Someone remembered you on paper
It comes through the letterbox, between the bills, with a stamp and someone's handwriting.
What it does
- You take a photo of a place with your phone.
- Your phone draws it in a few seconds, with the name of the place and the date.
- It stays in your album, and if you like you can get the paper mailing ready: the printer isn't connected yet.
And it isn't a photo
It's the place, drawn, with the postmark from the day you were there.
And there's more behind it
Each one with its own place and date stamped on it.
A whole year fits in a shoebox
Places, afternoons, people, the dog. What you did, not what you posted.
You take the photoWherever you are. The app takes the place and the day off the phone; with no signal, you type the place in yourself and it works just the same.
You get your phone out and take the photo
You press the button and that's it: there's nothing to adjust.
It develops itselfYou take the photo and, by the time you've put your phone away, it's a drawing. And the photo never leaves your phone.
The same afternoon, told another way
Not a filter on top: the place, drawn again. And it is drawn inside your phone — your photos never reach any server.
The day's postmarkThe name of the place and the date are stamped inside the drawing, not stuck on top.
Example of the stamped postmark: Nerja, Correos, 07·09·2026.
And it gets stamped with where and when
That's what a photo in the gallery hasn't got: it knows where it came from.
You set it up how you likeThere are thirty-seven styles to choose from. Tap another and the same postcard is redrawn in that style.
And the place turns into something else
The same viewpoint, thirty-one ways of remembering it. And not just places: the same styles on a face and on a table.
One a dayIt's kept in your album, inside the phone. Today's replaces today's, and each one sits on its own day.
A trip is four. A year is three hundred and sixty-five
One a day, with its streak. And it nudges you at whatever time you say —only if by then you still haven't made it. In the end it puts itself together into a one-minute film where you see yourself change without noticing.
From the same photo, stickersThe app cuts out what matters and gives them to you on their own or on a sheet of stamps, to print at home.
The same photo comes out as stickers
Six at a time, cut out and with their white edge. They come out at 512 with a transparent background, which is the size real ones use, and they end up in the group chat before the fridge.
And if you want, you send itYou write the address and it's noted down with everything ready. The printer isn't connected yet.
It's printed on real card
Fifteen by ten, matt, with its postage already on.
Spain first, then abroadStep by step: when there's somebody at the other end, the postcard really does go out.
And it ends where this started
On someone's doormat, on an ordinary Tuesday. That part is coming.
Or as an imageSharing the image takes nothing off the phone. The link does upload a copy, and it says so beforehand.
Look where I was yesterday
21:04It doesn't arrive as a photo on its own
It says where and when it was made. And whoever gets it can make their own from the same link, without installing anything.
All the postcards on this page—the one in the envelope, the twelve in the fan, the one that gets printed and the stickers—come from one single photo. The same one. That's what the app does with yours.
Postalpick
You take the photo. We put the place, the day and the stamp on it.
How it works
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You take the photo
Wherever you are. The app takes the place and the day off the phone and stamps them inside the drawing. With no signal too: you type the place in yourself and it works just the same.
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It stays in your album
Kept inside the phone, with its place and its date. And if you make it as the one for the day, it takes up that day in the diary: one a day, and today's replaces today's.
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You set it up how you like
Thirty-seven styles and the day's postmark. From it come the stickers, the sheet of stamps and the print-at-home sheet too. And there's a blank canvas where you lay several of them out by hand, like in a scrapbook.
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And if you want, you send it
You write the address and the mailing is saved, with everything ready. The printer isn't connected yet: there is nobody at the other end. Spain first, then abroad. Step by step.
Questions
What is Postalpick?
A website that turns a photo of a place into an illustrated postcard, with the name of the place and the date stamped inside like a postmark. There are 37 illustration styles. It's free, no account needed, and it runs in your phone's browser.
Does it upload my photos to a server?
No. The 37 styles are image filters that run inside your own phone, so the photo isn't uploaded anywhere to be illustrated and it works with no signal. It only leaves your phone if you ask: sharing a postcard by link uploads a copy of that postcard.
Do I need to sign up or pay?
There's no sign-up, no email, no password: you open the site and you're in. Making postcards is free. You can install it to your home screen like an app, without going through any store.
How is it different from an Instagram filter?
A filter tints the photo on top. Here the photo is redrawn in the material it calls for: watercolour on cotton paper with its grain, linocut on kraft, 1960s tourist-postcard lithography with the registration slightly off. And it carries the place and the day stamped inside, which is what makes it a postcard and not just a nice photo.
Can I send a real paper postcard?
Not yet. You can leave a delivery prepared with the address and the message, and it stays saved on your phone, but the printer isn't connected: nothing is printed or sent today, and nothing is charged.
Where are my postcards stored?
On your own phone, in a notebook inside the browser, and nowhere else. There's no copy in the cloud. That's why the app has “Take it all with you”, which downloads every postcard in a single file that also serves to restore them.
What languages is it in?
Twelve: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese from Portugal and from Brazil, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.