Product update
Back up your phone's photos automatically
The Ohhi app now saves the photos on your iPhone or Android phone to a private archive on its own. You share with family later, whenever you like.
Blog
About what we build and why, plus practical tips for keeping and sharing family photos. Written by Maarten, the founder of Ohhi.
Digitising slides with your phone or a slide scanner
A box of slides can be digitised with your phone and a light source, or with a slide scanner. What you need and how to get a good result.
· 5 min
Import photos from Facebook, Instagram or a folder
Move a folder from your computer or your Facebook or Instagram export to Ohhi in one go, with folders, capture dates and captions.
· 5 min
EU Kids Act: Europe wants children better protected on social media
No account of your own under 13, a mini account co-managed by a parent until 15. What the EU Kids Act proposes, and how that looks at Ohhi.
· 3 min
BlubHub: our free logbook for your aquarium
BlubHub is our second app: a free logbook for your aquarium, with no account and everything stored on your device. Now on the App Store and Google Play.
· 4 min
Shared albums compared: WhatsApp, Google Photos, iCloud and Ohhi
Group chat, Google Photos, iCloud or Ohhi: what happens to your family photos on each channel, who can get at them, what you find back and what you pay with.
· 7 min
Does a shared photo carry its location?
What happens to the place a photo was taken differs per channel. What each one does with it, and how you decide at the moment you post.
· 5 min
How to scan old printed photos with your phone
A box of old prints can be digitised with the camera in your phone. What goes wrong when you photograph a photo, and how to do it better.
· 4 min
How to share baby photos with grandparents privately
Share baby photos with grandparents without a public profile: choose between a private album or a share link, and check four things first.
· 5 min
What a photo reveals about you
Every photo carries hidden data: date, device and often the exact location. What is inside the file, and how to strip it before you share.
· 5 min
Where was this photo taken? How to find the place
How to find where a photo was taken on an iPhone, Android or computer, and see a whole folder on a map with a free tool, without uploading anything.
· 4 min
Sharing family photos without the group chat
Photos of your kids disappear into the group chat between the messages. Keep them with the family in one calm place, in full quality.
· 3 min
Securing your account with two-factor authentication and passkeys
With two-factor authentication, a leaked password alone is not enough to reach your photos. How to set up an authenticator app or passkey.
· 4 min
More free storage: from 50 MB to 1 GB
Every free account on Ohhi now has 1 GB of storage, twenty times as much as before. Enough for hundreds of photos, and existing accounts are already updated.
· 3 min
360° photos and panoramas, right in your library
Ohhi recognises wide panoramas and 360° photos by itself. Pan through them at full height or look around from where you stood, right in your browser.
· 4 min
Share a trip with your travel companions
Invite your travel companions to a shared trip and see the whole group's holiday photos together, day by day and on a map. You only share your own trip folder.
· 4 min
See your holiday photos on a map
Put your holiday photos in a trip folder and Ohhi lays them out day by day and on a map. We work out the place names from your photos, on our own servers.
· 5 min
How face recognition at Ohhi works, and stays private
Face recognition is off by default at Ohhi. Read what happens when you turn it on, what exactly we store and how you turn it off again.
· 5 min
The Ohhi app for Android is here
Ohhi is on Google Play. Upload and share your photos and videos straight from your Android phone, without ads and on servers in Europe.
· 4 min
What 'European' means for your family photos
Your family photos sit on servers somewhere, under the rules of a country. Why it matters that Ohhi is built within the European legal order.
· 5 min
The Ohhi app for iOS is here
Ohhi is in the App Store. Upload and share your photos and videos straight from your iPhone, without ads and on servers in Europe.
· 4 min
Sharing videos with family, in good quality and without ads
Share your clips with family and friends in good quality: private, without ads, on servers in Europe.
· 4 min
Sharing photos of your kids with only the people you choose
How to share your children's best moments with family and friends, without a public profile, without ads and without an algorithm looking on.
· 6 min
Why we'll never use your photos to train AI
We promise your photos never end up in an AI model. Read how we put that on record both technically and legally, without fine print after the fact.
· 6 min
Servers in Europe: what it means for your photos
Your photos sit on servers within the European Union, with a Dutch company, under European law. We show where they sit and who can reach them.
· 5 min
One plan, shared with up to 6 accounts
Share your storage with the family or a group of friends. The bill is shared, but the photos stay personal per account.
· 3 min
How to keep 20 years of family photos tidy
Folders, a few shared highlights and consistent naming: a calm method to find your way through a big photo archive without endless scrolling.
· 7 min
No algorithm, no followers: why calm wins
A timeline should show you your memories. On Ohhi everything sits in order of time, with no algorithm and no followers.
· 4 min