Two ways to buy Iris.
$29 — a one-time purchase, no subscription.
Pick whichever works best for you.
Buy direct
$29
Try it before you pay.
- Free for 14 days. No account, no credit card.
- Use it on every Mac you own.
- One-time purchase for all Iris v1 updates.
60-day money-back guarantee.
Mac App Store
$29
- Works with Family Sharing — up to six people.
- One-time purchase for all Iris v1 updates.
What people are saying.
I have been testing Iris for a couple of months and I think it is delightful...it lets you explore your tens- or hundreds-of-thousands of photos in a way that treats each of them as little memory boxes.
Questions people ask.
Does Iris move or modify my photos?
No. Iris reads your files in place and stores everything it learns in its own database. Your originals are never copied, moved, renamed, or modified.
Will Iris change or reorganize my Apple Photos library?
No. When you add an Apple Photos library as a source, Iris opens it read-only. It reads your photos, videos, and metadata to build its own separate library on your Mac — but it never writes back. Your albums, edits, favorites, keywords, People, and the entire structure of your Photos library are left exactly as they are. You can keep using Photos.app at the same time; it's completely unaffected. Iris even reads your existing favorites during the first scan, so they become your new favorites in Iris — a one-way read, never a change to Photos.
Does one purchase cover more than one Mac?
Yes, buy Iris once, use it on every Mac you own.
Can two Macs share the same photo library?
They can, but each Mac maintains its own database and processing state — Iris isn't designed to sync metadata between machines. The companion apps are a better way to browse the same library from more than one device.
My external drive is unplugged. What happens to those photos?
Their metadata and thumbnails stay in Iris. You can still browse thumbnails, see metadata, navigate by date, etc.
How long does initial processing take?
It depends on library size and the speed of your Mac:
- A few thousand photos: a few minutes
- Tens of thousands: an hour or two for the basics, several hours for ML
- Hundreds of thousands: up to a few days with all ML and transcription features enabled
You can use Iris while processing runs or leave it open in the background.
What happens to my photos if I stop using Iris?
Nothing. Your photos were never inside Iris — they stayed in the folders and libraries where you put them, untouched, the whole time. Delete the app and every original is exactly where it has always been. What you'd lose is the work Iris did on top of them: the faces you named, the transcripts, the search index. Never the photos.
Ready when you are.
$29, once. Or try the full app free for 14 days — no account, no card.
Buy Iris — $29 Try free for 14 days
Or get it on the Mac App Store — same app, same price.