# Ambient Album — Digital Photo Frame

> Digital Photo Frame (iPhone/iPad app by Derek Klein.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ambient-album/id6778562156 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Derek Klein](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896470126)
- Category: Photo & Video, Weather
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ambient-album/id6778562156/reviews.md

## What is Ambient Album?

Bring old devices back to life instead of leaving them in a drawer!

Ambient Album turns your iPhone or iPad into a clean, customizable digital picture frame for your home, desk, kitchen, bedside table, or office.

Ambient Album is specifically designed for older iPhones and iPads that still have a great screen but no longer serve as your everyday device.

Choose photos from your Apple Photos or Immich Server libraries, select specific albums, or show all photos. Then set your device on a stand and enjoy a fullscreen slideshow designed to feel calm, personal, and always present.

Features include:

• Fullscreen photo slideshow
• Select all photos or specific albums
• Newest first, oldest first, or random photo order
• Adjustable slide duration
• Ken Burns, dissolve, and fade-to-black transitions
• Crop, letterbox, or blurred background display modes
• Side-by-side portrait photos on landscape displays
• Optional clock, date, weather*, and device location overlays
• Optional photo metadata including file name, album, and photo location
• Custom overlay position, size, and bold text options
• Disable iOS auto-lock for continuous display
• Auto-dim support with adjustable delay and brightness
• Motion-based wake from dimmed display
• Overlay drift to help reduce OLED burn-in risk

Ambient Album is built for the simple joy of seeing your memories more often. Set it up once, place your device where you will see it, and let your photos become part of the room.

Minimum Supported Devices (iOS/iPadOS 15 required):
• iPhone 6s (2015)
• iPad 5th Generation (2017)
• iPad Air 2 (2014)
• iPad Pro 9.7-inch (2016)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st Generation - 2015

*Local weather information provided by Open Weather Map API.

Privacy Policy: https://ambientalbum.nerdypup.com/privacy.html
Open Weather Map Privacy Policy: https://openweather.co.uk/privacy-policy
Immich Privacy Policy: https://immich.app/privacy-policy
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-08-03

Ambient Album 2.0 adds Immich support alongside Apple Photos. Connect to an Immich server with an API key, choose Immich albums or All Immich Images, and include those photos in the Ambient Album slideshow with familiar metadata and display options.

New in this update:
- Immich photo source support alongside Apple Photos
- Immich sign-in from Settings with server URL and API key
- Secure Immich API-key storage
- Immich album picker with album thumbnails and photo counts
- All Immich Images selection
- Capture Date metadata overlay for Apple Photos and Immich photos
- Side-by-side metadata for paired slideshow photos

Fixes in this update:
- Improved empty Apple Photos album preview handling by trying multiple recent image assets.
- Improved Apple Photos album counts and thumbnails by filtering album previews to image assets.
- Fixed random slideshow ordering so Random reshuffles the loaded photo list.
- Improved Immich loading performance for large albums and All Immich Images.
- Improved Immich image counts by using asset statistics when available.
- Improved Immich loading cancellation so stale album, image, and photo-load tasks do not update the slideshow after settings change.
- Improved slideshow loading feedback when progress is known but total count is still unavailable.
- Fixed side-by-side metadata so the right pane tracks and updates the right-side photo.
- Fixed delayed screen dimming so stale brightness updates are ignored if the display state changes.
- Improved mixed-source selection handling so Apple Photos and Immich choices do not unintentionally replace each other except for each source's All option.

### 1.5 — 2026-07-14

New in this update:

• Added support for iOS & iPadOS 15 devices
• If displayed photo is in more than one selected album, both album names are displayed on photo metadata

Fixed in this update:
• Corrected Album name displaying when Smart Albums or All Photos is selected.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-10

No release notes.

## More apps by Derek Klein

- [WatchAmp for Plex & Jellyfin](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/watchamp-for-plex-and-jellyfin/id6761737569)
- [Media Estimator Lite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/media-estimator-lite/id6785662273)

All apps by Derek Klein: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896470126

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