DailyExposure

For iPhone, iPad & Mac

Your photos, developed one guess at a time.

is a daily puzzle made from your own photo library. Guess when, where and what — and watch the picture rise out of the developer tray with every guess.

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  • A new puzzle every day
  • From your own memories
  • Photos never leave your device
Daily Exposure on a Mac: the photo developing in the tray beside the question panel.
Daily Exposure on iPad: the developing photo on the left and the questions on the right.
Today’s photo developing in the darkroom tray, with the When, Where, What and Who questions below it.

Frame 01 · The reveal

A print rising out of the tray.

Today’s photo starts as a ghost on blank paper: pale, soft and gray. Every guess develops it further — more density, more detail, and at last full color.

Drag the handle to develop the picture.

A seaside sunset photo, shown half developing and half fully developed.DevelopingDeveloped

Frame 02 · How to play

Four questions. Six guesses.

Answer what you can and make a guess. Right answers lock in, the rest get a hint, and the photo develops a little more.

  1. 1

    When?

    Slide to the year you think it was taken. Hints tell you if you’re too early, too late or close.

  2. 2

    Where?

    Drop a pin on the map. Get within 100 miles and you’ve found it — the closer, the bigger the bonus.

  3. 3

    What?

    A beach, a birthday cake, a ferris wheel? Pick what the photo shows from four choices.

  4. 4

    Who?

    How many people are in it? No people in the picture? Then judge how far away the subject was.

Read the full guide

Frame 03 · Features

A darkroom full of memories

A thoughtful daily ritual that turns a camera roll you never scroll back into a game.

  • A new puzzle every day

    One photo a day, numbered like a roll of film, so everyone plays at the same pace.

  • Made from your library

    Every puzzle is one of your own photos — at least 30 days old, so there’s always something to rediscover.

  • Darkroom reveal

    The picture rises out of blank paper in a developer tray, gaining density, sharpness and finally color.

  • Smart picks

    “On This Day” anniversaries come up far more often. Screenshots, receipts and documents never do.

  • Framed finale

    The finished photo appears in a polished metal frame and beveled mat, colored to suit the picture.

  • Points & streaks

    Solve in fewer guesses for more points, earn a bonus for a close pin, and keep your daily streak alive.

  • Spoiler-free sharing

    Share colored squares, not your photo. No place names or dates ever leave the app.

  • Recent filmstrip

    Your last ten puzzles sit on a strip of 35 mm film. Open any frame to see that day’s photo again.

  • Fix it, play again

    If the app gets a subject wrong, correct it — it learns for that photo, and you earn a bonus puzzle.

  • Title your memories

    Name a photo you’ve rediscovered and the title is saved into the photo itself in your library.

  • Favorites only

    Keep puzzles to your best shots by limiting them to the photos you’ve marked as Favorites.

  • Private by design

    Everything runs on your device. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and no photo ever uploaded.

The solved photo framed on the Mac with the score, the streak and the recent filmstrip.
The finished photo framed on iPad, with the results panel beside it.

Frame 05 · Mac & iPad

Made for the big screen, too.

On iPad and Mac the developing photo fills one side and the questions sit beside it, so you can study every detail as the picture clears. On the Mac, the map opens in a roomy sheet with place search right in the toolbar.

Mac guide iPad guide

Your photos never leave your device.

chooses each photo and works out what’s in it right on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. No accounts, no cloud, no ads and no tracking.

Read the privacy policy

Questions

Good to know

What is ?

A daily puzzle made from your own photo library. Each day picks one of your photos and hides it in a darkroom developer tray. You guess when it was taken, where, what it shows and who is in it — and with every guess the picture develops a little more, until it appears in full color in a frame.

It’s a fun way to rediscover memories you’d forgotten you had.

How does it choose the photo?

only uses photos that are more than 30 days old, and it skips screenshots and pictures of documents, receipts, whiteboards and charts. Photos with a location and your Favorites are a little more likely to come up, and “On This Day” anniversaries far more so.

It also avoids using the same place twice within two weeks, and never repeats a photo until every other one has had its turn.

The “What” answer was wrong. Can I fix it?

Yes. The subject is worked out on your device, and sometimes it guesses wrong. After the puzzle, choose Answer wrong? Correct it and pick the right subject, or type your own. The correction is saved for that photo and used the next time it comes up.

As a thank-you for fixing it, you get a bonus puzzle that day.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. Photos never leave your device. Choosing the photo and working out what’s in it all happen on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. See the privacy policy for details.

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Rediscover a memory every day.

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