Image processing apparatus for selecting images based on a standard

An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of selecting an image having common characteristics with a previously selected image, and a recording medium storing the program are provided. In a case where an image of a child and a father captured together is included in common in a first image selected from a first image group and a second image selected from a second image group, a speech balloon 200 for notifying a user to select such an image IR1 from a target image group is displayed on a display panel 21 of a smartphone. In a case where the user selects the image IR1 of the child and the father captured together, common characteristics with a previously selected image are maintained.