u/DeliciousTravel69

i built this because my own photos app was full of screenshots, duplicates, blurry pics, random memes, and bunch of videos i kept ignoring.

the app groups the obvious junk and lets you swipe through it instead of digging through your whole camera roll manually.

also privacy was a big thing for me, so everything runs on device. works offline, no account, and photos don’t leave your phone. So yes you can use the app in an airplane with airplane mode on.

Happy to hear feedback if anyone has an overloaded camera roll too.

Here's the app: Photo Cleaner
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-cleaner-free-storage/id6756098079

Hi guys about 6 months ago i had a rough version of my first iOS app.

It helps people clean up useless photos from their phone. duplicates, blurry pics, screenshots, big videos, all the random stuff that makes your storage full.

i almost kept polishing it forever, but instead i posted a basic demo on Reddit just to see if anyone cared.

that post got around 150k views.

more importantly, it brought my first few hundred users and first paying customers.

Current numbers for my app: Photo Cleaner

- ~3,800 downloads

- ~$200/month recurring

- ~2.8% free to paid conversion

- no paid ads

- no audience

Biggest thing i learned: a rough demo with a clear pain point beats a polished product no one understands.

people didn’t care that it was early. they cared that the problem was real.

Hi everyone,

I’m the developer of Photo Cleaner, an iOS app I built after my own Photos library turned into a mess of screenshots, duplicate shots, blurry photos, random receipts, memes, and “I’ll delete this later” junk.

I thought it might be relevant here because the app works directly with your iPhone photo library and is meant for people who use Apple Photos but feel like cleanup is still way too manual.

The basic workflow is:

- scan your photo library

- review screenshots, duplicates, similar photos, and blurry photos

- quickly keep the good ones and delete the junk

- free up storage without digging through years of photos manually

I’m not trying to replace Apple Photos. I built this more as a cleanup layer for the stuff Apple Photos doesn’t make easy enough to deal with.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-cleaner-free-storage/id6756098079

I’d genuinely like feedback from people who actually live inside Apple Photos. What would make photo cleanup feel less scary or less tedious for you?