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title: "PicWay requirements: iOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad"
description: "PicWay needs iOS 17.0 or later and runs on iPhone and iPad. It comes in 8 languages and follows your system language, with widgets and Share menu actions too."
url: "https://picway.app/specs/"
lang: "en"
type: "pages"
updated: "2026-11-01"
published: "2026-11-01"
keywords: "PicWay requirements"
---

# PicWay requirements: iOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad

URL: https://picway.app/specs/
Markdown: https://picway.app/specs/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

PicWay requirements: you need iOS 17.0 or later, and it works on iPhone and iPad. It comes in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, and French, and follows your iPhone’s system language. There are Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and you can also start from the Share menu, Shortcuts, or Siri.

## PicWay requirements: system and devices {#system-devices}

| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| System | iOS 17.0 or later |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad |
| Orientation | iPad works in portrait and landscape. iPhone stays in portrait, and you can turn it sideways for videos |
| Account | No sign-up. Just open it and start |
| Life photos only | In the Photos tab, switch from All to Life to hide screenshots, screen recordings, animated images, and non-camera images that look like receipts, IDs or documents. Nothing is deleted ([more](https://picway.app/hide-screenshots-from-camera-roll/)) |

## Languages {#languages}

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, and French: 8 in all. PicWay follows your iPhone’s system language.

## Widgets {#widgets}

| Where | What’s there |
|---|---|
| Home Screen | Random, Videos, Daily streak, and Review progress, plus one-tap Collage, Make a card, Creations, and Edit photo |
| Lock Screen | Review activity, Streak, and Review progress |

PicWay’s settings have the steps under **Widgets**.

## Use it without opening PicWay {#without-opening-app}

| From | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Share menu | Collage (pick 2 to 30 photos; see the limit for each ratio below), Live Photo (one video), Compress |
| Home Screen widgets | Collage, Make a card, Creations, Edit photo |
| Shortcuts or Siri | Search for “Collage,” “Make a card,” or “Edit photo” |

## Numbers people often ask about {#common-numbers}

| Item | Number |
|---|---|
| Collage | Up to 20 photos in standard ratios, up to 30 in Long strip |
| Video to Live Photo | Up to 3.9 seconds by default, or No Time Limit |
| Large video downloads | Videos of 500 MB or more download from iCloud over Wi-Fi only by default |
| Recovering deleted photos | They go to Recently Deleted, where you can recover them for 30 days |
| On This Day reminder | 9:30 AM by default, and you can change the time |
| Private Vault | 12 words to recover it if you forget the pattern; locks after 2 minutes without a touch by default |
| Video editing | After you split a video, each section gets its own speed (0.5× to 3×) and volume (0 to 200%) |
| Custom filters | Up to 60, with names up to 40 characters |
| Format conversion | Photos to JPG, HEIC, or PNG; videos to MP4 or MOV, in H.264 or HEVC |

## Search {#search}

| Search for | How to type it |
|---|---|
| One day | May 1, 2025, or 1 May 2025 |
| A range of days | Two dates joined by a hyphen, like 20240801-20240921 |
| The same day every year | May 1, with no year |
| Places, journeys, albums, tags | Type the name; searching a place shows journeys first |
| Words in a photo, everyday things | Found in the background, only while your iPhone is charging |
| Where it runs | On your iPhone |

## Appearance {#appearance}

Choose System, Light, or Dark. There are also several accent themes, which change both the accent color and the app icon.

For more, see the [FAQ](https://picway.app/faq/#system-requirements-ipad), and the [privacy page](https://picway.app/privacy/) for privacy details.