The journey’s over.
The glow isn’t.
The part nobody expects: it doesn't ask you to write anything. It asks you questions.
Your photos become a globe you can fly through and a printed hardcover book. Free to build — books from €39.
Free to try · nothing to install
Or drop up to 10 photos here.
The photos stay on your device. Their places and dates are read right here, in this tab, and the photos themselves land on the globe.
Your photos never forgot
Most phone photos quietly record where they were taken, and when. Afterglow reads that — nothing to type, nothing to track.
The route rebuilds itself
Flights curve over the ocean; trains and buses follow the real roads. Wrong guess? One click puts it right.
Country to country, like it happened
A tour flies your route stop by stop, in the order you travelled it.
Then it becomes a book.
Rebuild your journey- 01
Your photos never forgot
Most phone photos quietly record where they were taken, and when. Afterglow reads that — nothing to type, nothing to track.
- 02
The route rebuilds itself
Flights curve over the ocean; trains and buses follow the real roads. Wrong guess? One click puts it right.
- 03
Country to country, like it happened
A tour flies your route stop by stop, in the order you travelled it.
Flip through a real one.
SAMPLE BOOK · YOUR TRIP WRITES ITS OWNPage 1 of 6 - the cover
Three steps, start to glow.
Drop in your photos
Straight from your phone or your computer — even iPhone HEIC. Afterglow reads the time and place your camera saved. No location on your photos? Name each day's place once and Afterglow does the rest.
The journey rebuilds itself
Stops, dates, and how you travelled between them, worked out automatically. Fix anything with one click.
Relive it. Then print it.
A globe tour of your trip — and a book with your route running through every page.
It asks about each stop. You answer.
The book is written from your answers, in your words, with the ums taken out.
- Afterglow
Granada. What stands out from your time there?
- Traveller
OK so, um, the Alhambra, obviously, but, uh, not the way you'd think. We had the eight thirty slot, eight thirty in the morning, and, um, I'd forgotten the passports, like, the actual passports, you need them for the Nasrid palaces, so I ran back down the hill, uh, all the way down to the hotel in the Albaicín and back up, and we made it with, like, four minutes to spare. I was drenched. Um. And then inside it was just, uh, it was quiet, you know, really quiet, and the tiles, the tiles were, I don't know, I just kept taking pictures of the ceilings.
- Afterglow
And the evening?
- Traveller
Uh, the evening we, we went up to the Mirador de San Nicolás, the one everyone goes to, and, um, there was a guy with a guitar and, like, a hundred people, and the Alhambra went sort of pink and then orange. We ate, um, we ate tapas at Bodegas Castañeda after, the free ones you get with a drink, and I think we had, like, six drinks each so, yeah.
Granada
The Alhambra, obviously, but not the way you'd think. We had the eight thirty slot. I'd forgotten the passports, the actual passports, you need them for the Nasrid palaces, so I ran back down the hill, all the way down to the hotel in the Albaicín and back up, and we made it with four minutes to spare. I was drenched. Inside it was quiet, really quiet, and the tiles were, I don't know, I just kept taking pictures of the ceilings.
We went up to the Mirador de San Nicolás, the one everyone goes to, and there was a guy with a guitar and a hundred people, and the Alhambra went sort of pink and then orange. We ate tapas at Bodegas Castañeda after, the free ones you get with a drink, and I think we had six drinks each.
Isn't this Polarsteps?
Polarsteps is brilliant if you started it before you left. Afterglow starts after you got home.
- Track the trip you're on, live
- Needs the app running while you travel
- Past trips are mostly rebuilt by hand
- Built to share the journey as it happens
- Rebuilds trips that already happened — in minutes
- Works from the photos you already have
- It asks you questions; you don't face a blank page.
- A printable book with the route on every page
Already on Polarsteps? Bring your trips across in one go — your stops, dates and journals arrive already written.
Polarsteps is a trademark of its owner. Afterglow is not affiliated with Polarsteps.
Before you start
My photos have no location. Does it still work?
Yes. Photos without location still work: that includes shots from proper cameras and anything saved from Facebook or WhatsApp, and Afterglow simply groups them by day and asks you to name the place once per day.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
It depends on whether you're signed in. Signed out, your photo files stay on your device. Only their coordinates, timestamps and file names are sent to build your route, and nothing else is uploaded unless you choose to share a trip, which uploads screen-quality copies to power the link. Signed in, your trips back up privately to your cloud diary, and original-quality copies are kept only for trips you choose to archive.
How long does it take?
Rebuilding a trip from your photos takes minutes. A printed book is made to order: printing takes 4 to 6 working days, then delivery takes 2 to 7 working days within Western Europe and up to two weeks further afield.
What does the printed book cost, and where does it ship?
Printed books start from €39. The price is by page count, so a longer book costs more, and the exact price for your book appears before you order. We ship worldwide; shipping is added at checkout and depends on where the book is going and how heavy it is.
Can I change what it writes?
Yes. The story, the quote and every caption in your book can be rewritten by hand: press Edit beside the text and type.
Free to build. You pay for the book — printed or as a PDF.
Rebuilding your journey, reliving it on the globe and sharing the link are all free. Printed hardcovers start at €39, plus shipping.
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