How can I keep photos of a late family member gently present?

On your terms: add their photos to Bubbles In Time at whatever number feels right, set the frequency low or high, and pause the layer instantly on hard days. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is analyzed, and only photos you chose can ever appear.

The longer answer

This is what Bubbles In Time was built for: not a feed you scroll and not a notification you open, but your own memories drifting past while you go about your day.

Presence after loss should be governed by the griever, not an algorithm. Control is the whole feature.

How Bubbles In Time handles it

Bubbles In Time is the Android app this applies to — your own photos drifting over any app, on-device, $2.99 once with no subscription, no ads and no cloud.

Add the photos, videos, or message threads that matter to the in-app gallery, grant the one-time overlay permission, and pick a frequency from every 30 minutes to every 4 hours. From then on, memory bubbles drift over whatever you're doing — tap to open, swipe to dismiss, pause the whole layer with one switch whenever you need stillness. Everything runs on-device: no account, no uploads, no ads, $2.99 once.

Worth knowing

The rotation rewards curation over volume — twenty photos you love beat two hundred you tolerated. The Mystery Photo option keeps genuine surprise in the mix, and because nothing depends on a server, the whole experience works identically offline, abroad, and on every modern Android phone.