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From a selfie to 1920, 1970 or 15,000 BC

Erafy is an iPhone app. Pick a selfie and a year, and Erafy makes a new picture from your selfie in that year's style: a 1920s street portrait, a 1970s snapshot, a Tudor painting, a cave painting.

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Before and after: a woman's street selfie, and a 1900 photograph of her in a lace dress, feathered hat and parasol on a Paris boulevard with the Eiffel Tower behind

After: 1900, a Paris boulevard.

Nobody in the examples is a real person — the before photos are invented faces. These are our best results, not average ones. Sometimes AI can't handle it and modifies your face. All we can offer is a try.

Every photographic era, 1900 to 2025

Sepia 1900 portrait of a woman in a high-collared blouse on a city street with horse carriages

Black and white

1900

Early roll film, black and white

The same woman in every year, with that year's camera, clothes and setting. Drag to compare.

Every year has its own cameras and films: the grain, the colour, the flash, the date stamp. For each picture Erafy picks one of them at random, so the same year can come back a little different each time.

Black and white

glass plates, roll film

  • Sepia 1900 portrait of a woman in a high-collared blouse on a city street with horse carriages
    1900 Early roll film, black and white
  • 1910 early colour photograph of a woman in a lace blouse seated at a garden table
    1910 Glass plates, film packs and early colour plates
  • Black-and-white 1920s street portrait of a woman in a pale dress and a long pearl necklace
    1920 Orthochromatic black and white
  • Sepia 1930s street photo of a woman in a floral dress holding a handbag
    1930 Roll-film snapshots
  • Black-and-white 1940s street portrait of a woman in a tailored jacket
    1940 Wartime black and white

Colour film

prints, flash, faded dye

  • Black-and-white 1950s street portrait of a woman in a cardigan and plaid skirt
    1950 Black and white, and the first colour
  • Black-and-white 1960s street photo of a woman in a gingham sundress beside parked cars
    1960 Colour slides and black and white
  • Faded 1970s colour photo of a woman in a floral blouse on a sunny street
    1970 Warm, faded colour film
  • 1980s colour snapshot of a woman in a striped sweater in a bedroom with posters and a TV
    1980 35 mm colour, pocket cameras, flash
  • 1990s colour film photo of a woman in a green sweater and jeans on a campus street
    1990 Drugstore colour film and disposables

Digital

digital cameras, then phones

  • 2000 colour snapshot with a date stamp: a woman in a lilac T-shirt on a campus walkway
    2000 Date stamps and the first digital cameras
  • 2010 phone photo with a heavy vignette: a woman sitting by a city waterfront
    2010 Early phone cameras
  • 2013 filtered phone selfie of a woman by a stone arch in a city park
    2013 Retro filter apps
  • 2016 phone photo of a woman at a café table with a latte
    2016 Phone portrait mode
  • 2019 phone photo of a woman on a beach at sunset
    2019 Night mode and ultrawide
  • 2022 phone photo of a woman at a café with a latte
    2022 The modern phone camera
  • 2025 phone photo of a woman at a café table with latte art
    2025 Today's phones

Put yourself in a scene

Situation is on unless you turn it off. Erafy then places you in a scene from the year you picked: a 1920s picnic, a 1950s diner, a 1990s office. Some scenes add people around you, such as friends or a partner. Turn Situation off to keep your own pose and framing, as in the pictures above.

A 1900 photograph of a woman in a lace dress, feathered hat and parasol on a Paris boulevard, the Eiffel Tower behind

Situation on, 1900 to 2025

1900

Paris boulevard

A scene from each of fifteen years. Every year has its own scenes. Drag to compare.

  • A 1900 photograph of a woman in a lace dress, feathered hat and parasol on a Paris boulevard, the Eiffel Tower behind
    1900 Paris boulevard
  • A 1910 seaside photograph of a woman in a bathing costume on the beach by a pier
    1910 Seaside
  • A black-and-white 1920s photo of a woman in a summer dress and cloche hat at a picnic by an old motor car
    1920 Picnic
  • A 1930s wedding photo on church steps, the bride in a long veil beside the groom
    1930 Wedding
  • A 1940s wartime farm photo of a woman in work clothes with a pitchfork by a haystack, a 'Dig for Victory' sign behind
    1940 Farm
  • A 1950s diner photo of a woman at the counter with a milkshake
    1950 Diner
  • A 1960s colour photo of a woman dancing barefoot at a living-room party with a record player
    1960 House party
  • A faded 1970s colour photo of a woman in a crochet shawl in a wildflower meadow with a guitar
    1970 Meadow
  • A 1980s snapshot at a ski lodge: a woman in a fur hat and white ski suit holding a mug
    1980 Ski lodge
  • A 1990s office photo with a date stamp: a woman in a blazer at a desk with a beige computer
    1990 Office
  • An early-2010s phone photo of a woman in a colour-block dress at a candle-lit bar
    2010 Café bar
  • A 2016 group selfie of friends with a selfie stick, a city skyline behind
    2016 Group selfie
  • A 2019 sunset selfie of a couple, the woman showing her engagement ring
    2019 Engagement
  • A 2022 phone photo of a woman at brunch on a café terrace with matcha, coffee and pastries
    2022 Brunch
  • A 2025 phone photo of a woman in a boho dress and hat on a Paris street outside a café and a flower stall
    2025 Paris street

Pick a look

A look is what you wear and who you are: royalty, a knight, a goth or a clown, in whatever year you picked.

  • Royalty
  • Knight
  • Court dress
  • Aristocrat
  • Servant
  • Peasant
  • Goth
  • Emo
  • Alt
  • Rockstar
  • Doctor
  • Scientist
  • Inventor
  • Detective
  • Aviator
  • Chef
  • Clown
  • Ghost
  • Strongman
  • Fortune teller
  • Pet as a person
Before and after: a woman's street selfie, and a 1910 photograph of her as royalty, with crown, ermine robe and sceptre
1910 · Royalty

Five looks on the same woman, all at 1910.

  • A 1910 photograph with the alt look: a woman in a dark hat and long skirt outside a bookshop
    Alt 1910
  • A 1910 photograph with the chef look: a woman in a white jacket and toque in a kitchen
    Chef 1910
  • A 1910 photograph with the clown look: a woman in a polka-dot costume by a circus tent
    Clown 1910
  • A 1910 photograph with the goth look: a woman in a black lace dress in a shaded garden
    Goth 1910
  • A 1910 photograph with the knight look: a woman in full armour, helmet under one arm
    Knight 1910

Make it move

Turn any picture Erafy makes into a short video: 6, 8, 10 or 12 seconds, looping or not. Like the picture, the video is made new each time, so a face can drift, the movement can be small, and shapes can morph.

  • 1900 · Paris · six seconds, silent

  • 1900 · Portrait · six seconds, silent

  • 1900 · Couple · six seconds, silent

  • 1910 · Royalty · six seconds, silent

  • 1910 · Hedgehog as a person · six seconds, silent

Couples and groups

Photos of two people, or a whole group, work too. With Situation on, choose who's in the photo (a man, a woman, a couple or a group, or leave it at Anyone), and Erafy picks a scene made for them.

Before and after: a couple on a forest hike, and the two of them in a 1900 seaside photograph by a pier
1900 · Couple
A couple in a 1900 seaside photograph by a pier

The same couple, 1900 to 2025

1900

Seaside

Fifteen years of the same couple. Drag to compare.

Before photography

For the years before 1900, Erafy makes a painting, carving, embroidery or print of you instead of a photograph. Pick one of twenty crafts, from cave painting to Impressionism. Faces are drawn in the craft's style, so the result may resemble you less than a photograph would.

Cave painting, around 15,000 BC: a figure painted in ochre on a rock wall among animals

Stone and clay

15,000 BC

Cave painting

Twenty crafts, oldest first. Drag to compare.

Stone and clay

cave wall, tomb, vase, terracotta

  • Cave painting, around 15,000 BC: a figure painted in ochre on a rock wall among animals

    Cave painting

    around 15,000 BC
  • Levantine rock art, around 6000 BC: a red silhouette walking across a rock face

    Levantine rock art

    around 6000 BC
  • Egyptian tomb painting, around 2400 BC: a woman in profile carrying a bowl of offerings

    Egyptian tomb painting

    around 2400 BC
  • Minoan fresco, around 1600 BC: a woman in a flounced dress on a red wall

    Minoan fresco

    around 1600 BC
  • Assyrian palace relief, around 700 BC: a woman carved in stone, holding a flower

    Assyrian palace relief

    around 700 BC
  • Greek vase painting, around 450 BC: a draped woman in red-figure style on a black vase

    Greek vase painting

    around 450 BC
  • Terracotta army, around 220 BC: a standing clay figure

    Terracotta army

    around 220 BC

Panel, silk and thread

panel, silk, embroidery, scroll

  • Fayum mummy portrait, AD 150: a woman's face painted on a wooden panel

    Fayum mummy portrait

    AD 150
  • Tang court painting, AD 750: a woman in layered robes on a silk-coloured ground

    Tang court painting

    AD 750
  • Bayeux embroidery, 1075: an embroidered woman holding a falcon

    Bayeux embroidery

    1075
  • Japanese handscroll, 1200: a seated woman in layered robes

    Japanese handscroll

    1200
  • Japanese likeness portrait, 1340: a seated woman in dark robes

    Japanese likeness portrait

    1340

Painted and printed

oil, chalk, woodblock, engraving, lithograph

  • Quattrocento painting, 1480: a woman in a red cloak on a sunlit Italian street

    Quattrocento painting

    1480
  • Holbein Tudor portrait, 1535: a woman in a velvet gown and hood before a green ground

    Holbein Tudor portrait

    1535
  • Dutch Golden Age portrait, 1640: a woman in black with a white lace collar

    Dutch Golden Age portrait

    1640
  • Rococo, 1760: a woman in a silk gown, drawn in soft chalk

    Rococo

    1760
  • Hokusai woodblock print, 1832: a woman in a patterned blue kimono

    Hokusai woodblock print

    1832
  • Wood engraving, 1850: a woman in a crinoline on a city street, in engraved lines

    Wood engraving

    1850
  • Chromolithograph poster, 1868: a woman in red leaning on a table

    Chromolithograph poster

    1868
  • Impressionist painting, 1880: a woman in a white blouse on a sunny Paris street

    Impressionist painting

    1880

Your pet, as a person

Pick a photo of your pet (a cat, a dog, a rabbit, a lizard, even a frog or a hedgehog) and choose the Pet as a person look. Your pet appears as a person from the year you picked, with its own animal head. Use a photo of one animal, facing the camera.

  • Before and after: a hedgehog on a towel, and a 1910 seaside photo of a hedgehog-headed person in a bathing costume
    Hedgehog, 1910
  • Before and after: a white bunny, and a 1920s kitchen photo of a bunny-headed woman cooking
    White bunny, 1920
  • Before and after: a tree frog on a branch, and a 1930s street photo of a frog-headed man in a suit and hat
    Tree frog, 1930
  • Before and after: a German shepherd on grass, and a 1940s street photo of a shepherd-headed man in a suit and hat
    German shepherd, 1940
  • Before and after: a hamster in its cage, and a 1950s pub photo of a hamster-headed man with a pint
    Hamster, 1950
  • Before and after: a lop-eared bunny, and a 1960s office photo of a bunny-headed secretary at a typewriter
    Lop bunny, 1960
  • Before and after: an axolotl in its tank, and a 1980s countryside photo of an axolotl-headed woman with a golden retriever
    Axolotl, 1980
  • Before and after: a bearded dragon on a sofa, and a 1990s snapshot of a lizard-headed man leaning on a car
    Bearded dragon, 1990
  • Before and after: a guinea pig in its pen, and an early-2010s street photo of a guinea-pig-headed woman out shopping
    Guinea pig, 2010
  • Before and after: a tortoise with lettuce, and a 2016 street photo of a tortoise-headed man in a bomber jacket
    Tortoise, 2016

How it works

  1. Pick a photo.

    Choose one from Photos with Apple's photo picker, or take a new one. Erafy sees only the photo you pick.

  2. Pick a year.

    One of seventeen years with a camera, from 1900 to 2025, or one of twenty crafts for the years before 1900, back to 15,000 BC.

  3. Tap Generate.

    Your picture usually arrives in a minute or two, with a before-and-after beside it. Save it to Photos or share it.

Before you tap, you can choose who's in the photo, turn Situation off, or pick a look. You can also pick several photos and looks at once, and get a picture of each photo in each look. Afterwards, you can turn any picture into a short video.

What happens to your photo and your data

  • It goes to a third-party AI service that makes your result. We never use it to train anything.
  • The moment a generated picture or video reaches your phone, we delete it and the photo you sent; if the app does not fetch it within 24 hours, we delete it then.
  • The AI service may keep a copy for up to 30 days for its safety checks, or longer if the law requires it.
  • You sign in with Apple, and the app never sends us your name.
  • We use no analytics, advertising or tracking tools.
  • Delete your account any time, in the app's Settings.

Read the Privacy Policy

What it costs

Free to download. Pictures and videos cost credits, which you buy in the app through Apple; Apple shows the price. No subscription.

New accounts get free credits to try Erafy, once per Apple ID.

Credits don't expire. If generating a picture or video fails, the credits you spent on it are refunded automatically.

Questions

What would I look like in the 1920s?

Erafy makes a new picture from your photo in the style of the year you pick, so how much it resembles you varies from one go to the next. It varies most in the black-and-white years and in the crafts before 1900, where faces are drawn in the craft's style. We make no promise about how any result will look.

Is it a filter?

No. A filter changes the photo you have. Erafy makes a new picture: a photograph in that year's style for the years since 1900, or a painting, print or other hand-made picture for the years before 1900.

How long does it take?

Usually a minute or two for a picture.

Which years can I pick?

Seventeen years with a camera: every ten years from 1900 to 2010, then 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025. And twenty crafts for the years before 1900, from cave painting around 15,000 BC to Impressionist painting in 1880.

Does it work with couples, groups and pets?

Yes. Photos of couples and groups work with Situation on or off; with it on, choose who's in the photo so the scene fits them. For a pet, choose the Pet as a person look.

Can I use a photo of someone else?

Only photos you have the right to use, of people who agreed.

What happens to my photo?

It goes to a third-party AI service that makes your result. Our servers keep it only until your result is on your phone, 24 hours at most. The AI service may keep a copy for up to 30 days for its safety checks, or longer if the law requires it. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

Where are my pictures kept?

On your phone, in the app. Once they are there we have no copy, so save the ones you want to keep to Photos.

Is there a watermark?

Yes. Every picture carries a small Erafy mark in its bottom-right corner, with a short code beside it that identifies the picture if you write to us about it. What you make is yours to keep, post or sell, but the mark may not be removed.

How much does it cost?

The app is free to download. Pictures and videos cost credits, which you buy in the app through Apple, and Apple shows the price there. New accounts get free credits to try it. No subscription.

Is Erafy on Android?

No. Erafy is an iPhone app.

Where can I get it?

On the App Store in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Switzerland.

Who can use Erafy?

Adults, 18 and over.

How do I get help?

Email [email protected], or use Contact support in the app's Settings. The Support page answers the common questions.

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