Full-text search across media
Search across text found in images, words spoken in videos, object labels, person names, places, and camera metadata from a single library index.
Memoria
Memoria is a mobile app for searching photos and videos by text, speech, faces, objects, and metadata on device—without cloud uploads.
Overview
Memoria is a mobile photo and video search app for finding specific moments inside a personal library. It indexes text, speech, faces, objects, and metadata on the device so you can search for what appears in a photo or what was said in a video without uploading your library to a cloud service.
The product is built around local processing: OCR, transcription, face clustering, and object recognition all run on the phone. That makes it suited to people who keep lecture slides, whiteboards, screenshots, receipts, memes, or recorded meetings in the same photo library and need a faster way to retrieve them later.
Features
Search suggestions from your library
Memoria suggests search terms based on vocabulary from your own library rather than a remote dictionary, which helps when you are not sure what to type.
Search filters for library management
You can narrow results by media type and indexing status, including photos, videos, not-indexed-yet, needs-reindex, and no-text-found.
OCR for photos and video frames
Photos are read with the device's native OCR engines, and video frames are sampled so text in slides, captions, and screen recordings can be indexed too.
On-device speech transcription
Speech transcription runs on device with Whisper in 99+ languages, with an Apple Speech option available when you want a lighter setup.
Local recognition and metadata search
Faces are detected and grouped locally, objects are recognized on device, and location metadata can be turned into searchable place names without sharing your photos or location.
Use cases
Find text inside photos and screenshots
Search for a phrase seen on a whiteboard, slide deck, screenshot, receipt, or meme when you remember the wording but not the file location.
Retrieve moments from recorded audio and video
Index recorded lectures, meetings, or voice notes and search for a spoken term or topic later using the transcription index.
Locate photos by face
Group and search by people in a personal library when you want all photos of one person without manually creating albums.
Search by objects and place names
Use object labels and metadata to find images of a bicycle, a document, or a location such as a beach or Berlin.
Maintain a growing library on device
Keep large libraries usable on a phone by running indexing in the background, pausing on low battery, and optionally limiting it to charging only.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- All processing happens on device, which keeps photos and videos in the user's library.
- Search covers more than simple image matching: text in photos, spoken words in videos, faces, objects, place names, and camera metadata.
- The app offers practical controls such as filters, quality presets, and a battery-aware indexing mode.
- A database export option lets users keep a local backup or move an index to a new device.
- No account is required, and the app can work offline after setup.
Cons
- No device sync is available yet; each phone or tablet indexes independently.
- The free tier is limited to 250 media items.
- Indexing very large libraries or videos with transcription can take time, especially on the first pass.
FAQ
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Memoria processes photos and videos on your device. The only outgoing network request mentioned is the optional download of a Whisper transcription model.
Do I need an account to use Memoria?
No account is required. Memoria says there is nothing to sign up to or log into.
Does Memoria work offline?
Yes. Memoria can run offline after installation. Network access is not needed for normal use, aside from the optional Whisper model download.
What does the free tier cover?
The free tier lets you index up to 250 media items. Memoria Plus is a one-time purchase handled by Apple or Google.
Can I move my index to another device?
Yes. You can export the local database from Settings → Advanced and import it on a new device to skip reindexing. Memoria currently indexes each device independently, so there is no sync yet.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Photo search
- Platform
- iOS, Android
- Source domain
- memoria.anasouh.fr
- Processing model
- On-device
- Pricing model
- Free tier plus one-time Memoria Plus purchase
- Primary workflow
- Index a personal photo/video library and search it by text, speech, faces, objects, and metadata
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