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PhotoCore is the private home for your whole photo life. The native Apple silicon Mac app archives Apple Photos, phones, folders, drives and NAS; finds images by meaning, people, places and quality; and turns selected memories into portable Stories. Core processing stays on the Mac. No cloud subscription.

Download the English press kit View PhotoCore on the Mac App Store

PhotoCore-Press-Kit-EN.zip, about 650 MB: fact sheet, review guide, press FAQ, story angles, privacy explainer, screenshots, logos, App Store badges and a cleared demo library. Last updated August 18, 2026.

Quick facts

The short version

One sentencePhotoCore is the private home for your whole photo life: a native Apple silicon Mac app that archives the photos you own, finds them by meaning even on disconnected drives, recognizes people locally, and turns memories into shareable Stories. No cloud, no subscription.

Current version1.7 (August 2026). Highlights: Apple Photos Archive and RAW support everywhere. Full notes: What’s new in 1.7

PricePhotoCore Light: free, up to 200 indexed photos. PhotoCore Full: $29.99 one-time until September 15, 2026 (Early Bird), then $59.99. Regional App Store pricing may vary.

LicenseOne-time purchase (non-consumable In-App Purchase) with Family Sharing. No subscription.

RequirementsmacOS 26.4 or later, Apple silicon (M1 or later), Mac App Store only. Intel Macs are not supported.

Privacy labelApple App Store privacy label: “Data Not Collected”. Indexing, search, faces and Stories run on the Mac.

LinksMac App Store · Official site · Canonical facts

Press contactsupport@photocore.pro

Last updatedAugust 18, 2026

What’s new

PhotoCore 1.8: select, compare, pick

Version 1.8 (August 2026) adds Compare: two to four shots opened side by side above the gallery, with synced zoom and pan, a quality score computed from sharpness, exposure and faces on every pane, and a Pick the user sets with the 1 to 4 keys. The gallery itself now behaves like Finder: range selection with shift-click, cmd-A and Esc, arrow keys that move the selection, and the space bar for Quick Look. Reveal in Finder highlights every selected photo, and folders can be dropped from the recents list even when their drive is disconnected. Full release notes: What’s new in 1.8.

Why it is different

Three things to know

Own it once

One payment: $29.99 until September 15, 2026, then $59.99. The archive, the index and every Story belong to the user, on hardware they own. No subscription, no rented storage.

Nothing leaves the Mac

Apple lists the app as “Data Not Collected”. Indexing, semantic search, face analysis and Stories run on device. After setup, core search works with Wi-Fi off.

The drive in the drawer stays searchable

Index a drive once and it stays searchable while unplugged: previews, paths and the semantic index remain on the Mac. Reconnect only to open the original file.

Screenshots

Product images

Click any image to download the full-resolution PNG. Free for editorial use when reporting on or reviewing PhotoCore; the full permission is in the press kit. Credit: PhotoCore / Strategicamente srl.

PhotoCore screenshot: Main gallery — **Main gallery.** The gallery brings folders, phones, external drives and NAS volumes into one searchable library without moving the original files. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Sources menu — **Sources menu.** Every source in one menu: folders, phones and the Apple Photos archive, each with its own indexing status. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Natural-language search — **Natural-language search.** Search by meaning in more than 100 languages, with a relevance score on every result. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: AI People — **AI People.** Optional and off by default. Face data stays on the Mac and can be deleted per person. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: RAW in search — **RAW in search.** CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF and DNG found through embedded previews. Originals stay untouched. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Apple Photos Archive — **Apple Photos Archive.** The library archived as regular files: verified copies, incremental updates, source never changed. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Phone Archive — **Phone Archive.** iPhone and Android archived with a diff before transfer. Nothing is ever deleted from the phone. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Semantic Bridge — **Semantic Bridge.** The path of real photos between two images. The same path can become a 30-second vertical Short. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Constellation — **Constellation.** A gallery grouped into semantic moments, connected by affinity, time and place. Download PNG (3024×1964)

PhotoCore screenshot: Stories — **Stories.** A web Story is one self-contained file with editable text: no hosted gallery, no expiring link. Download PNG (3024×1964)

Founder

Andrea Menozzi

Andrea Menozzi is a computer engineer and technology entrepreneur. After building a cloud SaaS company acquired by Zucchetti, Italy’s largest software company, he shifted his focus to local AI in 2024. PhotoCore combines his work on specialist multimodal embedding models with a personal photo archive he has maintained since 2003.

“I’m a user too, and I’m tired of renting software. Pay once and it’s yours.”

Download photo (credit: Andrea Menozzi / PhotoCore) · The long biography is in the press kit · Strategicamente srl

Press contact

Questions, interviews and additional assets: support@photocore.pro. We answer from Italy, usually within one business day.

Request a review code

Journalists and reviewers can request an individual Mac App Store code for PhotoCore Full: email support@photocore.pro with your publication, planned format and target date.

Facts, availability and pricing verified August 18, 2026. Regional App Store pricing may vary. For canonical numbers at any time, see the facts page.