Aardy for Apple TV
The big screen, filled with your memories
Aardy is the app on the Apple TV that plays your photos: slow, cinematic, with quiet sound and captions that say when and where. $4.99 once. No subscription, no account.
$4.99 one-time purchase · Family Sharing · No in-app purchases
Say when and where
Each photo can carry a small caption in the corner of the screen: the date, the place and the landmark. You choose which to show, the order, and where they sit. You can also write your own labels, like “Grandma’s 80th.”
The weather has its own screen. Swipe down on the Siri Remote and you get the clock and the current weather and forecast for your cities. Swipe left and right to change city. It closes by itself after a minute.
The story behind a photo
Click the Siri Remote and an info panel opens over the photo. It shows the pack it belongs to, the date, place and landmark, when it was captured, the camera and lens, the exposure, the size, and whether it’s a Live Photo. Facts the photo doesn’t have are simply left out.
Using the Siri Remote
While photos are playing:
| Press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Left or right | Previous or next photo |
| Play/Pause | Pause, and press again to resume |
| Click | Show the info panel |
| Swipe down | Clock and weather |
| Press and hold the clickpad | Open Settings. With the info panel open, hold to hide that photo instead. |
| Menu | Go back to what you were watching before Aardy started |
Settings, right on the TV
Press and hold the clickpad to open Settings. Changes save when you leave, so there is no Save button. With a Mac, these control that one TV:
- Packs: turn packs on or off for this TV, put them in order, filter a pack by year, place or tag, and play them one after another or mixed together.
- Display: override a pack’s transition, time per photo, portrait handling, Live Photos, date, location and label captions, and where they sit.
- Sound: choose the ambient sound and volume, and trim the volume for this room only.
- Weather: choose which city comes first.
- Don’t Interrupt: choose apps Aardy must never cut into.
- Mac and iPhones: choose which Mac serves this TV, or manage the photos your iPhones have sent.
Switch packs any time
Build the Halloween pack, the summer pack and the grandkids pack once, then switch between them from the couch. Turn one on, turn another off, or mix several together. See packs for every season and every reason, and Pack design for how each choice plays on the TV.
$4.99, once
One purchase covers every Apple TV signed in with your Apple ID, and Family Sharing extends it to your family. No subscription and no in-app purchases. Aardy for iPhone and Aardy for Mac are free. See pricing.