The prompt does the asking
You photograph whatever is already in front of you. The coffee on the stoep. The rain on a London window. The dog asleep on the couch.
Kiekie is Afrikaans for a snapshot.
One photo a day, with the people you love.
Once a day, at a surprise moment in your own day, Kiekie asks: “Show your family what you’re doing right now.” One candid photo each. They meet in a private collage that only your family can see.
Made for South African families with someone in another city, or another country. Johannesburg, London or Perth: each person is asked during their own daytime.
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Connection, not content.
Not another chat to scroll.
The family WhatsApp already has the photos. They arrive between the messages, and then they are gone, up the thread. Kiekie is a small daily ritual instead of a feed: no likes, no algorithm, no strangers.
The day stays put
Everyone’s photos sit together: your family’s Saturday. You can step back through earlier days whenever you like.
Everyone has a place in it
Ouma sees your office. You see her garden. A reply is an emoji, which is enough. There are no comments and no likes.
How it works
Three quiet steps. A day with no photo is simply a day with no photo. There is nothing to keep up.
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A gentle nudge, in your own day
The ask arrives at a random moment in your waking hours, on your own clock. Nobody is woken at 3am.
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One photo of what is in front of you
It is shrunk on your phone before it uploads, which keeps the data cost down, and the location is removed. You can post any time until midnight where you are.
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A collage that is only for your family
The photos meet in one place for the day. Tap one to send an emoji back.
What Kiekie does today
These are in the app now. The phone-store listings are not up yet. Until they are, use the web app.
- A daily prompt at a random moment in your own waking day.
- One photo, shrunk on your phone, with the location removed.
- A private collage that only the people in your family can open.
- Emoji reactions. No comments, no likes, no feed.
- Earlier days, so you can look back.
- Sign in with a code sent to your email. No password to remember.
- An invite link, to bring your family in.
- Export my photos and data, from Settings, any time.
- Delete my account, from Settings. Your photos go with it.
Private by design
Your photos are yours. Kiekie is built for POPIA in South Africa and for GDPR, for family in the UK and Europe.
- Only your family sees your photos. Not the public, and not other families.
- Photos and family data are stored in South Africa, in Johannesburg.
- We never sell your data, Kiekie has no ads, and we never use your family’s photos to train AI.
- You can export everything, or delete your account, whenever you like.
Read the privacy summary. The full draft policy is linked from that page. Questions go to privacy@kiekie.online.
Free for the whole family, forever.
The core of Kiekie costs nothing, and it stays that way. We will never hold your memories hostage. You do not subscribe in order to see your photos, to export them, or to delete them.
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The daily photo, the private collage, emoji reactions, earlier days, export, and deleting your account. For everyone in the family.
The December Yearbook
A printed book of your family’s year: one ordinary moment from the days that have a photo. It is the first thing Kiekie plans to sell. Joining the list does not buy the book, and skipping it changes nothing about the app.
Pre-order checkout is not open yet. There is nothing to pay.