100% on-device · no account

Mask faces before you share your photos.

Triple-tap the back of your iPhone, and every face is covered with a smiley. You reveal whoever you want with a single tap, then you share. The original is never touched.

Two people cuddling in a photo
Tap a face
Three seconds flat

How it works

From photo to sharing, no detours, no fuss.

  1. 1
    A finger taps the back of an iPhone three times

    Triple-tap the back

    A triple tap on the back of your iPhone opens Smile & Tap on your latest photo. No app to hunt for.

  2. 2

    Faces get masked

    Your iPhone spots every face and covers it with a smiley. To stay safe, everything is masked by default.

  3. 3

    Reveal, then share

    Tap the faces to reveal, keep the rest masked, and share the copy. The original stays untouched.

The Smile & Tap gesture

One gesture, zero hassle

No app to search for, no cropping, no blurring by hand. You set up the shortcut once, guided step by step.

After that, a simple triple tap on the back of your iPhone opens your latest photo, already protected. The hardest photo to share safely becomes the fastest.

Ready to share in under 10 seconds.

Illustration of the triple tap on the back of an iPhone
Something to smile about

12 playful masks

Twelve smileys and animals, plus your own emoji and stickers. Long-press a face to change it.

Built around your privacy

What really matters

100% on-device

Everything happens on your iPhone. No photo is ever uploaded, ever.

No account

No sign-up, no server, no ad tracking.

Original preserved

Smile & Tap always creates a new image. Your original photo never changes.

Smart detection

Faces are spotted automatically by your iPhone's own chip.

You stay in control

Reveal any face with a tap, add a mask by hand if needed.

Instant sharing

High-resolution export, GPS location removed by default.

Soft and familiar

An app built to reassure

Clear, warm, jargon-free. You get it right away.

Smile & Tap home screen
Home
Guided setup
Guided setup
Settings screen
Settings
Your privacy

Your photos stay yours

Smile & Tap was designed to ask you nothing and keep nothing. Face detection and rendering happen entirely on your device.

  • No photo ever sent to the Internet
  • No account, no server
  • No ads, no trackers
  • GPS location removed from the shared copy

Ready to share without showing every face?

Smile & Tap is coming soon to the App Store.

Coming soon to the App Store

Free to download · iOS 18 or later

About

Who's behind Smile & Tap?

An independent app, imagined and built in France. No investors, no ad network. Just the wish to share photos without showing the faces you'd rather keep private.

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