How to Add Captions to Photos on iPhone (And Their Benefits)

Sometimes, it might be a nightmare to search through thousands of photos in your iPhone gallery to find a specific picture.

Thanks to a new feature on iPhones and iPads, adding a caption to a photo is now possible on all devices with recent iOS (starting from iOS 14).  A simple caption will help you identify the photo or recall why it was taken.

Owing to them, you can easily search for your precious moments and sync these captions across macOS & iOS. So, how do you create them? 

How to Add Captions to Photos on Your iPhone

Here's a quick step-by-step guide to help you out:

1. Go to the default Photos app on your iPhone
2. Choose a photo in your library that you want to add a caption to & tap on it

3. Swipe up on the photo or tap the 'Info' button
4. Tap on Add a "Caption" in the highlighted zone

5. Type in your caption & Tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen

That's it, you're fabulous!

Benefits of using captions

Caption if used can provide quite a few benefits such as:

• Better Photo Organization: Set and mark photos outside or inside albums as additional filtering options.
• Improved Search: Words in your caption are treated like keywords and pop-up in search.
• Add details: Add some information to the photo you want to share with the receiving person, for example, the photographer's name, the place where it was taken, what you felt like while taking it, and so on.
• Just have fun: Add anything you want, make it fun and personal :D

For editing those photos before adding captions, check out our amazing article on 10 Best Free Photo Editing App for iPhone to spruce up your images even further.

How to Search for Photo Captions on Your iPhone

The Photos app on iOS already has a robust search function. As you add captions, your search choices will become more dynamic and flexible.

Here's what to do after adding a caption to a picture.

1. Launch the Photos app, select the search option, then type in your query.
2. In a few seconds, your system will search through the image index and present the search result.

From the Home screen, you can also use Spotlight search to look for captions.

Among the filters available to you for photo searching are captions. If you have related images in the same directory, you can apply more sophisticated filters, including persons, dates, and other keywords.

Bonus: Take Control of Your iPhone Media

Now that you're organizing your photos better with captions, you might also want to manage your media further.

For example, learn how to stop WhatsApp from saving photos automatically to prevent unnecessary images from cluttering your gallery.

And if you're looking to organize your media across devices, you can explore how to move photos to iCloud or transfer photos from your PC to iPhone.

If you are searching for high-quality images to work with, check out this article on 11 Best Stock Photo Sites for Everyday Use.

Sorted!

Now, you can simply search for the most prominent moments of your life and not lose your precious memories in tons of images. Keep taking photos and sharing them for people to see!

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