Watch them grow up in 30 seconds.
Add photos of one person from any years. Your browser finds the face, lines up the eyes, sorts the photos by date and morphs each one into the next, with music. Nothing is uploaded.
- Runs on your device
- No upload, no account
- Free MP4 for Reels, TikTok, Shorts
Add photos of one person, from any years
Baby photos to last week, in any order. 5 to 400 photos work best.
Your photos stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded, and there's no account.
Your photos, oldest first
Faces are lined up by the eyes. Tap a photo to pick a different face, fix its date or leave it out.
Getting ready…
Your reel is ready.
The video was made on this device and only exists here until you save or share it.
How it works
Add photos of one person
Baby photos, school photos, last week's selfie. Any order, any size. The date comes from each photo's camera data or its file name, and you can fix any that are wrong.
Check the lineup
Every face is lined up by the eyes. In group photos the biggest face is picked first; tap a photo to choose someone else, or tap the eyes yourself if no face was found.
Make the reel
Pick captions (age, year or date), music and a shape. The video is made on your device in about a minute and saved as an MP4 you can post anywhere.
What makes a reel people watch to the end
- One clear face per year or so. Fifteen to forty photos is the sweet spot for a 20 to 30 second reel. More works too: the speed adjusts.
- Faces looking roughly at the camera. Side profiles line up badly. Leave them out with one tap.
- Real dates. Scanned prints carry the scan date, not the day they were taken. Open each scan and set the year; the reel orders itself.
- An age caption. Add the birthday and every photo is labelled with the age, which is what makes these reels land.
- A finish. The last photo holds a little longer, so the reel ends on today's face.
Ideas
- An 18th birthday or graduation: birth to now, with ages.
- A holiday gift for grandparents: their grandchild's whole life so far, or their own, from old prints.
- A wedding or anniversary: each partner from childhood to the day you met.
- A memorial: a life in photographs, made at home and kept private.
- A daily selfie timelapse or a baby's first year, month by month.
Questions
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The page loads its code and the face model from this site, then everything runs in your browser tab: reading the photos, finding faces, rendering and encoding the video. The page's security policy only lets it talk to this site, and the code is open source so anyone can check.
Does it recognize who is in my photos?
No. It only finds where faces are and where the eyes, nose and mouth sit, so it can line them up and morph between them. It never compares faces or works out who anyone is. If a photo has several people, you choose the face.
Which photos work best?
Photos where the face is clear and turned mostly towards the camera. Old prints work well once they're scanned or photographed flat. Very dark, blurry or sideways faces may not be found; you can place the eyes by hand or leave those photos out.
Why is a photo in the wrong place?
The order comes from each photo's date. Phone photos carry the date they were taken, but scans, screenshots and photos saved from messaging apps often carry the date they were copied. Tap the photo and set the right date.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, on recent iPhones and Android phones in Safari, Chrome, Firefox or Edge. On a phone, 720p is faster. Long reels with hundreds of photos are quicker on a laptop.
Can I use the music on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube?
The built-in tracks are generated on your device by this site's own code, so there's no recording or song from anyone else in them. If you choose your own song instead, the usual rules of each platform apply to it.
Is it really free? What's the catch?
It's free, with no account and no limit on reels. Videos carry a small "made with Grow-Up Reel" mark, and you can choose to add a short end card. That's how other people find the tool.
Should I post photos of my children?
That's your call, and many people share reels privately instead: in a family group chat, or saved to a shared album. The tool keeps nothing, so a reel only exists where you put it.
Guides
- Baby's first year video, month by monthChoose a photo for every month, caption each one with the baby's age in months, and handle the hard cases: tiny newborn faces, a parent in the shot and wrong dates.
- How to shoot a daily selfie that lines up in a face timelapseCamera height, distance, light and the mirror setting decide whether a photo-a-day timelapse looks smooth or jittery. A setup you can repeat every day in ten seconds.
- How to gather every photo of one person in Google PhotosFind one person's photos with Google Photos search and face groups, select a range at once on the web, and download them with their dates for a grow-up reel.
- How to gather every photo of one person on iPhone or MacUse the People collection in Apple Photos to find every photo of one person, put the best ones in an album, and pick them for a grow-up reel without losing their dates.
- A grow-up reel as a holiday gift for grandparentsGive grandparents a short video of a grandchild's whole life so far, or of their own life from old prints. How to collect the photos, which settings to use and how to give it.
- How to make a grow-up video from your photos, step by stepCollect photos of one person, line up their faces, add ages and music, and export an MP4 for Reels, TikTok or the family chat. Free and private, in your browser.