Photoprism is what I use.

If you install proxmox on the laptop there is a community script to install and setup photoprism. Lots of other neat services you could run too. Relatively beginner friendly.

There are android and ios apps for photoprism that will auto upload new images from your phone to the photoprism server.

Symphonium is great. And it’s a lifetime license for a relatively low fee. I don’t think you will get buyer remorse.

Proxmox Home lab with a NAS, and a jellyfin server. Wireguard to access remotely. Symphonium for android. All local, but now multiple devices can access your library. Added bonus of not needing an apple product.

To be fair, if it costs 80b in 10 years and has only been implemented for 2 years, then it only cost 16b to recover 1b.