Trove is a family photo-sharing service for sending regular updates to relatives by email and creating printed keepsakes. It gathers selected photos, writes and arranges a weekly newsletter, and lets you edit the result before Sunday delivery. Photos can be imported from Apple Photos or Google Photos, then found with natural-language searches. Family tools include milestones, calculated ages, and images from one year earlier. Recipients can read, react, and comment from the email without installing an app or opening an account. Trove offers Android, iOS, and web access. Its free App plan includes unlimited original-resolution photos, unlimited recipients and contributors, and video clips up to three minutes each, with 60 minutes monthly. Paper Edition costs 4.99 USD per month for one mailing address, with extra addresses at 4 USD per month. Photo books start at 29.99 USD once. Trove says users control viewing, can export or delete data, and photos are not used to train AI models.
Who it is for
Trove suits busy parents sharing family updates with relatives, including grandparents who prefer email or mailed editions. It also fits families wanting shared photo search, milestones, and printed books.
What is good
- Free plan with unlimited original-resolution photos
- Weekly newsletters can be edited before sending
- Recipients need no app or account
- Natural-language photo search
- Android, iOS, and web access
What to know first
- No free trial
- Analytics screenshots may include family photos or text
- Paper Edition and photo books cost extra
Verdict
Trove combines automated weekly family newsletters with email-based reactions and optional printed editions. Its free plan covers core photo sharing, while paper mailings and books add separate costs.
Trove plans and pricing
All plansCompared on photo storage services
- Free plan
- Yes
- Original-quality storage
- Yes
- Face search
- Yes
- Family sharing
- Yes
- Video backup
- Yes
