Press kit

SeeDis Media Browser

Everything you need to cover SeeDis: fact sheet, screenshots for Mac and iPad, the app icon, and review copies. For anything missing, email support@glyph42.com — you'll hear back from the developer, usually within a day.

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Fact sheet

The short version.

What	SeeDis Media Browser — a fast, private photo and video browser for Mac and iPad
Price	$9.99 / 9,99 € — one-time purchase, one universal purchase for Mac and iPad, no subscription
Platforms	macOS 26.5 or later · iPadOS 26.5 or later
Languages	English, German (fully localized)
Released	July 2026 on the Mac App Store and iPadOS App Store
Current version	26.10 (September 2026) — adds videos, over twenty Shortcuts actions, Siri support on macOS 27 and iPadOS 27, and Peek, a quick look with the Space bar
Developer	Oliver Draese, publishing as glyph42
App Store	apps.apple.com/us/app/seedis-media-browser/id6787205161
Website	glyph42.com/seedis.html
Review copies	Promo codes available — email support@glyph42.com

The story

Why SeeDis exists.

Photo libraries outgrow the tools meant to hold them. Import-based managers want to own your files; cloud services want to see them. SeeDis takes a third path: point it at the folders you already have — or your Apple Photos library — and browse instantly. There is no import step, and the grid stays smooth beyond 100,000 images.

The searching happens entirely on your device: a visual similarity search with a Strict ↔ Loose slider, on-device face recognition that rounds up every picture of the same person, a location search that gathers everything shot within a radius you set around one picture's own coordinates, byte-identical duplicate detection, plus ratings, tags, Virtual Folders, and a batch rename that renames a whole selection on disk behind a live preview. Videos now sit right alongside the photos, more than twenty actions bring the library into the Shortcuts app, and on macOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Siri can create, open or rename a Virtual Folder, add a picture to one, or search the library. SeeDis itself never sends anything about your photos off your Mac or iPad.

SeeDis is written by one developer, in native Swift and SwiftUI, and sold once — no subscription, no accounts, no analytics.

What's notable

Three angles worth a look.

No import, no waiting

Most photo managers make you import before you can look. SeeDis opens folders in place and keeps scrolling smooth past 100,000 images — the indexing happens quietly in the background while you browse.

Face recognition without a cloud

Faces are detected, fingerprinted, and grouped entirely on-device — on the Mac and on iPad. Pick a photo, and SeeDis finds every other picture of that person. No upload, no account, no telemetry.

Bought once, owned on both

One $9.99 purchase covers Mac and iPad in a market that has largely moved to subscriptions. Fully localized in English and German; version 26.10 adds videos, Shortcuts actions and — on macOS 27 and iPadOS 27 — Siri support.

Screenshots — Mac

SeeDis on macOS.

Web-sized previews below; the press-kit ZIP carries all originals at 2880×1800 (Mac) and 2752×2064 (iPad), plus the app icon.

SeeDis on macOS: video tiles with play symbols and running times among the photos in the grid, and the inspector showing the selected video's duration, codec and frame rate. — Photos and videos in one grid — with each clip's length, codec and frame rate in the inspector.

A Find Similar search on macOS with the reference image and a Strict-to-Loose slider. — Find Similar — the visual search with a Strict ↔ Loose slider.

Search Around Location on macOS: a map centered on the picture's coordinates with the search radius drawn as a circle, and a radius slider beneath it. — Search Around Location — everything shot within a radius you set, from 1 to 100 km (or miles).

The SeeDis search panel with stacked filters on macOS. — Stackable search filters: rating, tags, folders, file names, duplicates.

The slideshow settings popover over a filtered grid on macOS. — Slideshows with adjustable timing and transitions.

The Batch Rename dialog on macOS with a name-format field and a preview listing old and new file names. — Batch Rename — a name format built from text, counter and date, with a live preview before any file is touched.

Screenshots — iPad

SeeDis on iPadOS.

SeeDis on iPad: sidebar, thumbnail grid beneath a floating glass toolbar, and the inspector. — The same three-pane layout, rebuilt for touch.

SeeDis on iPad: video tiles with play symbols and running times among the photos, and the inspector showing the selected video's duration, codec and frame rate. — Photos and videos side by side on iPad, with the selected clip's details in the inspector.

A Find Similar search on iPad. — Find Similar on iPad — same on-device engine, a long-press away.

Search Around Location on iPad: a map centered on the picture's coordinates with the search radius drawn as a circle, and a radius slider beneath it. — Search Around Location, reached from the ••• menu or a long-press.

A single photo filling the iPad screen. — Single-image view, full screen.

Boilerplate

Ready to paste.

SeeDis Media Browser is a fast, private photo and video browser for Mac and iPad by indie developer glyph42. It browses folders and the Apple Photos library in place — no import step — and stays smooth beyond 100,000 images. Similarity search, on-device face recognition, location search, duplicate detection, ratings, tags, Virtual Folders, and batch renaming all run locally, and more than twenty Shortcuts actions — plus Siri on macOS 27 and iPadOS 27 — put the library a request away; SeeDis itself never uploads anything. SeeDis is a one-time $9.99 universal purchase on the App Store, localized in English and German.