Digitize old family albums

Snap the album. We build the digital version.

A hand photographing a physical photo album with a phone, turning it into a digital web album shared with family

Photograph each page with your phone. We crop every picture, read handwritten dates and captions, and create a chronological album your family can browse online or download as their copy.

No scanner neededOriginals always keptPrivate family sharing
A hand photographing a physical photo album with a phone, turning it into a digital web album shared with family

How it works

Snap it, build it, share it.

Snap a photo of each album page with your phone.
1. PhotographSnap each album page with your phone.
Upload the photos and Scanalbum builds the album automatically.
2. UploadWe find the photos, read the text and dates.
Share a link with family β€” no login needed for them.
3. ShareGet a private web album and send one link to family.

Edit, add, download

Fix a caption, date, or crop any time.
Add text or datesRelatives can identify people, correct dates, and add stories.
Add more albums whenever you find them.
Upload more albumsInvite family members to contribute their own albums.
Download a full backup of the originals and photos any time.
Keep your backupDownload everything or export your photos.

Pricing

Pay once to digitize. Subscribe to keep it alive.

The AI work of digitizing an album happens once β€” so Pro is a one-time price. Keeping the family album hosted, shared, and growing over time is ongoing β€” so Premium is a subscription.

Free

$020 pages, across all your albums (roughly one small album)

Try it β€” the full pipeline on as many separate albums as you like, no card required.

  • AI photo detection & dates
  • Chronological web album
  • Create as many albums as you want
  • Private link, invite-only or email-code sharing
  • Family comments
  • 30-day hosting
  • Download originals & crops
  • Let family members edit captions & dates
  • Google Photos export

Premium

$59/year β€” best for families

Keep the family archive online β€” a living archive that everyone can help build.

  • 500 pages included (roughly 20-25 albums)
  • 20 GB storage
  • Hosting for as long as you subscribe
  • Invite family members to upload their own albums
  • Family editing, comments and collaboration
  • Everything in Pro
  • Buy more 200-page / 8GB packs any time β€” $19 each, cheaper than Pro

Renews yearly β€” cancel any time before your next renewal.

Locked features are visible on every plan’s admin page β€” upgrade any time to unlock them, your album stays exactly as it is.

What you get

One page in, five photos outA single photographed spread often holds several mounted prints β€” each comes out as its own photo.
Sorted the moment you uploadDates read from captions place every photo in the right order automatically.
A link, not a loginFamily can browse the finished album without creating an account.

Tips & tricks

Getting a clean shot β€” no scanner needed.

Not a strict recipe β€” just what makes photographing an album faster.

Step 01: Set up the album
Step 02: Steady the phone above the page β€” pick either way
Step 03: Turn the page and snap
Step 04: Upload β€” we do the rest

What Scanalbum does

Built specifically for old photo albums.

AI photo detection

Finds and crops every individual photo from a photographed album page or spread, straightened and ready to view.

Dates read automatically

Handwritten captions and years are read from the page. An undated page inherits the date from the last page that had one β€” photograph pages in order and dates carry forward correctly.

Chronological by default

Every photo lands in date order automatically, oldest to newest, with the original page a click away.

Originals always kept

The full, unedited photo of every album page is preserved β€” nothing is discarded, only copied and cropped.

Correct file dates, not just on-screen

When we crop a photo, we write the real date into the image file itself β€” so it sorts correctly if you later download it or import it into Google Photos.

Share with a private link

One link for the whole family. Add an email-code check for extra privacy so the link can't be casually forwarded.

See it in action

Browse a sample album.

A synthetic demo album β€” illustrated placeholders standing in for real photos β€” showing exactly how a finished Scanalbum album works: sorted chronologically, dates and captions on every photo, and a link back to the original page.

View sample album

FAQ

Common questions

All questions
How good does my phone need to be?

Any phone from the last several years is fine. Even lighting matters more than camera quality β€” our AI does the rest.

Can I photograph several photos at once?

Yes β€” that's the point. Photograph a whole album page or spread, and each mounted photo on it is found and cropped out individually.

Are original album pages kept?

Always. The full, unedited photo of every page is preserved and stays a click away from the photos cropped from it.

Can family members comment?

Yes β€” they register a first name, last name, and email once, and can then comment on any photo. You decide whether they can also edit captions and dates.

Can I download everything later?

Yes, any time on Pro or Premium β€” every original page and every cropped photo, as a single download.

Ready when you are

Your family photos shouldn’t stay hidden in an album.

Photograph a few pages and see what Scanalbum can do.

Start free

No card required.