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Zipladin
Your travel photos with voice memories
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Your travel photos with voice memories
62 followers
Zipladin is a mobile gallery app that makes it super easy to record voice into photos - embedded permanently in the image file itself. Tap any photo, record audio of any length, and it stays forever. Back up your voice photos to your computer to preserve them. Most gallery apps just organize. Most voice apps store audio separately. Zipladin embeds your voice into the image permanently. Export as video to share. Free, no ads, no subscription.
The Istanbul backstory gets it exactly right — travel photos are great at capturing what something looked like, and terrible at capturing what you were thinking or feeling at the time. The detail that kills me is "I'd forgotten." Embedding in the file itself rather than a separate database is the right architectural call: the memory stays with the image no matter what happens to the app. Does it work retroactively on photos you've already taken, or is it capture-forward only?
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@giammb Thanks so much! You nailed exactly why I built this.
Yes, it works retroactively! You can browse your entire existing photo library in Zipladin and add voice to any photo - past or present. So all those silent travel photos you already have? You can go back and add context while you still remember the stories.
I actually do this myself - going through old trips and recording what I remember before those memories fade completely. It's bittersweet but better than losing them entirely.
The only catch is you need to remember the story to record it. But yes, you can absolutely go back and add voice to existing photos anytime.
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋
Thanks for checking out Zipladin. I'm Patrick, the solo developer behind this.
Quick backstory: I built this after visiting Istanbul and realizing all my photos of Hagia Sophia were beautiful but silent - I'd forgotten what I was thinking and feeling in those moments. That regret inspired me to create an app where your voice stays with your photos forever.
What makes it different: The audio doesn't live in a separate database or cloud - it's embedded directly into the photo file itself. Even if you delete Zipladin, your voice stays with the image.
I'd love your feedback on:
What features would make this more useful?
Should I add search/transcription so you can find photos by what you said?
Any other use cases I'm missing?
It's completely free, no ads, no subscription. Just wanted to solve this problem for myself and figured others might want it too.
Happy to answer any questions!
this turns simple pictures into little memory capsules. Hearing laughter or background sounds later would hit differently.
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@sharon_owens Exactly! The background sounds are what really bring it back. I have one from a local market - you can hear the vendors calling out, the music, people chatting. The photo alone doesn't capture any of that energy.
The first time you play back a recording months later and hear those ambient sounds you'd completely forgotten? That's the moment you realize why this matters.
Thanks for checking it out!
How are you validating real user behavior at Zipladin right now?
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@danilpond I'm keeping it simple for now - downloads and user feedback/reviews. The app is privacy-first (local storage, no cloud tracking), so I rely on App Store analytics and direct user feedback to understand behavior.
What metrics would you focus on for something like this?