Mark what matters in your photos.
Annotyze™ lets you circle, outline or trace anything in a photo — then pin details, tags and notes to that exact spot. Find it again in seconds. Everything stays on your device.
Meet the Annote™.
An Annote is a marked area of a photo that carries its own living record: the details that set it apart, tags that connect it to related spots in other photos, notes you add over time — and a history of every change.
- Metadata — the specifics, up to 250 characters per entry.
- Tags — short labels that link Annotes across your whole library.
- Notes — longer observations, up to 1,000 characters.
- Timeline — see how your analysis evolved, newest first.
Four steps from photo to insight.
No setup, no sign-in. Open a photo from your library and start marking.
Mark it
Tap or drag to place an ellipse, rectangle, polygon or freeform shape — or let AutoDetect trace a subject for you.
Describe it
Attach metadata, tags and notes. They save together, in one sheet.
Revisit it
Annotes tuck away into small markers. Tap one to Peek; tap the callout to open it.
Find it
Search everything you've written — or just tags, metadata or notes — across every photo.
Precise when you need it.
Effortless when you don't.
Five ways to mark
Ellipse, rectangle, polygon and freeform tools — plus AutoDetect for anything with a clear outline.
AutoDetect
Tap a subject and Annotyze traces its real silhouette using on-device Vision. Hold the photo to see what it can find.
Glass-precise editing
Grab anywhere on the edge to resize, with snapping and a magnifier loupe. The photo frosts while you drag, so the shape stays in focus.
Confirm or undo
Every move and resize waits for your ✓. Changed your mind? ✕ puts it back exactly where it was.
Tags that connect
Browse every photo that shares a tag. Rename or merge tags across your whole library in one step.
Search with scope
Find text anywhere — or narrow it to tags, metadata or notes.
Albums
Group photos into named, reorderable albums. Albums hold references, so deleting one never deletes a photo.
A living history
Every Annote keeps a timeline of when it was created and each detail you added.
Your data, portable
Export everything to a JSON file you control, and import it again — duplicates are skipped safely.
Your photos never leave your device.
Annotyze works entirely on your iPhone or iPad. There's no account to create, no cloud to sync to, and nothing to track you with. Your originals are never modified — Annotyze only stores where you marked and what you wrote.
Anyone who looks closely.
Naturalists
Mark sightings, tag species and track the same branch, nest or bloom over a season.
Inspectors
Circle defects, note what you found and pull up every photo of the same issue later.
Collectors
Catalog marks, labels and details on every piece, grouped into albums.
Students & creatives
Study composition and reference images with notes pinned to the exact detail.
See what you've been missing.
Annotyze is in private beta and coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad.