BackThen: Family Album Journal
com.backthen.android
by Back Then Digital Ltd
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Ad slot: Top Leaderboard
About this app
Welcome to BackThen, the safe space to save and share your kids' story. From bump to birthdays & beyond, enjoy every photo, video and milestone organized in a private family journal.
WHY PARENTS LOVE BACKTHEN
✅ Save easily - Auto-organized by child. Saved at full-resolution.
🔐 Share securely - You control who sees what. No ads. No data-sharing. Ever.
☝️ Interact & look back - Add easily forgotten details or pin creative time-leaps.
🔎 Find moments fast - Instant scroll through the years.
🖼 Print your best - Auto-created calendars, montages & more, delivered fast.
❤️ Loved by millions - Trusted with 200+ million memories.
DESIGNED FOR EVERY STAGE
🤰 Pregnancy Journal - Track bump photos, maternity photography & make notes
👶 Newborn Milestones - Document key growth markers & developmental firsts
📸 Infant & Family Photography - Build a lasting story, in your personal digital home
Try it FREE today with 1GB of storage. No risk - your memories are yours forever.
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SAVE EASILY
• Auto-organize baby photos from any mobile or desktop device in seconds
• Save photos of any size, videos of any length, plus unlimited milestones (including height & weight) and stories
• The original quality of your content is preserved in your digital baby memory book - we never compress your images
SORT QUICKLY
• We organize your content chronologically by child in your private family journal
• Each child with their own personal timeline (viewed together or individually)
• Find memories fast with instant scroll
SHARE SECURELY
• Securely share baby photos with family - you choose who to invite and set their permissions
• Family and friends are instantly notified when new memories are added (they can have permission to add too)
• 100% privacy and safety in our secure photo sharing app - no ads and no data-sharing
INTERACT
• Family and friends can comment on and love their favorites
• Add easily forgotten details to any memory with titles, captions and comments
• Pin our creative time-leaps
LOOK BACK
• Fun comparisons match siblings and cousins at the same age on shared timelines
• Auto-created weekly highlights using your everyday photos
PRINT YOUR FAVORITES
• Order print products quickly and conveniently from your favorite photos already in the app
• NEW! Calendars, montages and more are auto-created for you based on the photos you love
• Printed locally at premium facilities and delivered in days, using your original resolution photos (remember, we don't compress) for the best results
Note: prints are available to order for delivery within the UK, US & Canada
LOVED BY MILLIONS
• The app that parents (and grandparents) love for easy grandparent photo sharing
• All family and friends can be included on any device (Android, email, web & other mobile platforms)
• Trusted by millions, connecting families and spreading smiles everyday across 93% of the world
TRY IT NOW FOR FREE
BackThen is made for parents, by parents. From the team behind the original online childhood journal, Lifecake - founded in 2012, we're a private family-oriented company offering:
• 1GB of free storage to try all features before you subscribe
• A simple low-cost monthly VIP subscription £3.99 / $4.99 / €4.49
• There's nothing to lose, all your content returned if you choose to leave
WHY PARENTS LOVE BACKTHEN
✅ Save easily - Auto-organized by child. Saved at full-resolution.
🔐 Share securely - You control who sees what. No ads. No data-sharing. Ever.
☝️ Interact & look back - Add easily forgotten details or pin creative time-leaps.
🔎 Find moments fast - Instant scroll through the years.
🖼 Print your best - Auto-created calendars, montages & more, delivered fast.
❤️ Loved by millions - Trusted with 200+ million memories.
DESIGNED FOR EVERY STAGE
🤰 Pregnancy Journal - Track bump photos, maternity photography & make notes
👶 Newborn Milestones - Document key growth markers & developmental firsts
📸 Infant & Family Photography - Build a lasting story, in your personal digital home
Try it FREE today with 1GB of storage. No risk - your memories are yours forever.
───────────────
SAVE EASILY
• Auto-organize baby photos from any mobile or desktop device in seconds
• Save photos of any size, videos of any length, plus unlimited milestones (including height & weight) and stories
• The original quality of your content is preserved in your digital baby memory book - we never compress your images
SORT QUICKLY
• We organize your content chronologically by child in your private family journal
• Each child with their own personal timeline (viewed together or individually)
• Find memories fast with instant scroll
SHARE SECURELY
• Securely share baby photos with family - you choose who to invite and set their permissions
• Family and friends are instantly notified when new memories are added (they can have permission to add too)
• 100% privacy and safety in our secure photo sharing app - no ads and no data-sharing
INTERACT
• Family and friends can comment on and love their favorites
• Add easily forgotten details to any memory with titles, captions and comments
• Pin our creative time-leaps
LOOK BACK
• Fun comparisons match siblings and cousins at the same age on shared timelines
• Auto-created weekly highlights using your everyday photos
PRINT YOUR FAVORITES
• Order print products quickly and conveniently from your favorite photos already in the app
• NEW! Calendars, montages and more are auto-created for you based on the photos you love
• Printed locally at premium facilities and delivered in days, using your original resolution photos (remember, we don't compress) for the best results
Note: prints are available to order for delivery within the UK, US & Canada
LOVED BY MILLIONS
• The app that parents (and grandparents) love for easy grandparent photo sharing
• All family and friends can be included on any device (Android, email, web & other mobile platforms)
• Trusted by millions, connecting families and spreading smiles everyday across 93% of the world
TRY IT NOW FOR FREE
BackThen is made for parents, by parents. From the team behind the original online childhood journal, Lifecake - founded in 2012, we're a private family-oriented company offering:
• 1GB of free storage to try all features before you subscribe
• A simple low-cost monthly VIP subscription £3.99 / $4.99 / €4.49
• There's nothing to lose, all your content returned if you choose to leave
What's New
This update ensures BackThen compatibility with Android 15.
Spotted a bug or have a bright idea? Drop us a note at [email protected] — we're all ears!
Spotted a bug or have a bright idea? Drop us a note at [email protected] — we're all ears!
App Information
Version Name
1.39.1.0
Version Code
8791
File Size
15.5 MB
Minimum OS
Android 6.0+
Target SDK
Android 33
Developer
Back Then Digital Ltd
Contact
Website
Content Rating
Everyone
Package Name
com.backthen.androidPermissions Required
This app may request the following permissions:
Recent Reviews
Lauren Yannelli
4.0★
We have used this app (life cake) for 4 years. It's a great service for quickly and adding photos that are easy to access for all of our family members. I wish there were better options for making hard copies of the thousands of photos and videos. I'd love an option to make a photo book that fits hundreds of photos, or a CD or thumb drive with all the videos on it. The books available before were so short, only 20 pages.
RP Lieberman
3.0★
Being unable to access BackThen by computer is simply the biggest problem and extremely inconvenient. Receiving an email while on my computer, I am unable to see the photo...what's the point? I must go to my phone to first open the app...it's ridiculous! If you truly want BackThen to succeed going forward, I suggest you take seriously the numerous complaints regarding the inability to access from a computer, and upgrade this service to enable this. If Lifecake could do it, so can BackThen!
Kevin Goodsell
4.0★
A solid experience with minor issues. It does not link to any other social media, and instead sends invites via email, which cannot be rescinded or resent, meaning if they miss the email there's no way for the parent to resend the invite. Desktop access, linking to social media, and partnering with someone like Shutterfly for gifts would be a huge quality of life improvement. But for now, the pricing is fair and the app is slick and private, so it gets the job done.
Simone Rossi
4.0★
I cannot upload files while the app is running in the background, otherwise the uploads fail. When the files are large this means that I need to wait forever on the app without having the chance of using the phone for something else: in this case I also need to be careful not to have the automatic screen lock.
Sylvia E
5.0★
I love this app. I loved lifecake and didn't want to have to pay for more than the limited free storage. I tried out a handful of apps and ultimately came back. I like the like/comment option, the ability to download pictures, the timeline format, and the throwbacks. A lot of other sites sort pics so you have to click on each individual day which is annoying. This app sorts them so its easier to see all pics, and shows you any recent likes and comments.
Diana Reinking
2.0★
App works fine, but no desktop option is a deal breaker. Many relatives prefer to view pictures on their desktop and laptop, so without the ability to view on anything but a mobile device, we won't be using back then for our son's photos. The transition from LifeCake to backthen was disappointing in all accounts, especially this one.
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