Choose a year
Pick any year in your photo library. January is not a blank slate: the app can look across the year you choose.
AUTO COLOR DIARY / iOS 26+
A Color Year turns the photos already on your iPhone into a living, 365-day color diary.
01 / The idea
You do not need to write down every day to keep a diary. Your photos already carry the light, places, meals, faces, and small accidents of a year.
A Color Year reads the accessible photos on your device and creates a visual rhythm you can scan in seconds. It is a memory of the year, not a judgment of it.
02 / How it works
A small loop: choose a year, look at the colors, keep the poster.
Pick any year in your photo library. January is not a blank slate: the app can look across the year you choose.
A representative color is calculated for each day. Open a day for its source photos and the details behind the sample.
Turn 365 or 366 daily colors into a poster that feels like your year, ready for the system share sheet.
03 / Quiet by design
Color calculation happens on your device. A Color Year does not upload your original photos, sell personal information, or build an advertising profile.
Read the privacy policy ↗Photos are sampled where they already live: on your iPhone.
Only the color diary you choose to share leaves the app.
Share copy can use Apple Intelligence on-device when available.
04 / First release
The first App Store release focuses on the complete color diary loop: scan, explore, and share. There is no paywall in the initial release.
A YEAR, IN COLOR
Support, privacy, and release notes live here as the app grows.