Questions, answered.

Otto is a camera for iPhone that works with you like a photographer friend. You point your iPhone and stay in the moment; Otto takes care of the light, the focus and the timing, shows you where to stand, then picks your best shots and gives them a beautiful edit. Selfies, groups, pets, food, travel and night photos all work.

No. Otto runs the camera and shows you, step by step, where to move and when the moment is right. If you already know photography, tell Otto and it talks in real photo terms. Either way, you can always take the photo yourself.

Not unless you turn on Auto save in Settings. Otto keeps each session's photos privately inside the app and shows the highlights first; a photo goes to your Photos library when you tap Save or, with Auto save, when a session ends. Otto can only add photos to your library, never see the ones already there. Photos you don't save are removed after 30 days, or whenever you choose in Settings under Keep photos.

The best photos of each session, up to ten, each with Otto's own edit. Every other photo stays in the session too, so you can save a different one if you like it better.

Yes, while your subscription or free-week access is active. Pick a look and set its strength, add grain or a soft glow, crop and straighten, or add a frame. Otto never changes the original, and editing works offline through your verified access deadline. Existing photos stay available to view, save, share and delete after access ends.

Yes. Taking and editing photos with Otto requires an active subscription or eligible free week. Choose Monthly or Yearly at your local App Store price. With Monthly or Yearly, Otto Intelligence is included for nearly everything you shoot, with no count to keep an eye on. The free week includes a set number of sessions with Otto Intelligence. Whenever Otto works on your iPhone alone, you can keep taking photos with it. After access ends, existing photos stay available to view, save, share and delete.

With Monthly or Yearly, Otto Intelligence is included for nearly everything you shoot, with no count to keep an eye on. Everyone who subscribes shares Otto Intelligence. Now and then, Otto works right on your iPhone for a while: after a big day of shooting, until midnight; after a big week, until Monday; when more people than usual are shooting, for a bit; and after lots of questions in a row, for a few seconds. Otto tells you once and keeps helping, and Otto Intelligence comes back on its own. The shutter always works. During the free week, sessions with Otto Intelligence are counted, one for each run from Start to Stop.

Otto has Monthly and Yearly subscriptions at the price the App Store shows for your country or region, in your currency and including taxes Apple collects. Eligible Yearly subscribers start with seven days free; Monthly has no free week. The free week includes a set number of sessions with Otto Intelligence, shown before you subscribe. Yearly is charged automatically when the free week ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours beforehand.

Yes. Cancel your Otto subscription in iPhone Settings under your name, then Subscriptions, at least 24 hours before renewal. Access continues until the verified end of your current period. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Existing photos remain available to view, save, share and delete after access ends. Apple handles refunds at reportaproblem.apple.com.

Yes. In voice mode, Otto talks you through the shot out loud in one of six voices and listens to your answers: your iPhone sends each thing you say as a short recording once you stop speaking, and nothing in between. Without voice, the same tips show as short captions on screen, and you can answer with a tap. Voice mode uses Otto Intelligence, so it needs a connection; whenever Otto works on your iPhone alone, the captions take over.

The app and Otto's voice work in 31 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Otto can even speak a different language from the app's, if you prefer.

Nothing goes to Google until you turn on Otto Intelligence, and Otto works without it. With it on, and only while Otto is on, a small view of what the camera sees now and then (never video), each thing you say in voice mode as a short recording and a few things you told Otto pass through Otto's servers to Google Gemini, so Otto can guide you. Otto doesn't keep them unless you turn on Share voice recordings, which lets the Otto team review what you say for 30 days. Google doesn't use them to train its models, and your photo library and location are never sent. Details: ottocam.ai/privacy.

Yes. Leave Otto Intelligence off and Otto works on your iPhone alone: it still takes your photos, picks the highlights, edits them and guides you on screen. Voice mode needs Otto Intelligence. With it on, you can also ask Otto to keep a moment private, and no camera view or photo goes out until you let Otto see again.

Only what you allow. Otto keeps short notes on your iPhone, like your dog's name or the angles you love, and asks before it remembers a person, a pet or a place. Read, change or delete them in Settings under Memory, or turn off Let Otto remember.

Yes, unless you turn them off, so we can see which features help and fix problems. Neither ever includes your photos, what the camera sees, what you say or your location. Turn off Share usage analytics or Share crash reports in Otto's Settings at any time.

Yes. Taking photos, highlights, edits, on-screen tips and saving all work offline, even in airplane mode. Otto Intelligence and voice mode need a connection; without one, Otto keeps working on your iPhone alone.

Any iPhone with iOS 26 or later, and any iPad with iPadOS 26 or later. Apple Intelligence isn't required. Otto is for photos only: no video, and no Android version.

No. There is no Otto account to create or sign in to. Your subscription belongs to your Apple Account, and your photos stay on your iPhone.