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TROVE WEEKLY
The Cooper Family
Weekly Update
The same month, two ways: free by email every week, or mailed on the 1st.
Your photos are all in one place. Your family isn’t.
Don’t make your family install stuff to see your photos.
The shared album
You made it two years ago. Three people have ever opened it.
The group chat
Photos land, get a thumbs up, and scroll away by Tuesday.
The phone call
Where she asks, again, whether you've got any new pictures.
Made for the mantel, not the feed.
A printed edition of your month, folded and posted on the 1st. One address included.
For the grandparent who would rather hold photos and put them on the fridge.
It posts as a self-mailer, so there is no envelope to open — it lands in the mailbox already showing a photograph.
Posted on the 1st
Every month, Trove lays out the month that just ended and puts it in the mail.
No app, no screen
It arrives folded, ready to read. Nobody has to download anything or remember a password.
More than one doorstep
Add more. Both grandmothers, same month.
Set it up in the app. Stop it whenever you like. The app, the weekly email and everything in it stay free.
No app? Make a single edition from your own photos on the web, see the proof, and mail it.
The Cooper Family
Weekly Update
Hi everyone,
Just a quick note to share a few recent smiles from the Cooper crew. The highlight lately has been bike rides around the neighborhood — Lily is getting faster every day! We also had a wonderful visit to the park with Grandma on Saturday. Finn mostly supervised.
One year ago: Lily's first bike ride!
Powered by Trove — Your family's free weekly photo newsletter
How it works
You take the photos. Trove does the sharing.
Add your photos
Upload as you go, or import your whole library from Apple or Google Photos in a couple of taps.
Trove picks the best
Every week it selects the strongest photos, writes the update, and lays out the letter. You can edit anything before it goes.
Sunday: the letter
It lands in their inbox. Nothing to install, no account, no password to lose.
The 1st: the paper
The printed edition of the month just gone, folded and posted. For the relative who isn’t online at all.
What your family has to do
Three ways to get photos to your family, and the only two columns that decide between them.
| What your family has to do | Per year | |
|---|---|---|
| TroveA letter that turns up | Open an email. Or the mailbox. | $0 |
| TinybeansA private album app | Install the app, make an account, remember to look. | $74.99 |
| An iCloud or Google Photos albumWhat most families do now | Open the link you sent them. Then remember to open it again. | $0 |
Tinybeans pricing verified September 2026. We’re not trying to replace your camera roll, by the way — import straight from Apple or Google Photos in a couple of taps. Read the full comparison →
Built for busy parents. Loved by grandparents.
For parents who never get round to sharing
- Upload whenever — the letter goes out on its own
- Smart selection picks the best ones for you
- Every child gets equal coverage
- Search your whole history in plain English
- Import from Apple or Google Photos
For grandparents who just want to see them
- A letter every Sunday — open it and enjoy it
- Nothing to install, no account, no password
- Hearts and comments, straight from the email
- Works on any phone, tablet or computer
- Or get the app if they want it — plenty of grandparents do
- Or no screen at all — it comes in the post
Your family’s whole timeline, private, in one place.
And the app itself
Everything in it. Nothing held back.
No trials, no tiers, no upgrade screen. The app is the whole app.
Search in plain English
"Show me Lily at the park" — and there it is, out of five years of photos.
The Sunday letter
Written, laid out and sent for you. Unlimited recipients, every week.
Unlimited photos
At original resolution. We'll never come back and ask for storage money.
This time last year
Flashbacks surface what you captured exactly a year ago, in the letter and the app.
Milestones and ages
First words, first steps, and everyone's age worked out automatically.
Private by default
Your photos never train AI. Token-authenticated storage. You control every viewer.
Turn memories into a keepsake
Automatically curated photo books, delivered to your door. Softcover or hardcover, from $29.99.
Your first book ships in weeks, not months.
One-off purchase — nothing to subscribe to
We get paid when something’s worth keeping.
Everything Trove does is free and stays free. What we sell are objects — a printed edition of your month, a book of your year. No plans, no limits, and no ads: we don’t sell your attention either.
The app
- Unlimited photos at original resolution
- Unlimited video
- Weekly family letter
- Unlimited newsletter recipients
- Cover photo and colours
- Unlimited kid and adult profiles
- Milestones and automatic ages
- This time last year
- Search your photos in plain English
- Unlimited people who can add photos
Fair use on video, because video costs real money per second: 3 minutes per clip, served up to 1080p, 60 minutes a month. Everything else is uncapped.
The things we make
The Paper Edition
A printed edition of your month, folded and posted on the 1st. One address included. Another for $4 a month.
Photo books
A year of your Trove, laid out and bound. 8.3-inch softcover $29.99, 8.3-inch hardcover $39.99, 11.7-inch hardcover $54.99. Free shipping.
Six in ten get opened.
Ask a family album app what theirs is. Nothing of theirs arrives, so there’s nothing to open.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes, and not as a trial. Unlimited photos at original resolution, unlimited recipients, unlimited contributors, the weekly letter, milestones, flashbacks and search — with no plan to upgrade to and no ads. We make money when a family wants something printed.
What does my family have to do?
Nothing. They get an email every Sunday with photos of your kids. No app, no account, no login. They can react and comment straight from it.
What is the Paper Edition?
A printed edition of your month, folded and posted so it arrives without an envelope to open. Trove lays it out from photos already in your Trove and mails it on the 1st, for $4.99 a month. One address included, another for $4 a month.
Can I bring photos from somewhere else?
Yes — import your library from Apple Photos or Google Photos in a couple of taps. Your camera roll is the real archive; the app you were using before doesn't have to be.
Are there any limits?
Only on video, because video costs us real money per second: 3 minutes per clip, served up to 1080p, 60 minutes a month. That's fair use rather than a plan — there's nothing to buy that lifts it. Photos, recipients, contributors and storage have no ceiling.
Is my data used to train AI?
Never. Your family photos are private. Our AI works only on your own data, to help you search and curate — nothing is shared or used for model training.
What about photo books?
Trove lays one out from the photos you've already uploaded, with free shipping. 8.3-inch softcover $29.99, 8.3-inch hardcover $39.99, 11.7-inch hardcover $54.99 — bought once, nothing to cancel.
Does it work on Android?
Yes, iOS and Android. And since the letter is just email, your family can read it on anything.
Your family is waiting for Sunday
Start your free newsletter in minutes. Upload photos, add your family's email addresses, and Trove does the rest — with paper in the post whenever you want it.
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