YourCelf · Early Beta

Thank you for being one of the first.

YourCelf turns your camera roll into the story of your life, and it does it entirely on your phone. No account, no cloud, no feed. This is an early build, so it'll be rough in places. That's exactly what you're here to find.

Get it. Two steps.

On your iPhone, tap the button (or scan the code). It opens Apple's free TestFlight app (installing it first if you don't have it) and adds YourCelf.

Join the beta in TestFlight

Scan with your iPhone Camera to open this on your phone.

Then: open YourCelf, grant Photos, and let the first scan run: plug in and leave it open on a big library. That's the whole setup.

What to try, in order

Onboard: grant Photos (and Calendar if offered), confirm your home city.
Today: does the resurfaced memory feel right? Is "Up Next" correct?
Story: walk the five lenses: Highlights, People (name a few faces), Places (drill a country → city → a place → its photos), Trips, Timeline.
Make a Circle: open a Story of a real event, tap the people icon, gather who was there, and try sharing.
Capture: scan a document.

The one thing we're really listening for: did it feel like your life, told honestly? And if anything looks made-up (a wrong name or place, a moment that feels invented), flag it loudly. We never want the app making things up.

Good to know

The first scan is slow on a big library; that's expected. Places, Trips, and People keep filling in afterward.
Photos stored only in iCloud may lag; some thumbnails take a moment.
A few areas say "coming soon": that's intentional, not broken.
Circle invites travel as a tappable link (Messages) or a QR code when you're together. Tap the link → the app opens → Join → the inviter approves. If a link opens Safari instead of the app, delete and reinstall the app once — that refreshes Apple's link cache.
The writing model is optional: turn it on during setup or in Settings → Writing model for richer prose; without it, a simpler built-in writer still tells your story. The model is Google's Gemma, provided under the Gemma Terms of Use and Prohibited Use Policy — by downloading it you agree to those terms (details).

Sending feedback

Two easy ways, both seconds long:

Screenshot the moment in the app, then tap Share Beta Feedback.
Or in the TestFlight app → YourCelf → Send Beta Feedback.

Crashes are reported automatically. Prefer email? Write to hello@beyourcelf.com.

Your privacy

Everything stays on your device. We collect nothing — there's no server holding your memories, because there is no server. Full details in the privacy policy.