Photoflare

Photoflare is the premier native iOS client for PhotoPrism, the AI-powered open-source photo management platform. Access your self-hosted photo library from anywhere with a beautifully designed, privacy-focused app built specifically for iPhone and iPad.

Browse Your Entire Library

Explore your photos and videos in a stunning, responsive grid that adapts to any screen size. Enjoy smooth scrolling through thousands of images with intelligent thumbnail caching that keeps everything fast and fluid.

Servers

Add more than 1 server, see you items in a merged view or separated by server.

Full Media Support

- Photos - View your images in full resolution

- Videos - Built-in video player with native controls

- Live Photos - Full Live Photo playback support, just like the Photos app

Album Management

Create, edit, favourite and organise albums directly from your device.

Access your labels, faces and moments smart albums.

Easy Uploads

Upload photos and videos directly to your PhotoPrism server. Select from your photo library or import files, with real-time progress tracking and automatic album assignment.

Enable daily backups to auto run your custom sync rules. Setup rules to sync specific local albums to your server albums - optionally ask iOS to delete the images from your local camera roll after import.

Secure Authentication

- Username & password login

- Two-factor authentication (2FA/OTP)

- OpenID Connect (OIDC) support (Beta)

Seamless Sync

Real-time synchronisation keeps your library up-to-date via WebSocket connection (your server must support WebSockets for this). See new photos appear instantly as they're added to your server.

Intelligent offline caching for fast image loading and offline browsing. Control the limits directly in the app.

Beautiful Design

- Native interface and controls

- Full Dark Mode support

- Optionally enable Apple Intelligence to search your photos (uses on device models only)

- iPad specific UI

- iMessage app to allow sharing your library without leaving iMessage!

Privacy

Photoflare connects directly to YOUR PhotoPrism server. Your photos never pass through our servers. Your data stays yours.

Requirements:

Requires a self-hosted PhotoPrism server instance.