Time Travel by Photomyne
What is Time Travel by Photomyne?
Turns a photo of you into a portrait styled for a chosen year from 1850 to 2026, keeping your face, pose and framing.
Time Travel is an iOS photo app by Photomyne that restyles a photo to match a year between 1850 and 2026 chosen on a slider. The AI keeps the people's identity, expression, pose and composition while changing era-dependent details such as hair, clothing, lighting, color, film grain and background. Users can adjust the intensity, choose which elements may change, and compare the original with the result.
Pricing. Time Travel by Photomyne is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Seeing how a family portrait might look in a past decade
- Creating period-styled portraits for a themed event or project
- Comparing an original photo with an era-styled version side by side
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Why this app is in C tier
C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Time Travel by Photomyne scores 60 out of 100: rating 95, rating count 64, App Store search rank 0, update recency 83. The four parts are averaged and C tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Time Travel reimagines your photos as authentic portraits from any year between 1850 and 2026. Pick a year on the slider, tap Create Photo, and watch your face stay yours while the era-dependent details around you - hair, clothing, lighting, color, film grain, and background style - shift to match the time period.
WHAT MAKES IT FEEL REAL
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- Identity preserved. Your face shape, expression, age, gaze and pose stay yours. The AI changes only the historically dependent details around you.
- Per-decade authenticity. Each decade has its own profile - 1920s flapper styling, 1950s studio look, 1970s warm film tones, 1990s photo-lab color, all rendered to feel period-correct rather than filter-on-modern.
- Composition stays intact. Same framing, same camera angle, same number of people. Group photos remain group photos.
THINGS YOU CAN PLAY WITH
- Intensity control - Subtle, Balanced, or Significant transformation.
- Adapt toggles - pick exactly what's allowed to change: hair, clothing, accessories, makeup, background, lighting and film look.
- Focused edits - refine hair, outfit, background, or accessories without starting over.
- Force color output - render eras that were typically black-and-white in believable period color.
- Animal companion - drop a realistic dog, cat, goat or random animal into the scene as a believable companion.
- Scene location - move the same people to a beach, farm, mountain trail, or a random location, while keeping their identity and pose.
BUILT FOR PORTRAITS
- Before / after slider to compare the original and the time-traveled version side by side.
- History of every result you generate, with year, generation time and quick re-share.
- Save to Photos or share to Messages, Mail and anywhere else iOS shares.
- Three visual themes - Clean Studio, Pastel Archive, and Soft Gallery.
PHOTO CREDITS
Every new account starts with 1,000 free Photo Credits. Regular generations use 100 Photo Credits, while High Quality generations use 240 Photo Credits and keep more detail. The Basic Pack adds 5,000 Photo Credits and unlocks High Quality generation. Payment is handled securely by Apple, and Photo Credits are used only when a photo is successfully created.
PRIVACY & AI
Time Travel is brought to you by Photomyne. Photos are uploaded only to perform the transformation, processed using OpenAI's image generation technology, and are never sold or shared with advertisers. Generated images are saved in the app's History so you can re-open or share them later. The first time you create a photo, you'll be asked to give explicit consent for AI processing.
Read more in Photomyne's Privacy Policy, Notice at Collection, and AI Tools Policy at photomyne.com.
REQUIREMENTS
- iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later.
- Internet connection during generation.
Time Travel is a creative tool. Generated images are AI-stylized interpretations and may not be historically accurate.
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Questions about Time Travel by Photomyne
Does the app keep the people in the photo recognizable?
The listing says identity is preserved: face shape, expression, age, gaze and pose stay the same, and the AI changes only historically dependent details around the people.
How many Photo Credits does a generation use?
Regular generations use 100 Photo Credits and High Quality generations use 240 Photo Credits. Credits are used only when a photo is successfully created.
Will my photos be shared or sold?
The listing says photos are uploaded only to perform the transformation, processed using OpenAI's image generation technology, and never sold or shared with advertisers. An explicit consent prompt appears before the first creation.
Is Time Travel by Photomyne free?
Time Travel by Photomyne is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Time Travel by Photomyne right for me?
Time Travel by Photomyne is built for seeing how a family portrait might look in a past decade, creating period-styled portraits for a themed event or project, comparing an original photo with an era-styled version side by side. It sits in the time travel photos list on AppTierList.
Is Time Travel by Photomyne worth it?
Time Travel by Photomyne is C tier, ranked #4 of 8 time travel photo apps with a score of 60 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 229 ratings. 3 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Time Travel by Photomyne compare to Timeloom?
Time Travel by Photomyne is C tier at 60; Timeloom is C tier at 61. Timeloom ranks higher. Time Travel by Photomyne is free to download, with in-app purchases, Timeloom is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Time Travel by Photomyne updated?
Time Travel by Photomyne was last updated on 2026-06-03, 164 days ago.
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All the facts
Ranking
- Lists
- Time Travel Photos (C tier, #4) · AI Image Generation (#124, beyond the tiered top)
- Tier
- C (Situational)
- Score
- 60 / 100
- Rank in list
- #4 of 8
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 229
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Photo & Video
- Current version
- (164 days ago)
- Size
- 7 MB
- Requires
- iOS 17.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking