Updated Review
Update as of 2026
They have made some major updates and things are so much better. I am so glad I stuck it out, because this really is the best app. Now that I don’t have uploading issues, I have no complaints. Since they worked on the changes, they even reached out to me checking in because I had sent so many emails about the struggles to support. I appreciated that. It’s much easier to upload photos. There’s now a status bar that shows how many have been uploaded. There are better features like making a photo just private to you and your other account owner. There are some newer features I haven’t tried out yet, but will be cool. These updates also make me feel better about the cost. Now I can confidently say, if you want a safe place to share photos with family and close friends, look no further- this is it!
I’m so sad because honestly, this should be the best photo sharing app out there but there are just too many problems with it. I swear every 6 months I have a huge issue that I have to email support about. They say we’re working on it, which they are and they do eventually fix most of it, but it’s so frustrating. There shouldn’t be issues uploading, that’s what this whole app is for. I spend a lot of time writing captions and uploading photos and too often it just stops and everything I did for that day is lost. We are tired parents, we don’t need to add difficult things to our lives. Not even to mention the outrageous cost. If I wasn’t already so invested I would run far, far away from this app. I can’t say I will continue to pay the fee, it’s way too expensive and then on top of that to have problems so often is just not worth it. I’m sad to say it, but keep looking. This is not the app you want.
They have made some major updates and things are so much better. I am so glad I stuck it out, because this really is the best app. Now that I don’t have uploading issues, I have no complaints. Since they worked on the changes, they even reached out to me checking in because I had sent so many emails about the struggles to support. I appreciated that. It’s much easier to upload photos. There’s now a status bar that shows how many have been uploaded. There are better features like making a photo just private to you and your other account owner. There are some newer features I haven’t tried out yet, but will be cool. These updates also make me feel better about the cost. Now I can confidently say, if you want a safe place to share photos with family and close friends, look no further- this is it!
I’m so sad because honestly, this should be the best photo sharing app out there but there are just too many problems with it. I swear every 6 months I have a huge issue that I have to email support about. They say we’re working on it, which they are and they do eventually fix most of it, but it’s so frustrating. There shouldn’t be issues uploading, that’s what this whole app is for. I spend a lot of time writing captions and uploading photos and too often it just stops and everything I did for that day is lost. We are tired parents, we don’t need to add difficult things to our lives. Not even to mention the outrageous cost. If I wasn’t already so invested I would run far, far away from this app. I can’t say I will continue to pay the fee, it’s way too expensive and then on top of that to have problems so often is just not worth it. I’m sad to say it, but keep looking. This is not the app you want.
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Expensive and glitchy, horrible app, greedy!!!!
They want $75 a year when it used to be free. I HATE them with a passion. Everything that used to be great SUCKS now and this is one of those things. I would never pay for this because the app doesn’t work half the time anyway. It crashes when you’re loading a bunch of photos at once and it’s a huge waste of time.
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6 years & 3 Babies Later
I truly love this app. We’re a military family and have moved every 2 years, including an overseas move. Staying connected to family is the most important thing for me and this app helps that tremendously! I also love having the memories pop up. The only thing is that for close to a year it has been glitching and no longer lets me select which child is in the photos I select to upload. So I haven’t had that feature and no matter how many times I’ve uninstalled and installed it again it won’t work. Overall love the app but would love for that to be fixed!
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Great Alternative to fb
TB allows you to keep your inner family and friends up to date on your baby's progress. Especially great for newborns.
Not sure why many of the tracking is linked to me AND not linked to me?
Not sure why many of the tracking is linked to me AND not linked to me?
Safe place to store memories
Tinybeans has, without exaggeration, changed our family for the better. We’re able to look back on 9+ years of wonderful memories and pictures. The app is user-friendly and secure, so I feel safe sharing my children’s photos and videos with loved ones. Thank you, Tinybeans. 💜
iPad App is Unusable with Keyboards
Hello! Just checking in to see when landscape mode may be available on the TB iPad app. I would really like to use my iPad Pro keyboard. Thanks!
Still waiting on landscape mode on iPad, and it would be nice to be able to scroll faster when adding photos many months in the past.
Still waiting on landscape mode on iPad, and it would be nice to be able to scroll faster when adding photos many months in the past.
iPad App is Unusable with Keyboards
Hello! Just checking in to see when landscape mode may be available on the TB iPad app. I would really like to use my iPad Pro keyboard. Thanks!
Still waiting on landscape mode on iPad, and it would be nice to be able to scroll faster when adding photos many months in the past.
Still waiting on landscape mode on iPad, and it would be nice to be able to scroll faster when adding photos many months in the past.
Glorified safari skin
It’s no secret most apps are basically modded browsers. TinyBeans implementation is about as lazily average as you can get. Like when you click on support it brings you to their site support pages, but then you aren’t logged in and so the authentication loop begins. Also, if tinybeans is emailing my family and friends every week with images of my kids referenced from their server, it ain’t secure - anyone can see the photos. Finally - and this was the big one for me - when the March 25 newsletter’s lead article is “An Astro Compatibility Chart for Kids & Parents” and they didn’t respond to my repeated inquiries asking if this was an early April fools joke, despite claims that they are a customer responsive company. tinybeans doesn’t deserve my money.
EDIT: three years since I requested and received confirmation that my account and data were deleted, there are still pictures of my kid available on their site.
EDIT: three years since I requested and received confirmation that my account and data were deleted, there are still pictures of my kid available on their site.
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No longer free
No notice to my email or on the app it would no longer be free. Log in today and have to pay. So disappointed.
Edit: My MIL paid for a year and repaid when it was up a few months ago and there must have been an upgrade and bumped me down to the free plan out of nowhere when we paid for the year plan. Can I rate below 1 star?
Update -1000 stars as I went to find a specific memory that I downloaded here as my main storage app years ago when my kids were babies and you now have to pay to see your old memories you downloaded when it was free and when my MIL paid for a few years. Insane. I need to pa to get my previous memories back. 🤬😡
Edit: My MIL paid for a year and repaid when it was up a few months ago and there must have been an upgrade and bumped me down to the free plan out of nowhere when we paid for the year plan. Can I rate below 1 star?
Update -1000 stars as I went to find a specific memory that I downloaded here as my main storage app years ago when my kids were babies and you now have to pay to see your old memories you downloaded when it was free and when my MIL paid for a few years. Insane. I need to pa to get my previous memories back. 🤬😡
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Incredibly ANNOYING!
Constant nagging to “add to my Tinybeans” drives me insane! I DON’T HAVE A TINYBEANS OF MY OWN! I just use it to follow others’ kids who live far away!
Love this app
I think this app is the best one I’ve found so far for what it does
10+ years of memories
I’ve been using this app for 10 years. It’s been a great way to keep my kids off social media while still sharing with close family. I love how easy it is to find memories! It’s even been helpful at doctors visits when I ended up in the hospital with one of my kids and was able to document the day to day to report later to my doctors!
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Premium without upgrade
I’ve paid for premium. Never got benefits. FAQ include this problem which put me off. Why would that be a FAQ? I followed instructions to fix. Not fixed. I don’t like when my lack of time costs me money. I have to find the time now to contact. I feel that I should be refunded for poor app function or whatever it is. I believe my daughter has had the features but I have not. Definitely not self explanatory. Difficult to figure out and troubleshoot. I don’t recommend
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No support
I paid for a subscription but the app is limiting my posts. I’ve reached out to their “support” twice and received no help.
Great app. Too many adds
We pay annually for this app and we love it. It’s perfect for sharing your kids with your family and friends without posting the online. My
Family members love getting daily emails with the kids photos and I love the archive of photos and memories. I love seeing flashbacks and remembering cute photos/moments I have forgotten about. 4stars because we pay a good amount annually and the new rearrangement of the app focuses of ads and the store and less on your photos and interacting with family comments. It seems like every year the app moves a bit further away from its original intention.
Family members love getting daily emails with the kids photos and I love the archive of photos and memories. I love seeing flashbacks and remembering cute photos/moments I have forgotten about. 4stars because we pay a good amount annually and the new rearrangement of the app focuses of ads and the store and less on your photos and interacting with family comments. It seems like every year the app moves a bit further away from its original intention.
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Fine for Apple users but TERRIBLE for android phone owners
Works pretty well on Apple phone but it’s got too many bugs for android phones! Can TinyBeans please fix this?
THIS IS A SCAM
We've been using Tiny Beans for a few years. It is a service that allows us to upload photos of our kids, and it then organizes them by date. It also allows us to share photos with our extended family like a private social media page. We have honestly loved it though it is really just a private facebook page at best. We've had a premium membership for a year or two which was $40 per year. However, they just announced a price hike to $75 per year. Not wanting to pay the higher price, my wife and I decided to cancel. THIS IS WHERE THE FRUSTRATION STARTS. The cancellation page is easy to find, however, when you hit cancel subscription, there is a pop up offer for a discount to get you to stay. The options are "Send me the offer!" or "Cancel Subscription". Neither button works. Frustrated, I look for payment options to try and delete my credit card from the account. No visibility for the card on the account. Even payment history just has XXXX instead of the card number. There isn't even an option to swap to a new card. So I look for a phone number on the page to call. No phone number. No readily available email, though I did eventually dig one up. Our renewal date is in a week, and I have no recourse to stop the payment other than cancelling my credit card. Do not subscribe to Tinybeans! If you do, do it through the Apple App Store or Google Play so that cancellation is streamlined. It was a great service that we have recommended to friends in the past, but now it seems like a scam site. I believe they came under new ownership during the time that we have had them. Stay away!
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Photos take time to load
As you’re trying to flick through photos each takes a few seconds to load which makes it quite laborious
Fun Memories
‘‘Twas the night…
Can’t Share??
Been using tiny and for years and we love it for keeping memories of kids. But I can’t share memories anymore. When I click on share, a window pops up but it’s blank and I can’t go any further.
