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Documentation & User Guide

Welcome to the Relive User Guide. Learn how to transform your daily snapshots into gorgeous retro polaroid memories, manage space, and understand how we secure your data.

📸 1. Getting Started

Relive turns your photo library into an interactive retro photo album. Here is how the basic flow works:

Creating Your First Memory

  1. Open the app and navigate to the Memories tab.
  2. Tap the Add/Import icon.
  3. Select photos from your device's library. Relive automatically parses metadata such as generation date and GPS coordinates.
  4. Your photos are instantly rendered as beautiful physical polaroids.

Adding Personal Notes & Voice Recording

Every polaroid is interactive. Simply tap on any polaroid card to flip it over. On the back, you can:

  • Type a text description or write down thoughts.
  • Tap the microphone icon to record a voice note (up to 3 minutes). This is perfect for preserving ambient sound or your spoken memories.

🔒 2. Permissions & Privacy

Privacy is our primary core value. Relive operates with zero cloud servers. Everything is processed directly on your device.

How We Use Permissions:
  • Photo Library Access: Used solely to display your images within the app and convert them to memories. We do not upload your photos anywhere.
  • Location Services (GPS): Used to read metadata coordinates of selected photos. This helps group memories into local "Trips" and show them on interactive maps.
  • Microphone Access: Used exclusively when you choose to record a voice memo on the back of a memory.
  • Tracking Permission (ATT): Used in the free version to request AdMob for personalized ads. If denied, generic ads will display instead.

🧹 3. Smart Cleanup

Too many duplicates cluttering your device? The Smart Cleanup manager helps you reclaim valuable disk storage.

How it works:

  • The app automatically analyzes local photos taken within the same timeframe (proximity scanning).
  • It groups similar shots together so you can review them.
  • Swipe right to keep the best shot, or swipe left to discard the duplicates.
  • Discarded photos are securely deleted from your local device gallery after system confirmation.

⚙️ 4. Troubleshooting

If you experience any issues, please review these common situations:

My photos are not showing up inside the app

This is usually caused by restricted photo library permissions. To fix this:

  1. Open your iPhone Settings app.
  2. Scroll down and select Relive.
  3. Tap Photos and select All Photos instead of "Selected Photos".

I don't receive notification summaries or reminders

Ensure that push notifications are enabled both in the app preferences and system settings:

  • Go to Relive Profile → Notification Preferences and configure your settings.
  • Check iPhone Settings → Relive → Notifications and toggle "Allow Notifications" to enabled.

🏆 5. Subscription & Restore

Relive Premium unlocks detailed location calendars, advanced map statistics, unlimited storage cleanup, and removes all advertisement banners.

Auto-Renewal & Billing

Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of the selected billing period (Monthly/Yearly) unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the renewal date. Payments are billed directly to your Apple App Store account.

Restoring Purchases

If you reinstall the app, restore your phone, or switch to a new iOS device, you can easily restore your active subscription:

  1. Go to the Profile tab and tap Upgrade to Premium.
  2. Scroll to the footer and tap Restore Purchases.
  3. Our integration will securely contact the App Store to reactivate your subscription status immediately.

📬 6. Contact & Support

If you need help, have feedback, or want to report an issue, we are here for you.

Get in Touch

Before Contacting Support

Please check the Troubleshooting section above, as it covers the most common issues. If your problem persists, please include the following in your email:

  • Your device model and iOS version
  • A brief description of the issue
  • Steps to reproduce the problem (if applicable)
  • A screenshot or screen recording (if possible)