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.

Fact sheet

The short version.

WhatSeeDis Media Browser — a fast, private image browser for Mac and iPad
Price$9.99 / 9,99 € — one-time purchase, one universal purchase for Mac and iPad, no subscription
PlatformsmacOS 26.5 or later · iPadOS 26.5 or later
LanguagesEnglish, German (fully localized)
ReleasedJuly 2026 on the Mac App Store and iPadOS App Store
DeveloperOliver Draese, publishing as glyph42
App Storeapps.apple.com/us/app/seedis-media-browser/id6787205161
Websiteglyph42.com/seedis.html
Review copiesPromo 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, byte-identical duplicate detection, plus ratings, tags, and virtual folders. Nothing about your photos ever leaves 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, with ten themes and an external-display presentation mode.

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: folder tree, thumbnail grid, and an inspector with EXIF details and a location map.
The main window: folders and Photos on the left, the grid in the center, EXIF and a location map on the right.
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.
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.

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.
A Find Similar search on iPad.
Find Similar on iPad — same on-device engine, a long-press away.
A single photo filling the iPad screen.
Single-image view, full screen.
The SeeDis settings on iPad showing the theme picker.
Ten themes, from Dracula to Solarized.

Boilerplate

Ready to paste.

SeeDis Media Browser is a fast, private image 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, duplicate detection, ratings, tags, and virtual folders are all computed locally; nothing is ever uploaded. SeeDis is a one-time $9.99 universal purchase on the App Store, localized in English and German.