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Tips
- Glimt can’t find any videos? Give it access to your photos (Settings › Glimt › Photos). With limited access, Glimt only sees the photos and videos you picked.
- No reminder in the evening? Check that notifications are allowed (Settings › Glimt › Notifications) and that the reminder is on in Glimt’s settings. Glimt only reminds you on days where a second is missing.
- Picking the wrong child? Use a clear photo of the face from the front, in good light, where the face fills much of the picture.
- Want another second? Open the day, tap another video in the row or move the slider, and tap Save.
- A day turned into a gap after you cleaned up Photos? Glimt doesn’t keep copies of your videos, so a deleted video leaves a gap. Open the day to pick another second.
- A film of a whole year takes a little while. Keep Glimt open until it’s done; the film is made on your iPhone.
Questions
Is it a subscription?
No. Glimt costs $1.99, once. There’s no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads and no watermark on your films.
How does Glimt pick the best second?
In each of the day’s videos and Live Photos, Glimt looks at about two frames a second and scores them with Apple’s Vision: how sharp they are, how well a face is caught and, on iOS 18 or later, how good the picture looks overall. Then it keeps the best stretch, not one lucky frame. You can always pick another video or move the second with the slider.
How does it know which child to look for?
Add one clear photo of the child’s face to the project. Glimt compares the faces in each video with that photo, on the iPhone, and prefers the seconds where that child is seen. The photo stays in the app and is never uploaded. It’s optional: without it, Glimt simply picks the best second.
Do Live Photos count?
Yes. A Live Photo holds a short video, and Glimt uses it like any other clip. Videos come first, then Live Photos; screen recordings are left out.
My videos are in iCloud Photos. Does that work?
Yes. If the full video isn’t on the iPhone, Photos fetches it from your own iCloud Photos when Glimt needs it, just as when you play it in Photos. That’s Apple’s service; Glimt itself sends nothing anywhere.
What happens if I delete a video from Photos?
Glimt doesn’t copy your videos; it remembers which video and which second you chose. If you delete the video, that day is skipped in the film and shows as a gap you can fill again. Clips filmed in Glimt stay in the app until you remove them.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Glimt has no account and no server. Picking, filming and making films all happen on your iPhone. Films go to Photos, or wherever you share them, and nowhere else.
Can I keep more than one?
Yes. Make one for each child, or for something else entirely: the garden, a puppy’s first year, your first year in a new home. Each has its own colour, calendar and films.
Which languages does Glimt speak?
English, Danish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Korean. The date on each second follows the app’s language.