new for iOS · TestFlight open

your screenshots,
plus a photo where
you were.

Screengram pairs every screenshot with a photo of the room. One image, two realities — filed into a tiny private library that only you can see.

iOS 17+ free, no account private by default
Will Rogers beach at sunset
4:45
◉ Search Maps
14 min
5.2 mi · via I-580 W
Found the spot.
will rogers beach — sun 6:31 pm
📱 a screenshot 📷 a photo = one image you'll actually remember
— how it works —

three taps, one weirdly honest photo.

01

screenshot anything.

A recipe. A map. The receipt for the thing you keep meaning to return. iOS does what it always does.

02

open screengram.

It already has the screenshot waiting. Tap GO — the back camera opens with the screenshot floating in the viewfinder.

03

frame the room. file it.

Drag the screenshot anywhere. Hit the shutter. Pick a layout. Now you have proof you were actually somewhere.

— the loop —

screenshot → pic → library.

It takes about eight seconds. We timed it.

screengram.

cafe
4:45
◉ Search Maps
14 min
5.2 mi · via I-580 W
bedroom
4:45
M
Mom
TODAY 4:42 PM
are you home for dinner sunday?
dad's making the brisket
yes!! what time
6 ish. bring nothing.
love u
Delivered
iMessage
kitchen
4:45
Now Playing
nocturnes
side a
Aisha, alone
Pall — Nocturnes
1:24-2:38
city dawn
4:45
𝐀𝐀nytimes.com
OPINION
The quiet collapse of the
front-facing era
By S. Kapoor — May 6, 2026
For ten years, the camera looked at us. We posed, we tilted, we performed. Now the camera is looking at the world again — and the world has changed. A new generation of apps is asking what, exactly, is worth a photograph.
phone night
4:45
‹ Notes
Things to remember
May 7 · 4:31 PM

The screen is the dominant surface now. Most of what we look at isn't the world — it's a rectangle.

The front camera captures your face. The back camera captures the room. Neither captures what you were doing.

Build the third one.

today's prompt · day 47
the alarm + you ignoring it
take it skip
4:45
◉ Search Maps
14 min
5.2 mi · via I-580 W
use latest
taken just now
home
step 01

take a screenshot.

Anywhere on iOS — a recipe, a map, a tweet, a passage. Open Screengram. The Home screen already knows you took one.

4:45
𝐀𝐀nytimes.com
OPINION
The quiet collapse of the
front-facing era
By S. Kapoor — May 6, 2026
For ten years, the camera looked at us. We posed, we tilted, we performed. Now the camera is looking at the world again — and the world has changed. A new generation of apps is asking what, exactly, is worth a photograph.
drag · pinch
overlay on
frame the room
retake
screen
zoom
+/−
camera
step 02

take a photo with the screenshot in it.

The back camera opens with a translucent overlay of the screenshot floating in the viewfinder. Drag it, pinch to resize, anchor to a corner. Frame the room. Tap the shutter.

library
7 screengrams
by album by month
cafe
4:45
Library
2,148 photos
bedroom
4:45
MAY 2026
Friday 8
M
4
T
5
W
6
T
7
F
8
S
9
S
10
9:00standup
11:30dentist
1:00lunch w/ J
4:30
7:00dinner @ 320
kitchen
4:45
𝐀𝐀nytimes.com
OPINION
The quiet collapse of the
front-facing era
By S. Kapoor — May 6, 2026
For ten years, the camera looked at us. We posed, we tilted, we performed. Now the camera is looking at the world again — and the world has changed. A new generation of apps is asking what, exactly, is worth a photograph.
city dawn
4:45
‹ Notes
Things to remember
May 7 · 4:31 PM

The screen is the dominant surface now. Most of what we look at isn't the world — it's a rectangle.

The front camera captures your face. The back camera captures the room. Neither captures what you were doing.

Build the third one.

phone night
4:45
Now Playing
nocturnes
side a
Aisha, alone
Pall — Nocturnes
1:24-2:38
street night
4:45
M
Mom
TODAY 4:42 PM
are you home for dinner sunday?
dad's making the brisket
yes!! what time
6 ish. bring nothing.
love u
Delivered
iMessage
library
step 03

it lands in your archive.

Search by caption or place. Filter by month or album. Tap any tile to open the detail view — share, export a reveal reel, or add it to an album.

— what's inside —

small app.
big rectangle energy.

daily prompt

A Wordle-shaped nudge. One screengram a day, one shared question.

reveal reels

Export a tiny video where the room dissolves to reveal the screenshot. 1080×1920, h.264.

widget + share sheet

Latest screengram on your home screen. Send a screenshot in from anywhere.

private, searchable

No feed. No cloud. Lives on your phone — search by caption, place, or month.

"I have 4,000 screenshots in my camera roll. I remember three of them. This fixes that."
— beta tester · brooklyn
"It's like a diary that mostly draws itself."
— beta tester · oakland
"Finally a use for the back camera that isn't pretending to be a photographer."
— beta tester · austin
— ready? —

screengram something.

The TestFlight is open. iOS 17+. Free. No account.