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nº 001For new parents · iOS & Android

A tiny archive, for the small years.

Snap photos like you already do. We pick the keepers, write the captions, and quietly build a timeline your whole family can watch grow.

Photos stay on your phone
unless you choose to share
No login for family
one private link, that’s all
Free 5 GB to start
cancel any time
first smilemilestone
May 14, 2026
grandma visits
May 18, 2026
bath time
May 21, 2026
parkfirst steps
May 24, 2026
posted
weekly
to family
§ 01How it works

Three small habits, and a tiny archive.

~ 2 min / day
after the first scan
01step

You take photos like usual.

We never ask you to change a thing. Small Years lives in the background and quietly notices the photos of your little one.

Runs on-device · no upload until you approve
02step

We curate a daily handful.

Each evening the app surfaces a small daily handful — usually under ten — and drafts a caption. Swipe to approve, edit, or skip. Two minutes a day.

On-device ML · you stay in charge of every photo
03step

Family watches it grow.

Grandparents and aunts open a private web link — no account, no app. They react, leave comments, and never miss a milestone.

One link, one timeline, designed for any age
§ 02Features

Four small things, and one small promise.

feat / capturecurated

A daily handful, never a dump.

A small daily handful — usually under ten. No more midnight scrolling through 600 burst-mode shots looking for the one good frame.

feat / captionsAI-assisted

Captions, ghost-written.

Each photo gets a soft AI caption you can keep, rewrite, or delete. So your timeline reads like a story years from now.

feat / familyno app required

A web link grandparents can actually use.

Just a tap — designed and tested with the people who matter most.

feat / keepsakeprinted & shipped

A printed photo book, every month.

We assemble a monthly book from your timeline — from $48. Review the layout in two minutes, then it arrives on the doorstep.

§ 03What families say

Designed for grandparents. Tested by ours.

grandparent
I open the link with my coffee. It’s the first thing I do every morning. Three thousand miles away and I haven’t missed a single tooth.
Eleanor B.Grandmother of two · Portland, ME
parent
Used to dread the Sunday photo dump. Now bedtime ends with two minutes of swiping, and a year later there’s a book on the shelf I didn’t have to make.
Maya H.Mom to Anna & Ben · Brooklyn
parent
The captions surprised me. They’re not clever, they’re just right. Like a quiet sibling who pays attention.
Dana O.Parent to Theo & Ivy · Chicago
9:41
Mon 26 May
Today, in Ben’s week
sunrisetue · first words
park benchwed
first haircutthu · milestone
§ 04Get it

The app is small. The archive grows.

Install Small Years on the phone that already has your photos. The family viewer is web-only — there’s nothing for them to download.

Already have an invite?
Open the timeline a family member shared with you.
one family · one small archive

Start tonight. Thank yourself in a year.

Free for your first 5 GB. Plus is 100 GB — $4 / month billed yearly ($48), or $6 month-to-month.