I’ve recently installed Immich and it’s basically a drop in replacement for Google photos. You do need to host it yourself however.

Look for simplelogin

PSTN, I don’t know of any way to encrypt the call

Many calls are VoIP nowadays though, which could be encrypted depending on your provider and upstream SIP trunks. It’s probably not end to end though, so your carrier can still spy on you.

The screenshots show it’s not just a rating, you can add text to them. Am I misunderstanding you?

Ahh he gets weekends at home, how considerate!

So 120 days or 6 months? Which is it?

Have you tried Piper?