Two streams
Photos and videos live in separate tabs, so looking for a clip never means scrolling past a thousand stills.
Oryn
See only what matters.
Private by design. All local.
Private
Your memories stay on your device.
Offline
No accounts. No cloud.
Minimal
Less UI. More of what matters.
Fluid
Smooth, natural browsing.
Premium
A more thoughtful photo and video experience.
Your story. Yours alone.
A quieter way to remember
Photos and videos.
Two streams. One focus. Yours.
Most galleries want to be everything — an editor, a social feed, a cloud service asking you to upgrade. Oryn does one thing. It shows you what is already on your phone, full screen, and then gets out of the way.
Built for what matters
Less interface.
More of your life.
Moments
Your library groups itself by season, quietly, on the device. Make your own folders when the automatic ones aren't enough.
The app lock
Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode in front of the whole app. Handing someone your phone stops being a decision.
Full screen, truly
Open a photo and the interface disappears. No chrome, no overlays, no buttons hovering over someone's face.
Private by design. All local.
No uploads.
No algorithms.
Just your memories.
This isn't a policy position we might revisit next quarter. There is no server for your photos to go to, and the app has no code capable of sending them anywhere.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
- No analytics, telemetry or crash reporting of any kind.
- No advertising, no tracking, no third-party SDKs.
- Works in Airplane Mode — every feature except buying the unlock.
- Never reads the location stored inside your photos.
One payment, not a subscription
Try everything.
Then keep what you use.
Everything is open for the first fortnight. After that the gallery stays free forever, and two extras ask for a single purchase.
Always free
The gallery
The part you'll use every day, with no time limit and nothing asked of you.
- The full photo grid
- The separate video stream
- Full-screen viewing
- Favourites and grid arrangement
No trial to expire. No card. No account.
Oryn Unlock
Moments and the lock
A single non-consumable purchase. Buy it once, keep it on every device signed in to your Apple Account.
- Moments — automatic seasonal grouping
- Folders you make yourself
- Face ID, Touch ID or passcode lock
- Free for your first 14 days
The App Store shows the price in your own currency. Not a subscription — there is nothing to cancel.
Before you ask
Straight answers.
Does Oryn upload my photos anywhere?
No. Your media is read from Apple's Photos framework on the device and drawn on screen. It is never copied, uploaded or backed up by us — there is no server of ours for it to reach.
What happens after the 14 days?
The photo grid, the video stream and full-screen viewing stay free, permanently. Only Moments and the app lock ask for the one-time purchase. Nothing is charged automatically and there is no subscription.
Why can't I see photos that are in iCloud?
Oryn deliberately will not pull media down from iCloud, because doing so would mean using the network for your library. Items stored only in iCloud won't appear. Opening one in Apple's Photos app brings it onto the device, and it then shows in Oryn.
If I delete a photo in Oryn, is it really gone?
It goes to your Recently Deleted album, exactly as it would from Apple's Photos app, and iOS keeps it there for 30 days. Oryn asks iOS to do the delete; it has no separate copy and no bin of its own.
Do you use my face data for the lock?
We never see it. The lock asks iOS to authenticate you, and iOS answers yes or no. Your biometric data stays in the Secure Enclave, where even Apple cannot read it. If biometrics fail, your device passcode works.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 or later.
A more intentional gallery
Private moments,
brighter days.
Oryn is coming to the App Store for iPhone and iPad.