01 · Capture
Bring it home
Import photos and videos from your iPhone or Android to a drive you own. Every file is checked byte for byte.
EverythingFindRememberOwn
Every photo you’ve ever taken. Finally in one place.
PhotoCore is a private, local-AI photo app for your Mac. Import your iPhone and your drives, find anything just by describing it, and turn your archive into stories you can share. No cloud. No subscription.
Compatible with
M1M2M3M4M5
macOS 26.0+ required
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The complete life of a photo
From your phone to a story worth sharing
PhotoCore closes the loop. Bring every photo home, find the ones that matter, relive them, and share them. All on your Mac.
02 · Archive
Keep it safe
Your library lives on your Mac, an SSD or a NAS, and stays searchable even when the drive is unplugged.
03 · Rediscover
Find anything
Search by meaning, by face, by place or by quality. Let Constellation group your gallery into moments on its own.
04 · Share
Tell the story
Turn any set of photos into a web Story or a printed photo book, in seconds, without uploading a thing.
The Interface
A Gallery That Understands Your Content
Browse thousands of photos, diagrams and infographics through a fluid grid. Find with a sentence, rename with local AI in one click. Everything instant, everything on your Mac.
Smart Rename With Local AI
Local AI analyzes every image and generates a meaningful descriptive name. Properly named files are easier to find, organize and recall.
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Aftersales-flow-diagram.png
Search by Meaning, Not Filename
Describe what you’re looking for in natural language. PhotoCore finds photos, infographics and diagrams regardless of filename.
business model diagramQ3 presentation coversunset at the beach
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New in 1.5Remember & share
Turn your photos into a story you can actually share
Pick a trip, a person, or a search result. PhotoCore chooses the best shots, orders them, and lays them out like a printed magazine. In about ten seconds you get a finished page.
One file. Opens anywhere. Offline, forever.
You get a single web page that opens in any browser, on any phone, with no link that expires and no tracking. Share it by AirDrop, message or email. Or export a print-ready PDF photo book for any print shop.
- Built entirely on your Mac. Photos never leave it.
- The file you share carries no location data.
- Web story and print-ready PDF photo book.
Everything · bring it home
Bring your iPhone home
Your phone is full and iCloud keeps asking for more money. PhotoCore copies your photos and videos to a drive you own, and checks every file byte for byte.
“Already archived 98%. New 2%.”
A fast scan shows exactly what is new before it copies anything. Nothing is ever deleted from your phone. When it is done, disconnect the drive and still find everything, because search and previews work offline.
- Verified byte for byte after copying.
- Works with iPhone, Android and PTP cameras.
- One way only. Your phone is never touched.
Everything · Find · Remember · Own
One home, four promises
Import from any phone or drive. Find anything by describing it. Relive it with Constellation, Semantic Bridge and Stories. And own all of it, on your Mac, with no subscription.
Semantic Search
Type “sunset at the beach” or “business model diagram” — PhotoCore finds photos, infographics and diagrams by meaning, not filename. Supports all SigLIP 2 tokenizer languages.
Total Privacy
No photo ever leaves your Mac. Embeddings are computed locally via CoreML on the Apple Neural Engine. Your data is yours alone.
Smart Rename With Local AI
Local AI analyzes every image and generates a meaningful descriptive name: “sales-flow-diagram.png” instead of “IMG_7843.png”. Properly named files are easier to find, organize and recall.
Instant Speed
<50ms encoding per image on M-series. Search across 10,000 photos in under 50ms via Accelerate.vDSP. SQLite cache ensures instant persistence.
Search Disconnected Drives
Index an external drive, NAS or archive once — PhotoCore keeps finding every image even when the disk is unplugged. Search now, see exactly where each match lives, and reconnect only when you actually need the file.
Universal Formats
Supports JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, GIF, BMP. Thumbnails generated natively via Quick Look. HEIC handled natively without conversions.
Find People
Name a person once, then search “@Anna at the beach” or filter by how many people are in the frame. Faces stay on your Mac and you can delete them anytime.
Map View
See your geotagged shots as native pins on Apple Maps, grouped by place. GPS is read on device from the metadata already in your photos.
Quality Filter
Sort any view by an on-device quality score, hide screenshots with one toggle and keep the best frame of a burst.
Explore beyond search
Two new ways to see your archive
Beyond search and rename, PhotoCore turns your photos into something to explore: a map of semantic groups and a narrative bridge between two images. All local, on your Mac.
Constellation
Turn a search into a navigable visual map of semantic groups. Organize a photo shoot in one click and understand thousands of images in seconds.
Semantic Bridge
Find the "story" that connects two photos: a sequence of real images from your archive that reveals hidden connections and narrative steps.
How It Works
Find, Rename, Rediscover. All Local.
Select a folder, local AI indexes and renames files, then search everything with natural phrases. Three steps, zero cloud.
01
Select Your Folder
Open PhotoCore and choose a folder of images, photos, diagrams or infographics. The app scans recursively and counts files, estimating indexing time.
02
Index & Rename With Local AI
PhotoCore analyzes each image with SigLIP 2 on the Apple Neural Engine. Local AI generates descriptive names (e.g. “sales-flow-diagram.png” instead of “IMG_7843.png”) and saves 768-d vectors to local cache and XMP metadata.
03
Search With Words, Find Everything
Type what you’re looking for — “Q3 cover”, “architecture diagram”, “team photo”. PhotoCore finds content by semantic meaning, ranking by relevance. No file ever leaves your Mac.
Privacy
Your Privacy Is Non-Negotiable
No photo ever leaves your Mac. AI runs locally on the Apple Neural Engine. No account, no connection required.
- No connection required for search
- No account to create
- No photos uploaded to the cloud
- Embeddings saved locally (SQLite + XMP)
- Optional: API Key stored in macOS Keychain
- Apple App Sandbox for maximum isolation
Pricing
Choose Your Plan
Start free with up to 200 photos. Unlock unlimited with a one-time purchase. No subscription, ever.
Light
€0
Free forever
- Up to 200 photos / images
- Semantic search
- Local AI processing
- All file formats supported
- Smart rename
- Web Stories (up to 10 photos)
- Local database + XMP
Full Access
€29.99€59.99 one-time
Until August 15 only
- Unlimited photos & images
- Everything in Light
- Unlimited Stories + PDF photo book
- Smart rename with AI
- Priority support
- Future updates included
- One-time payment, perpetual
Standard
€59.99
One-time purchase
- Unlimited photos & images
- Everything in Light
- Unlimited Stories + PDF photo book
- Smart rename with AI
- Priority support
- Future updates included
- One-time payment, perpetual
Technical Specs
Built for Your Mac
Native macOS app for Apple Silicon M1-M5. Local AI SigLIP 2 via CoreML. ~30-50 MB. Zero cloud dependencies.
| Chip | Apple Silicon M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 |
|---|---|
| System | macOS 26 Tahoe or later |
| AI Encoder | SigLIP 2 via CoreML (Apple Neural Engine) |
| Search | Cosine similarity via Accelerate.vDSP |
| LLM | Local AI via CoreML + optional custom endpoint |
| Formats | JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, GIF, BMP |
FAQ
Common Questions
In which languages can I search my images?
More than 100 languages. The local SigLIP 2 model understands queries in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Arabic, Russian and many more — search in your own language, no setup required.
Does PhotoCore work without internet?
Yes, everything works offline. Search and rename AI runs locally on the Apple Neural Engine. External endpoints are only an advanced option for those who want it.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
Never. Indexing happens entirely on your Mac via CoreML and the Apple Neural Engine. No pixel ever leaves your computer.
Is there a subscription?
No subscription ever. PhotoCore offers a free Light version (up to 200 photos). The full version is a one-time purchase: €59.99 standard, or €29.99 with the Early Bird offer until August 15. Pay once, keep forever.
Can I share photos without uploading them?
Yes. Stories turns any set of photos into a single web page or a print-ready PDF photo book, built entirely on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and the shared file carries no location data.
How many photos can I index?
The free Light version supports up to 200 photos/images. The full version has no practical limit. The grid is virtualized to handle tens of thousands of images without slowdowns.
Is it compatible with Intel Macs?
No, PhotoCore requires Apple Silicon (M1-M5) to leverage CoreML and the Apple Neural Engine.