What's New

Bug fixes

App Description

Shoebox from Ancestry.com is the best way to scan your old paper photos and share them with family and friends.

As featured by Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Wired, Forbes, and the Associated Press.

“It’s an organized nerd’s dream.” - Wired Magazine

Shoebox makes digitizing paper photos easy by turning your iPhone into a mobile photo scanner. Shoebox’s edge detection and perspective correction technology ensures your scans are quick and turn out beautifully. You can save your photos directly to your Ancestry.com family tree and/or your phone’s camera roll.

Features
- Edge detection and auto-perspective correction
- Fill in the photo’s backstory by tagging people, dates, and location. You can also add custom captions
- Photos are private unless you choose to share via Email Twitter, or Facebook
- Unlimited free photo storage

Users of Shoebox by 1000memories can view their old photos online by visiting 1000memories.com.

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • November 11, 2011 New version 1.0.3
  • January 06, 2012 New version 1.0.4
  • January 27, 2012 New version 1.1.1
  • March 02, 2012 New version 1.1.2
  • March 16, 2012 New version 1.2.2
  • March 31, 2012 New version 1.2.3
  • May 10, 2012 New version 2.0
  • May 19, 2012 New version 2.0.1
  • June 15, 2012 New version 2.1
  • July 14, 2012 New version 2.1.1
  • September 22, 2012 New version 2.2
  • October 03, 2012 New version 2.2.1
  • July 03, 2013 New version 3.0
  • July 12, 2013 New version 3.0.1
  • July 19, 2013 New version 3.0.2
  • July 30, 2013 New version 3.0.3
  • August 21, 2013 New version 3.0.4
  • September 19, 2013 New version 3.0.5
  • February 19, 2015 New version 3.1

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