Why PhotoIndexer Exists

When I had my daughter, I imagined printing photos and making proper albums — something we could hold and look through, without everything living on a phone screen.

But I also wanted those albums to make sense. I wanted to know when a photo was taken, where it was taken, and what stage of life it belonged to.

In reality, that meant printing photos in bulk, scrolling back through thousands on my phone, opening each one to find the date or location, then switching to a separate website to work out how old my baby was at the time. I’d then scroll back again to find the next photo and repeat the whole process.

The admin quickly became so slow and tedious that I kept putting the whole idea off. The memories were there — but the effort to organise them was just too much.

I realised the problem wasn’t the photos — it was the work around them. So I built a tool to do that part for me.

PhotoIndexer brings all of this together in one place. It shows when photos were taken, sorts them in order, adds clear location information, and can even calculate ages based on a chosen birth date — whether you’re making a baby album, a travel journal, or a scrapbook.

It’s a small tool, made to remove a surprisingly heavy bit of friction — so your memories don’t stay stuck on your camera roll.

— Built by Cassie, a mum who wants her photos in her hands