Who makes Totti
Totti is built and published by Marwan Akhandaf, an independent iOS developer. It is a one-person operation, not a studio or a venture-backed company. The app is free to download on the App Store, runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later, and turns ordinary photos of a baby into styled portraits while keeping the baby's real features.
If you have found a bug, disagree with something written here, or want a feature, the fastest route is straight to my inbox: akhandafm17@gmail.com. Every message reaches a person.
Who writes the guides
The guides and blog articles on this site are written and edited by me. I want to be straightforward about what that does and does not mean.
I am not a professional newborn photographer. I build software. The photography guidance here is researched from published professional sources, pediatric safety guidance, and documented industry practice, and every substantive claim links to where it came from so you can check it yourself. What I bring is the ability to read a lot of sources carefully and organize what they say into something a tired parent can actually use at 6am.
Where a topic genuinely requires professional judgment, this site says so and points you to a professional. The clearest example is newborn posing. Several poses that circulate widely online are composites made by trained photographers with a second pair of hands supporting the baby in every frame, and this site tells you not to attempt them at home rather than showing you how.
How these articles are researched
- Safety guidance follows established pediatric and professional-photography practice, and links to the primary source. Infant sleep and positioning guidance follows the American Academy of Pediatrics' safe sleep recommendations.
- Pricing figures come from published 2026 US photography pricing surveys and are cited where they appear. They are ranges, not quotes, and they vary a great deal by region.
- Technical claims about the app (export resolution, template counts, what is free) describe what the current version actually does. When the app changes, these get corrected.
- Diagrams are original. The instructional illustrations on this site, covering window-light angles, safe positions, color palettes and print sizes, were drawn for these articles and are not stock images.
What you will not find here
No invented statistics. No fabricated customer reviews or testimonials. No "studies show" without a link to the study. If a number appears on this site, it either comes from a cited source or it describes the app itself.
This site also does not use cookies, run analytics, or collect anything about visitors. Details are on the privacy page.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, I would genuinely rather know. Email akhandafm17@gmail.com and I will fix it and note the change. Baby safety content especially is not something to get wrong quietly.
Try the app the guides talk about
Totti turns a phone photo of your baby into a studio-style portrait. Free to download, iOS 17 and later.
Get Totti on the App Store