You scanned decades of family photos, and now every app thinks 1988 happened last Tuesday. PhotoDate fixes the dates on thousands of photos at once, right in your browser. Nothing uploads. Ever.
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Everything happens in your browser, on your machine. Disconnect from the internet and it still works.
Open a folder of scans, or your Google Takeout export. PhotoDate reads the files locally and lays them out on a timeline so you can see exactly what's mis-dated.
Select a whole box of scans and tell it "summer 1988." Shift a group by years. For Takeout exports, it merges Google's JSON metadata back into your photos automatically.
Download your photos with the correct dates written into the files themselves, so they sort properly in Google Photos, Apple Photos, or any app, forever. Originals stay untouched.
PhotoDate is in early access. The first version handles JPEG photos; video files and RAW formats come later, and we'll say clearly what works before you touch a single photo. Early access is free. When the full version launches it will be a one-time purchase, never a subscription, and early users will be treated generously.
Tell us about your photo situation and we'll email you the moment it's ready.
Really. All reading and writing happens inside your browser on your machine. You can load the page, disconnect from the internet, and process your entire library offline. That's the proof.
No. PhotoDate writes corrected copies to a folder you choose. Your originals are never modified, so there is nothing to undo and nothing to lose.
Early access is free. The full version will be a one-time purchase, never a subscription. Early access users will get it at a serious discount or free; we'll be generous with the people who helped us start.
First version: JPEG photos, which covers most scans and phone photos, plus Google Takeout's JSON metadata sidecar files. Video and RAW support are planned after launch, and we'll always tell you upfront what's supported.
Because the file's "date taken" is the moment the scanner created the file, not when the photo was shot. Photo apps sort by that embedded date, so your 1988 lake trip files under last month. Our guide explains it fully: fixing scanned photo dates.
No, Google Photos only supports editing one photo's date at a time on the website. To change dates on hundreds or thousands of photos at once, the dates need fixing in the files themselves before uploading, which is what PhotoDate is built for. More detail: why Google Photos can't bulk edit dates.
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