Looking beyond the subscription?
If you searched for a Photomyne alternative without a subscription, payment is a sensible place to start. Then & There costs £14.99 once in the UK, per store. The purchase covers its scanning, people, stories, dating and export tools. Android and Apple purchases are separate; each store shows local prices and terms.
Photomyne also offers alternatives to a recurring payment. Its official plans page lists monthly, yearly and One-Shot memberships. Its web checkout currently describes a one-time option lasting three years. There is also a separate paid iOS app, Photo Scanner Plus, listed at £1.99 in the UK with optional in-app purchases; its description distinguishes single-device utility from additional cloud and multi-device features. Prices and offers can change.
That makes this a choice about the workflow you want, rather than a claim that every Photomyne option requires a subscription or that Then & There is always cheaper.
Photomyne vs Then & There: what to compare
| Consider | Then & There | Photomyne |
|---|---|---|
| Payment | £14.99 once in the UK, per store. No subscription. | Memberships and one-time options; the separate paid iOS app has optional in-app purchases. |
| Photo dates | Use ages, birthdays, life events and photo comparisons to narrow a range, choose a full day and lock the reviewed date. | The main app listing includes dates, names and locations. Compare its workflow with the kind of dating help you need. |
| Keeping the archive | Work with local bundles; export dated photos and keep editable archive backups yourself. | Its membership page describes cloud backup and access from other devices and the web. |
Both apps offer ways to scan and organise family pictures. This is a comparison of published features and Then & There’s documented workflow, not a claim that one produces sharper scans. We have not conducted a controlled image-quality comparison.
From a scanned photo to a place in the family timeline
Then & There is worth considering when your next question is “when was this taken?” rather than simply how to digitise the print.
- Keep the photograph and its story together. Scan the front, review the crop, capture writing on the back and add a note or narration. Keep stories and photo backs.
- Name the people you recognise. Confirm detected faces and record the known birthdays and life events that can support a date. Face detection helps find faces; you confirm who they belong to. Name the people.
- Use what you remember. A child’s age or a remembered move can narrow the date. Compare with other photos and review conflicting clues before locking a date. An estimate remains an estimate. See the dating workflow.
- Take the dates into your other photo apps. Review the specific day written to exported photo metadata while retaining the range and clues in an archive backup. Understand exports and backups.
Choose the tools that fit your collection
Then & There focuses on printed photographs, their context and a timeline you can review. It is not a hosted cloud backup service or an automatic restoration and colourisation service. Keep your own archive backups, review uncertain crops and expect to contribute the family knowledge that supports a date.
If restoration, colourisation or a managed cloud library is your priority, look at Photomyne’s feature and plan descriptions as well. If scanning and building an evidence-based family timeline are your priority, explore Then & There’s guides before buying.
Does “pay once” mean a free trial?
No. Then & There is a paid download, not a free trial. Read the guides first and check your device’s store listing for price, compatibility, availability and refund terms.
£14.99 once in the UK · Android and Apple purchases are separate.
Comparison checked 3 October 2026. Photomyne information comes from the official pages linked above; plans may vary by country and platform. Then & There is an independent app published by Jamie Nandhra-Pezone and is not affiliated with Photomyne.