Shima is a private shared photo album for keeping photos, videos and notes with your family, your partner or your closest group. A family photo gallery where every picture stays on the day it happened.
It is not a social network. No feed, no public profiles, no followers, no ads. Just you and the people you love, organised by day.
HOW IT WORKS
- Create a space: private (just you), shared (with whoever you invite) or hidden (under lock).
- Invite with a link. Up to 10 people per space, and being invited is always free.
- Upload today's photos and videos, or import a whole album from your phone: every photo lands on the date it was taken.
- Write the note of the day: what happened, who was there, why you'll remember it.
- React with an emoji, a comment or your voice, on a photo or on the whole day.
WHAT MAKES THIS SHARED ALBUM DIFFERENT
- A day-by-day timeline. Open the calendar and see at a glance which days hold memories.
- A gallery by month, with a monthly summary and albums.
- Voice reactions. Sometimes a "so lovely" said out loud means more than a heart.
- "On this day": memories come back when the date does.
- A hidden space for two: you and whoever you choose. It doesn't show in your list, opens with fingerprint or PIN, and nothing leaves it: no screenshots, no exports.
- As many spaces as you want, with the storage where you decide: each one draws from your plan or reserves its own.
- Donate storage: any member can lend space from their own plan to a shared space.
- Search by date, by space or by what you wrote.
- Warm dark mode that follows your system.
YOUR PHOTOS ARE YOURS
- Photos stored on servers in Western Europe, encrypted at rest.
- We remove the location from your photos before uploading them.
- No facial recognition. No scanning your photos for advertising. We never sell your data.
- Delete means delete: once something leaves the trash, it is really gone.
- Export your photos or delete your account whenever you want, from the app.
MODERATION LIKE A TRUSTED GROUP
Whoever creates the space decides: they can remove anything and manage who joins. Each member manages their own uploads. If someone leaves, what they shared stays until the owner removes it.
PLANS
Free with 1 GB to get started. You pay for storage, not for people: paid plans go from 50 GB to 1 TB, include hidden spaces, and are cheaper if paid yearly. Being invited is always free. Everything you uploaded stays yours even if you stop paying.
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, Czech and German.
Shima is made by one person, calmly, for families who want to share photos without the noise. If something breaks or you have an idea, write to us: hello@shimaapp.com
Private shared photo album for your family: photos, notes and memories. No feed.