Family Frame
How ILY puts the whole family system on the wall: the companion display app turns an iPad on the kitchen counter, a Mac or Windows PC on the desk, a TV in the living room, or a phone on the nightstand into a private digital photo frame—and a read-only kid calendar—powered by your family album.
Link displays from ILY Family Chat. Each frame has its own name, photo mix, layout, and timing. Manage them independently; unlink anytime.
On the tablet
Album slideshow, mosaic, and the kid calendar.
Leave a tablet on the counter and the same private family album plays with soft transitions—or a mosaic of moments—while ages update with each photo. Flip to the calendar for school days and the week ahead.
Nora · 1 yr 7 mos
Nora · 1 yr 6 mos
Nora · 1 yr 5–7 mos
Nora · 1 yr 5 mos
Family calendar
Ava & Miles · Mar 2026
This week
Coming up
Included offering
Not a separate subscription. Part of your family plan.
ILY Family Frame ships as a counterpart app to ILY Family Chat. Your family’s photos and calendar already live in ILY—Frame is how they look beautiful on a wall, shelf, or TV without opening the phone.
Trial & Premium
Up to 5 live frames
Up to 5 live frames per family member on Trial or Premium. Kitchen, bedroom, grandparents’ house—each one managed on its own.
Premium Max
Up to 50 live frames
Max raises the cap to 50 live frames per family member—plenty for a large home or extended setups. The limit exists mostly to prevent abuse, not to nickel-and-dime displays.
Platforms
iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows, Apple TV, Apple Watch—and Android.
Family Frame is its own Flutter app on every platform we support. Pair with a QR from ILY Family Chat, name the display, and it starts showing your album.
iPad & Android tablets
The classic kitchen or hallway frame—always on, slideshow or mosaic.
Mac & Windows
Native Flutter desktop Frame apps for a monitor, kiosk PC, or spare laptop left open as a living photo frame.
iPhone & Android phones
A spare phone on a stand becomes a bedside or travel frame.
Apple TV
Living-room scale photos on the biggest screen in the house.
Apple Watch
A tiny glanceable Frame when you want a moment on your wrist.
Managed from the phone
In ILY Family Chat → Settings → Frames: mix, layout, transition, and timing—preview on your phone before it hits the wall.
What it shows
Your album. Your calendar. Quiet chrome.
Photos
Slideshow or mosaic
Recents, memories, favorites, or a hand-picked set. Soft crossfades, through-black, or a clean cut—your choice.
Ages
How old they were then
When kids are in the family profile, Frame can show their age at the moment the photo was taken—right beside the ILY mark.
Calendar
Kid schedule at a glance
Flip to a read-only calendar view for school, practices, and the week ahead—same private family calendar as the chat app.
How linking works
Open Frame. Scan. Name it.
No accounts to type on the TV. The display shows a QR; someone with family admin access in ILY Family Chat scans it, names the frame, and it starts.
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1 · Install ILY Family Frame
On the tablet, phone, TV, or Watch you want as a display.
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2 · Scan from Family Chat
Settings → Frames → add, then scan the code on the display.
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3 · Tune each frame
Mix, layout, transition, and timing are per frame—preview on your phone first if you want.
Put the family on the wall.
Start with ILY Family Chat, then add Family Frame wherever you want photos to live in the room—not only in a pocket.