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Share photos freely with anyone you want
Pycter is a private photo sharing app for families and friends. Free to use, always in original quality. Your photos go straight to the people who matter.
Pycter is a private photo sharing app for families and friends. Free to use, always in original quality. Your photos go straight to the people who matter.
Pycter transfers your photos directly between devices. No cloud storage involved.
From holiday trips to family milestones, Pycter keeps everyone's photos together.
Just photo sharing, done right.
Pycter moves photos between devices instead of storing them on servers. You're never blocked because someone else ran out of space.
Photos are never compressed or resized. What you share is exactly what they receive.
Available on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux, so everyone can join regardless of their device.
Every photo is encrypted before it leaves your device. Not even the Pycter team can see your photos, albums, or members.
Install Pycter on your phone or computer.
Pick your photos and organize them into a shared album.
Share an invite link or QR code with friends and family.
Photos sync automatically in the background.
See how Pycter stacks up against the apps you might already be using.
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| No storage cap | ✔ | ✘Limited free storage | ✔ | ✘Limited free storage | ~Short-lived transfer |
| Original photo quality | ✔ | ✔ | ✘Compressed | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cross-platform | ✔ | ~Separate ecosystems | ✔ | ✔ | ~Varies |
| End-to-end encrypted | ✔ | ✘ | ~Varies | ✘ | ✘ |
| On-device storage | ✔ | ~Manual download | ~Varies | ✘Cloud only | ✔ |
| Cloud storage | ~Premium feature | ~Limited free storage | ~Varies | ~Limited free storage | ✘Transfer only |
| Photo-first experience | ✔ | ✔ | ✘Text-first | ~Generic files | ✘Generic files |
Pycter transfers photos directly between your devices instead of storing them on central servers. Because we don't need to store terabytes of photos, we don't need to charge for storage. Our optional cloud backup plan is how we keep the lights on.
Yes. Every photo is end-to-end encrypted before leaving your device using the XSalsa20 stream cipher. Not even the Pycter team can see your photos, album names, or members.
Pycter runs on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Your whole group can share together regardless of what devices they use.
We're currently in an early testing phase with a small group of friends and family. Join the waitlist to be notified when we open up access to more people!
Syncing will pause on their device until they free up space. Other members are not affected. You can also configure a retention policy to automatically remove older photos once they've been safely backed up, or avoid downloading full-resolution photos by default.
No. The Pycter team has no access to your photos thanks to end-to-end encryption, and we don't believe in selling user data regardless. Our business model is an optional cloud backup service, not your data.
Yes. You can add photos to an album while offline. They will automatically sync with your group as soon as everyone's devices are back online.
Very little. Because photos and album data are end-to-end encrypted, we can only see device contact information (IP addresses, last online time) and which devices are communicating with each other. We have no information about who owns those devices.
Not yet, but video sharing is planned for a future version. Stay tuned!
It stands for "picture transfer." The "y" is a nod to cryptography, reflecting our commitment to privacy and security.
Join the waitlist and get notified when Pycter opens to new users. We'll only reach out when it's ready.