TakeALook: Safe Photo Handoff

Hand someone your iPhone or iPad without handing over your whole camera roll. TakeALook turns an album, a date range, or a handful of photos into a protected viewing session. Your guest swipes through exactly what you chose, and nothing else. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick an album, a date and time range, or just a few photos. 2. Review the selection and exclude anything you would rather not show. 3. Tap Hand It Over. 4. Pass the device across the table. 5. End the session using your chosen exit protection. FIND THE SET INSTEAD OF SCROLLING FOR IT Describe what you want to show. Speak or type "the waterfall last summer" or "photos from Arches", and TakeALook assembles the set and hands it to you to review before anyone else sees it. Siri can help prepare a selection for you too. On iOS 27, a Shortcuts action can also send selected photos straight into TakeALook. Spoken requests are transcribed by Apple's speech recognition; you can always type instead. Enhanced Search is a single switch. Turn it on and TakeALook builds a private index on this device: dates, places, media types, favorites, objects and scenes in small thumbnails, and camera and lens details. On iOS 27, it can also include captions and keywords you add in Photos. Your photos and your search index never leave this device. Turn on Remember Last Selection to return to your recent album and date filter. To keep a set of photos from your library, Save to Album adds it to a new or existing Photos album, in the order shown. WHAT YOUR GUEST CAN DO • Swipe through the photos and videos you selected • Pinch and double-tap to zoom • Play videos with simple controls • Watch a slideshow, sliding or fading between items • Press and hold to play Live Photos, and watch animated GIFs • See when and where a photo was taken, with its local time zone when available • Open an interactive map of that location WHAT YOUR GUEST CANNOT DO • Reach any photo outside your selection • Change the album or add to the session • Edit, delete, or share anything • Open Settings or any owner control without your passcode TWO LEVELS OF PROTECTION Quick Handoff hides everything outside your selection and requires a deliberate press-and-hold, or your passcode, to leave. Normal iOS gestures can still exit the app. Locked Handoff pairs the same viewer with Apple's Guided Access, which confines the device to TakeALook until you end it. TakeALook explains exactly how to set that up, and never claims to lock your device when Guided Access is not running. PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK • No account and no sign-in • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs • Your photos and videos never leave your device • Search runs here, on an index that stays on this device • Guests can't change your library. TakeALook never edits or deletes photos, and adds to an album only when you choose Save to Album • With location display on, photo coordinates go to Apple Maps for place names, time zones, and maps. You can turn it off entirely. FREE AND PAID Free covers your Recently Added photos, any handful of photos you pick yourself, and the Show in TakeALook share extension — with the complete viewing experience: zoom, video, Live Photos, GIFs, slideshows, dates, places, maps, Guided Access support, and every protection. The one-time upgrade unlocks every other album and collection, including shared albums, date and time range sessions, and finding photos by describing them. One payment, no subscription, Family Sharing included. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Full layouts in both orientations, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Reduce Motion support, and generous touch targets throughout. On iPhone Duo, show a page on each side like a book, keep the photo on the standing half in tabletop, or stand it as a tent facing your guest. TakeALook is a handoff viewer. It is not a vault, a cloud service, or a replacement for the Photos app.