# DigTek DigTek builds privacy-first apps for iOS and macOS. One-time purchase, no subscriptions, no data collection. Made in Norway by a photographer and developer who left Lightroom after twenty years. ## Photo Suite (macOS) A complete file-based photography workflow for macOS. Connected by XMP sidecars, not proprietary databases. - [Photo Suite](https://digtek.app/photosuite.html) — A suite of apps. One philosophy. Built by a photographer who left Lightroom after twenty years. Import, cull, organize, and develop — connected by XMP sidecars, not proprietary databases. - [Photo Developer](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper.html) — A focused RAW editor for macOS. Film-like rendering, honest controls, 24 custom Metal shaders. Your photos, your metadata, your creative decisions — stored in open formats. - [Photo Culler](https://digtek.app/photoculler.html) — Fast photo culling for macOS. Pick, reject, and rate at speed — compare near-duplicates side by side. XMP round-tripping with the rest of the Photo Suite. No subscription. - [Photo Archive](https://digtek.app/photoarchive.html) — A folder-based photo browser for macOS. Rate, keyword, filter, and export — all metadata stored in XMP sidecars. No import, no catalog. Browse the photos you already have, where they already are. - [Photo Sandwich](https://digtek.app/sandwich.html) — Blend two photographs into a double exposure on macOS. Browse candidates against a live preview, Discover random recipes, star the keepers, and export them all — with the blend recipe saved to XMP. No subscription. - [Photo Flashbacks](https://digtek.app/photoflashbacks.html) — Rediscover forgotten photos from your archive. On This Day shows photos taken on today's date across all years. Surprise Me picks at random. Built for photographers who manage files on disk. - [Photo Refract](https://digtek.app/photorefract.html) — Turn any photograph into a kaleidoscope, mandala, or fractal-symmetric composition on macOS — live, on the GPU. Five symmetry engines, Discover, 16-bit Display P3 export. No subscription. - [Photo Batch Renamer](https://digtek.app/photobatchrenamer.html) — EXIF-based photo renaming and organization for macOS. Date hierarchy folders, RAW+JPEG pairing, session management, and import reports. The first step in the DigTek photo workflow. - [Digg Photos](https://digtek.app/diggphotos.html) — Private photo gallery and sharing for photographers. Upload JPEG exports, organize into albums, share with granular access control. No vendor lock-in, no AI training. ## Guides & support Manuals, comparisons, release notes, and support hubs for the photo apps — kept in sync with each shipped App Store version. - [Moving from Lightroom to Photo Developer](https://digtek.app/lightroom-to-photo-developer.html) — A migration recipe for leaving Adobe Lightroom. Which develop settings transfer through XMP sidecars, which don't, the DNG and JPEG trap that catches most people, and what to do before you cancel the subscription. - [What's new in M43 Lens Database](https://digtek.app/m43-dof-release-notes.html) — Every M43 Lens Database release, in plain language. Custom lenses, My Kit, the visual depth-of-field diagram, a growing lens database — what changed and when. - [M43 Lens Database — support & FAQ](https://digtek.app/m43-dof-support.html) — Answers to common questions about M43 Lens Database — the Micro Four Thirds lens companion. The lens database, My Kit, shot notes, depth-of-field tools, your data, and privacy. - [Photo Archive — questions & answers](https://digtek.app/photoarchive-faq.html) — The honest version. What Photo Archive is and isn't — led by the one thing worth knowing before you buy: it reads ratings and keywords from XMP sidecars, not from inside the file. - [Getting around in Photo Archive](https://digtek.app/photoarchive-guide.html) — A first-run walkthrough for Photo Archive. Open a folder, browse, rate, keyword, filter, organize, and export — backed by XMP sidecars, with no import and no catalog. - [What's new in Photo Archive](https://digtek.app/photoarchive-release-notes.html) — Every Photo Archive release, in plain language. What changed, when it shipped, and why it matters — organized by Mac App Store version, newest first. - [Photo Archive keyboard shortcuts](https://digtek.app/photoarchive-shortcuts.html) — The complete keyboard reference for Photo Archive — rating, flagging, selecting, the loupe, keywords, filtering, and suite hand-off. Built for the keyboard. - [Photo Archive Support](https://digtek.app/photoarchive-support.html) — Manuals, answers, and reference for Photo Archive — the folder-based photo browser for macOS. Quick-start guide, the full keyboard reference, FAQ, and where your work lives. - [Culling a shoot in Photo Culler — the fast way](https://digtek.app/photoculler-guide.html) — A first-run walkthrough for Photo Culler. Open a folder, separate keepers from rejects one keystroke at a time, filter, and export your decisions to XMP sidecars. - [What's new in Photo Culler](https://digtek.app/photoculler-release-notes.html) — Every Photo Culler release, in plain language. What changed, when it shipped, and why it matters — organized by Mac App Store version, newest first. - [Photo Culler keyboard shortcuts](https://digtek.app/photoculler-shortcuts.html) — The complete keyboard reference for Photo Culler — culling, moving around, the loupe, filters, and session commands. Cull a whole shoot without reaching for the mouse. - [Photo Culler Support](https://digtek.app/photoculler-support.html) — Manuals, the keyboard reference, and answers for Photo Culler — fast, keyboard-first photo culling for macOS. How to cull a shoot, every shortcut, and where your decisions live. - [The advanced workflow](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-guide-advanced.html) — For photographers who know what a tone curve does. The pipeline, the Light panel, curves, the Tone Equalizer, masking, color grading, B&W, diagnostics, and getting edits in and out of Lightroom. - [Developing a RAW — the simple way](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-guide.html) — A first-run walkthrough for Photo Developer. The shortest honest path from a RAW file to a finished photo — six steps, no jargon, no pipeline theory. - [Preset packs for Photo Developer](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-presets.html) — Five free preset packs for Photo Developer — colour processes, black-and-white film response, darkroom accidents, and printing-bench masks. Every preset lands as ordinary sliders; nothing is baked in. - [What's new in Photo Developer](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-release-notes.html) — Every Photo Developer release, in plain language. What changed, when it shipped, and why it matters — organized by Mac App Store version, newest first. - [Where Photo Developer is going](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-roadmap.html) — What Photo Developer is working on, what is on the list, and — the half that does most of the work — what has been decided against, with the reason. No dates, no version numbers, no status badges. - [Photo Developer Support](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-support.html) — Manuals, comparisons, and answers for Photo Developer — the focused, native macOS RAW editor. Quick-start guide, advanced workflow, how it compares, and where your edits live. - [RAW developers compared](https://digtek.app/raw-developers-compared.html) — A feature and philosophy comparison of nine RAW developers — Lightroom, Capture One, DxO, darktable, RawTherapee, ON1, Nitro, RapidRAW, and Photo Developer. What each can do and who it's for. - [Will your edits outlive your editor?](https://digtek.app/xmp-and-your-edits.html) — How the major RAW developers store your work — and what actually survives if you switch apps, or if an app you depend on disappears. A practical look at sidecars, catalogs, and portability. ## Essays Standalone long-form pieces behind the Photo Suite. - [A RAW File Is Not a Photograph](https://digtek.app/photodeveloper-physics.html) — How light becomes data, and what a RAW developer actually decides - [The Folder Is the Database](https://digtek.app/the-folder-is-the-database.html) — Who owns the files once the app is gone - [Private Computing](https://digtek.app/private-computing.html) — What the network sees of you, and the moves that change it ## iOS & other apps - [Ancestrix](https://digtek.app/ancestrix.html) — Enkelt å begynne, kraftig familietreapp for Norge. Oppdag hvordan folk er i slekt på sekunder med norsk terminologi som gir mening. - [BookMaster](https://digtek.app/bookmaster.html) — Your digital bookmark with reading goals, home screen widgets, and beautiful insights. Less than half a cup of coffee for lifetime access. - [DailyWit](https://digtek.app/dailywit.html) — See what Apple Intelligence can really do—honestly, creatively, entirely on your device. When it works, it's magic. When it doesn't, we tell you. - [DayRater](https://digtek.app/dayrater.html) — The most beautiful way to rate your day. Unique vertical slider with premium haptic feedback, home screen widgets, and honest insights. Constraint as liberation. - [FocusAnchor](https://digtek.app/focusanchor.html) — FocusAnchor transforms productivity from overwhelming planning into present-moment meditation. One task. Present moment. Nothing else. - [JustWrite](https://digtek.app/justwrite.html) — Daily journaling with calendar-first navigation, markdown reader mode, photo favorites, and iOS 26 Liquid Glass design. One entry per day. Your thoughts, beautifully organized. - [M43 Lens Database](https://digtek.app/m43-dof.html) — Your personal Micro Four Thirds lens companion. Browse the MFT lens database, catalog your collection, log your shoots, and calculate depth of field. - [Memory Anchor](https://digtek.app/memoryanchor.html) — Seven memories maximum. Move them like you think. Physics or grid—your choice. Constraint as liberation for spatial thinkers. - [Mikro](https://digtek.app/mikro.html) — Minimal life logging. Smart pattern insights. Twelve categories, zero complexity. Your data stays on your device. - [NoteToSelf](https://digtek.app/notetoself.html) — The anti-productivity app that helps you focus by constraining, not expanding your digital notes collection. One active thought + 10 or 20 archived notes. You choose the constraint. - [WonderScout](https://digtek.app/wonderscout.html) — Curiosity over content. Daily missions that transform ordinary moments into adventures. The anti-screen-time app that sends you into the world. ## Blog Writing on photography, software craft, AI, and constraint. [Blog index](https://digtek.app/blog.html) · [RSS](https://digtek.app/feed.rss) Recent posts: - [Having Moved From Lightroom](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-09-07-having-moved-from-lightroom.html) — A photograph developed in Lightroom in 2024, reopened two years later in Photo Developer. The edits came across in the sidecar. Here is what arrived, what didn't, and how I prepared the archive before leaving. - [Ten Thousand Photos](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-28-already-organized.html) — A man on the MacRumors forums has ten thousand family photos in folders by year and wants software that will simply show them to him. Every "how to organize photos on a Mac" guide answers a different question, and each one picks a different place to keep your ratings and keywords. There are four such places, and which one you're in decides what survives the software. - [The Skylift in Fog](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-21-skylift-in-fog.html) — Three of our four days at Loen were rain and low cloud. This frame of the skylift disappearing into it went black and white in about ten minutes — Smart Develop, two presets, a handful of moves. The RAW is attached. - [The Seam in Someone Else's Decoder](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-16-someone-elses-decoder.html) — A RAW engine developer read the review of my app, diagnosed the highlight problem correctly from the outside, handed me a pipeline and a warning, and asked whether Apple's decoder was extensible enough to act on. It is. Here is where the seam is, how it was measured, and why I did not end up writing a highlight reconstruction at all. - [I Lost the Transition and Kept the Blown Bit](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-15-lost-the-transition.html) — Pull the Highlights slider on a blown sky and the blown part stays blown while the transition around it goes flat and grey. Version 1.6 fixes the second half. Here is what was wrong, why it took four months to look at properly, and the awkward part — I had been liking the defect. - [Everything Was Green](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-14-everything-was-green.html) — A tone curve that never delivered the numbers written in its source, a zone control that ran backwards past half travel, and a run of measurements that reported success while measuring something else. Notes from a month of finding out that most of my instruments were wrong. - [The Highlights, Good and Bad](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-08-13-highlights-good-and-bad.html) — Photo Developer got its first real review. The reviewer was right about the highlights, and right about the price for now — here is the accounting, and what happens next. - [Coming Full Circle](https://digtek.app/blog-2026-07-24-coming-full-circle.html) — Nine photo tools, roughly eleven months, one closed loop from capture to display. An honest accounting of building a whole photography pipeline for a user of one. ## Book - [Life as User Experience](https://digtek.app/book.html) — Applying software design principles to intentional living. Not a productivity book. ## Podcast - [The Constraint Protocol](https://digtek.app/podcast.html) — On building focused software and living with intention. Season 1 complete. ## About - [About DigTek](https://digtek.app/about.html) - [All apps](https://digtek.app/all-apps.html) - [App status](https://digtek.app/status.html) ## The photography behind the apps DigTek's apps come out of André Berg's own photographic practice — the tools were built because the practice needed them. The portfolio is a separate site, in Norwegian. - [André Berg — photography](https://andreberg.com/) — Landscape, botanical and portrait work from Kristiansand, Norway. Same person, separate property. - [Fra Lightroom til egne apper](https://andreberg.com/fra-lightroom.html) — Why he left Lightroom and built his own tools (Norwegian).