Ayer

Ayer

Privately see any day of your photos across all your years

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Ayer lets you pick any calendar date and instantly see all the photos and videos you took on that exact day across every past year. I built it after my second son was born exactly two years and one day after my first. I wanted to compare their photos on the same day, year over year. No app let me do that. Most photo apps decide what memories you see. Ayer lets you choose. 100% offline. No cloud, no login, no tracking.
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Chapiware
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👋 Hi Product Hunt, I’m Jaime, the maker of Ayer. I built Ayer after my second son was born exactly two years and one day after my first. I wanted to compare photos of them on the same calendar day — their first week, first month, first birthday — year over year. I assumed this would be easy. It wasn’t. Every photo app I tried was timeline-based or relied on cloud “memories” picked by an algorithm. None let me simply choose a date and see that day across different years, and I didn’t want my family photos uploaded anywhere. So I built Ayer. Ayer lets you pick any date and instantly see all your photos and videos from that exact day across your years — completely offline, with no login, no cloud, and no tracking. I’d love your feedback: • Do you care more about privacy, or convenience? • Would you use something like this as a daily ritual? Thanks for checking it out 🙌
Marina
💡 Bright idea

@chapiware could be a small, thoughtful ritual. I can totally imagine opening it once a day and smiling for a minute 🫶🏼

Chapiware

@marina_sysoeva Thank you so much <3 Yeah in fact I am working in the next update that includes widgets y notifications to help with that ritual! :)

Jay Dev

Wow, Ayer looks incredible! I love the focus on letting me choose which memories to revisit. Does it handle photos taken with different cameras and aspect ratios gracefully? Super excited to try it!

Chapiware
@jaydev13 thank you so much for your comment and feedback ❤️ Yeah exactly, my main goal was to let the user (and not _algorithms_!) pick their memories). Yes it handles photos taken with different cameras and aspect ratios. I am in fact also planning to launch an update where I polish the behavior of the interactions when zooming and exploring photos. UX is a main part of the app!
Sebastian Aldrin
Very cool! Google Photos has always scared me so this might just be what i'm looking for!
Chapiware
@sebastian_aldrin thank you I very much! Yeah exactly I wanted to give an alternative to google photos memories
Chapiware
Quick note before the day ends: One thing I didn’t emphasize enough: Ayer has *zero* network calls. You can literally put your phone in airplane mode and everything works. I built it this way because I wanted a place for family photos that could never be breached, sold, or used to train AI. Happy to answer anything technical or personal about the build.
Yu Pan

❤️ Love the origin story — comparing the same day across different years is such a human and underexplored way to relive memories. The “you choose, not the algorithm” philosophy really stands out.
Curious: have you noticed users using Ayer more for emotional reflection (family, kids) or for practical comparisons like travel and projects?

Chapiware
@pany_ai Thank you! That really means a lot. 💛 From what I’ve seen so far, it leans much more toward emotional reflection than purely practical comparison. Personal context, but I have several friends having kids in the last years and it is fun to share with them how they see their life’s evolve. People use it for family moments, kids growing up, relationships, or just to pause and notice how life changes year over year. The “same day” framing seems to invite reflection rather than optimization. Of course, some people do use it for practical things too — progress photos, trips, projects — but even there, the intent usually feels personal rather than analytical. Really appreciate you picking up on this thought and please let me know if you have any other idea or feedback 🙏
Yu Pan

@chapiware That’s beautifully put — “reflection rather than optimization” feels like the perfect summary of Ayer’s soul. The same-day framing really creates space to feel time passing, not measure it.

One thought that came to mind: have you considered very lightweight prompts or captions (optional, never forced) that help users articulate what changed or stayed the same that day? It could deepen the reflection without turning it into analytics.

Really love what you’re building — it feels quietly meaningful in a way a lot of apps aren’t.

Chapiware

@pany_ai Thank you, your nice words means a lot to me!

I’ve thought about something along those lines, actually. Very lightweight prompts or captions can add depth if they stay optional and non-intrusive, especially when the goal is reflection rather than measurement. The tricky part for me is preserving the quietness of the experience. I don’t want people to feel like they’re supposed to “do something” every time they open a memory. Sometimes just looking is enough.


That said, I really like how you framed it: helping articulate what changed or stayed the same, without turning it into analytics. That’s a line I’d be interested in exploring carefully.

Appreciate you putting it into words so thoughtfully. <3

Yu Pan

@chapiware I love how intentional you are about protecting that quiet space — the idea that “sometimes just looking is enough” feels central to what makes Ayer special.

If you ever explore prompts, I wonder if they could live outside the moment itself — something you discover only after lingering for a bit, or even the next time you return to that same day. That way reflection remains invited, not expected.

Thanks for building something that respects people’s inner pace. It really shows.

Xiaoguang Zhao

This looks great. My wife sometimes sends me photos from years ago, and I can see myself using this app to share meaningful photos with her as well. In the future, could there be more features built around sharing with family?

Chapiware
@xiaoguang_zhao Thank you very much❤️! that’s exactly the kind of use case I had in mind. Right now I’m intentionally keeping sharing very simple and manual (exporting and sending photos yourself), because I wanted the app to stay fully on-device and avoid building anything that requires accounts or servers. That said, I do think there’s room to build family-oriented sharing features in a way that still respects privacy; for example things that are explicit, intentional, and opt-in rather than automatic feeds. I’m being careful there, but feedback like yours definitely helps shape where it could go next. Really appreciate you sharing the context
Xiaoguang Zhao

@chapiware I’m glad this matches your target use case. I’ll share any issues I run into or features I’d like to see added as I use it.

Chapiware

@xiaoguang_zhao awesome! Thank you very much!

Peter van Doorn

This is super cool!

Chapiware

@peter_van_doorn Thank you very much ! Really glad that you liked, let me know if you have some feedback or new idea to add and I'll try to include it :D