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Guides and stories about cinematic travel documentation.
Cinemaly for iOS: Travel Capsules, App Store Review, and the Cnmly Format
Shipping Cinemaly on iPhone—what App Store review taught us about explaining capsule exports, privacy on iOS, and why mobile uses the self-contained .cnmly package while the web still compiles to .html.
How I Mapped My Italy Road Trip Into Something Worth Sharing
Fourteen days driving from Milan to Sicily, 1,800 photos, and how one free tool turned them into an Italy road trip map worth sharing.
How I Documented My Solo Backpacking Trip Without the Cloud
Three months backpacking Southeast Asia, 3,000 photos, and how I finally documented the trip with a browser-based tool — no uploads, no accounts.
Cinemaly for Android: Native Travel Capsules, Sharing, and the .cnmly Format
Shipping Cinemaly on Android—scoped storage, native photo pipelines, share sheets, and why mobile exports a self-contained .cnmly capsule while the browser still compiles to .html.
From Europe to Istanbul — Documenting the experience with Cinemaly
A multi-country route from Paris to Istanbul, 1,400 phone photos, and how mapping the journey in Cinemaly made the whole trip feel shareable again—without another grid of thumbnails or a cloud upload.
How I Finally Documented My Amsterdam-Belgium Trip the Way It Actually Felt
Eight days in Amsterdam and Belgium, 600 photos, and no good way to share what it actually felt like — until I tried something different.
7 Ways to Document Your Travels Without Uploading to the Cloud
Seven honest ways to document a trip without uploading your photos to someone else's server — from encrypted apps to browser-based tools.
Create a Free Interactive Travel Map With Your Photos
Want to share your trip as more than a photo dump? Here's how to turn your photos and route into an interactive map — free, no account, runs entirely in your browser.
Polarsteps vs Cinemaly: Which Should You Use to Document Your Travels?
Polarsteps tracks you live. Cinemaly compiles after you're home. Both are free — but they make very different trade-offs about where your data lives.