Choosing a family album
Looking at FamilyAlbum? Here’s how Lumo compares.
Both are private family photo albums with unlimited free storage and no ads. Lumo adds magic: coloring pages, postcards, cards and restored old photos, made from the photos in your album.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Private to your family.
No app? Open your album in any web browser: app.lumomagic.com
What’s the same
Both keep your photos inside one private family album, with no public profiles. Both let you add unlimited photos and videos for free, and neither shows ads.
- Private to your family
- Unlimited photos and videos, free
- No ads
Where Lumo is different
Every photo in Lumo can become something new without writing a prompt: a coloring page, a postcard, a birthday card, a watercolor, or an old print restored. What you make is saved right next to the photo it came from, for the whole family to see.
Lumo Pass is one subscription for the whole family: unlimited magic, full-length videos and saving originals.
See what magic can make
Side by side
| Lumo | FamilyAlbum | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free. Premium One $2.99 a month; family plans $5.99 a month ($59 a year) or $10.99 a month ($109 a year) |
| Storage | Unlimited photos and videos, under fair use | Unlimited photos and videos |
| Videos | Each video can be up to 3 GB, kept whole, with no limit on how many. The first minute plays free; Lumo Pass plays the full length | Under 2 minutes on the free plan; up to 10 minutes with a family plan |
| Ads | None, ever | None |
| How sharing works | One private album the whole family adds to. Join with an invite link or a 4-digit family code | One album per family; album admins invite members |
| Works on | iPhone, iPad and Android | iPhone and Android; uploads from a computer with a family plan |
| Also does | Magic: coloring pages, cards, paintings and more from your photos, no prompts. Each creation uses 20 flowers; new accounts get 60 free, and packs start at $1.99 for 60. Lumo Pass, optional ($9.99 a month or $59.99 a year, one Pass for the whole family): unlimited Magic, full-length videos and original-quality downloads | Monthly 1-second movies, photo books, prints and DVDs |
Checked October 2026 against FamilyAlbum’s help center and Premium page.
What they look like
Screenshots are each app’s own App Store screenshots, as published in October 2026. FamilyAlbum is a trademark of MIXI, Inc.; Lumo isn’t affiliated with any of them.
Videos, honestly
FamilyAlbum’s free plan accepts videos up to two minutes long. Lumo keeps the whole video, up to 3 GB, and plays the first minute free; Lumo Pass plays the full length.
Which one suits your family?
If you mainly want a calm place to share everyday photos and longer videos for free, both work well. If you’d also like to turn photos into cards, coloring pages and gifts together, Lumo has that built in.
Comparison checked October 2026 against FamilyAlbum’s own help center. FamilyAlbum is a trademark of MIXI, Inc.; Lumo isn’t affiliated with it.
Questions
Is Lumo really free?
Yes. The album, unlimited photos and videos, inviting family, hearts and comments are all free. Lumo Pass is optional, for unlimited magic, full-length videos and saving originals. Unlimited means unlimited for everyday family use, under fair use.
Who can see our photos?
Only the people in your family album. Nothing is public, there are no followers, and photos are never shown to anyone outside your family.
How do grandparents join?
Send them a private invite link and they tap it, or give them your 4-digit family code. A code only asks to join; someone in the family lets them in.
What phones does it work on?
Lumo is on iPhone, iPad and Android. Invite links open on any phone or computer.
Can I use both?
Yes. Save any photo from one app to your phone and add it to the other. Lumo skips photos that are already in your album, so nothing appears twice.
Start your family album.
Free. Private to your family. No ads, ever.