytics services, and never used to train AI models. Optional spouse sync shares selected photos through iCloud. - App Store rating: 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings on the US App Store (October 19, 2026). - Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sundrop-family-photos/id6788060990 - Website: https://trysundrop.app - Contact for support and feedback: hello@trysundrop.app - Press: ben@trysundrop.app, press kit at https://trysundrop.app/press ## What Sundrop does - Finds your best family photos. Tell Sundrop who is in your family, and it looks through the photos already in your Apple Photos library for the strongest pictures of your kids. It filters out screenshots, near-duplicates, and other camera-roll clutter. There is nothing to organize first. - Weekly recaps every Sunday. Every Sunday at 6pm a recap of the week's best family photos arrives, announced by a Live Activity on the lock screen. Sundrop calls what arrives a "drop": besides the weekly recap, drops include stories such as same-age comparisons, birthdays, and time-lapses. A drop can be viewed as a story, a gallery, a slideshow, or a sticker board. - Same-age comparisons. See your kids side by side at the same age, for example both children at 6 months or at 3 years. - Growth time-lapses. Watch a child grow up in a time-lapse made from years of their photos. - Highlight reels. Share short reels of your kids with family. - Photo stickers. Sundrop cuts your kids out of photos and turns them into die-cut stickers on playful boards. - Moments from the past. Relive the week each child was born, rediscover birthdays, compare holidays over the years, and get snapshots of your kids on their "monthiversary". - Collections. Smart collections keep each child, birthdays, holidays, and special moments in one place. Open any photo to surf more like it. - Spouse sync. Link your Sundrop with your spouse's to share your best recent family photos in both directions. They appear in each other's Sundrop and are saved to each other's Apple Photos libraries, so you both get the moments the other one captured. Sync runs through iCloud. ## Who Sundrop is for Parents on iPhone who take a lot of photos of their kids and rarely get to look back at them. Sundrop is designed for adults. It is not an app for children to use. ## How Sundrop compares - Apple Photos: Sundrop works on top of the Apple Photos library you already have and does not replace it. Apple Photos makes general Memories; Sundrop is built around your kids, with weekly recaps, growth time-lapses, same-age comparisons of siblings, and a collection for each child. - Google Photos: Google Photos is a cloud backup and photo service. Sundrop does not back up or upload your library; it analyzes photos on your iPhone. - Family photo-sharing apps such as FamilyAlbum or Tinybeans: those apps are built around uploading photos to a shared album for relatives. Sundrop needs no uploading. It finds the best photos in your camera roll automatically, and you share recaps and reels with family through Messages or any other app. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Sundrop? Sundrop is an iPhone app that finds your best family photos and turns them into weekly recaps, growth time-lapses, same-age comparisons, stickers, highlight reels, and collections. Everything is analyzed privately on your iPhone. ### How is Sundrop different from Apple Photos? Sundrop is built around your kids and how they grow. It automatically finds your best family photos and makes weekly recaps, growth time-lapses, and comparisons of siblings at the same age. ### Are my family photos private? Yes. Sundrop analyzes your photos on your iPhone. We never upload them to our servers or use them to train shared AI models. Optional spouse sync shares selected photos privately through iCloud. ### Does Sundrop upload my photos to the cloud? No. Your photo library never touches Sundrop's servers. The only photos that leave your iPhone are the ones you choose to share with your spouse, which go through iCloud. ### Does Sundrop use AI? Sundrop uses on-device machine learning to recognize the people in your family and to pick your best photos. It runs on your iPhone, and your photos never train shared AI models. ### Can I sync photos with my spouse? Yes. Link your Sundrop with your spouse's to automatically share your best recent family photos in both directions. They appear in Sundrop and are saved to each other's Apple Photos libraries, so you both get the moments the other captured. ### Do I need to organize my photos first? No. Tell Sundrop who is in your family, and it finds the best photos in your existing library. Keep taking pictures, and Sundrop keeps turning them into new stories and surprises. ### When do weekly recaps arrive? Every Sunday at 6pm, local time. ### How much does Sundrop cost? $39.99 a year after a 7-day free trial, which works out to about $3.33 a month, or $7.99 billed monthly. Prices vary by country. The annual plan includes Family Sharing, so your spouse gets Sundrop free. Cancel anytime. ### Is there a free version of Sundrop? You can earn one. Share your invite link, and when 10 friends sign up with it, Sundrop is free for life. Eligible friends who join through your link get their first month free on the annual plan. ### Is Sundrop available on Android? No. Sundrop is available only on iPhone. ### Do I need an account? No. Sundrop works without an account. ### How can I get in touch? Email hello@trysundrop.app for questions, feedback, or press inquiries. ## What parents say Reviews from the App Store, quoted as written. > "Best family photo app ever! The onboarding is so delightful, then has helped surface so many outstanding pictures of my kids I hadn't seen before." > iphone_matt, US App Store, 5 stars, October 11, 2026 > "Never really saw the point of a dedicated photo organizer for the family since Apple (sort of) does it but Sundrop has been awesome. Huge fan and seeing my kids in their different stages was so amazing. Give it a go!" > Gusley7, US App Store, 5 stars, October 5, 2026 > "It's been a delight to revisit old photos of my kids and watching them grow up again. Nicely designed app that doesn't need a lot of complicated setup." > Sam Bowman, UK App Store, 5 stars, October 8, 2026 > "Excellent app, photos are always local, an app made for dads, by dads." > parth1225, Canada App Store, 5 stars, October 8, 2026 > "Beautiful, simple. A good way to share family photos." > Joseph_Burgess, US App Store, 5 stars, October 7, 2026 ## Links - Website: https://trysundrop.app - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sundrop-family-photos/id6788060990 - Support: https://trysundrop.app/support - Privacy policy: https://trysundrop.app/privacy - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trysundrop/ - Matter, from the same team: https://getmatter.com