Hi everyone 

I’ve noticed a few posts lately floating around being frustrated with subscription based apps…and I agree. Most of the photo cleaner apps I tried felt off.

They wanted a lot of permissions / tracking for what is basically just a photo cleaner, pushed subscriptions pretty aggressively, and weren’t that intuitive to use. I’d open them, get slightly annoyed, and stop.

So I built something simpler for myself.

It’s just a straightforward way to go through your camera roll and decide what stays and what doesn’t — keep, favourite, archive, or delete.

You typically start by swiping through your most recents, however you can also go through things by album, see how many items you have left in each “mode”, (read:videos, screenshots, duplicates) the file sizes, and roughly how much space you’d free as you go. There’d also a review function where you can modify your decision if you change your mind. 

Once you’ve made a decision on a photo, it won’t show up again, so you’re not wasting time going over the same things.

No automation trying to be clever;  just a simple flow that lets you get through photos without thinking too much.

If you ever close the app by mistake or something the app automatically saves your progress and asks whether you’d wish to resume or discard it the next time you open it too.

I’m also thinking about adding a “vault” where you can move photos out of your main camera roll into albums, so they don’t still sit in your gallery as Apple currently just references your photos to make the albums - the files don’t actually get transferred over.

You get 25 free actionable swipes per day to delete,archive or favourite - with unlimited swipes to the right to “keep” your photos & videos. If you want unlimited swipes for everything, there’s a onetime in app purchase of chf 4 equivalent. 

I’m just a typical guy with a typical job, but wanted something that was simple, intuitive and no subscription nonsense. 

If you do decide to download it, would love to hear your feedback. 

The app is called Ritual Cleaner ; https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/ritual-cleaner/id6761284389?l=en-GB

(P.S There’s a bug atm with Apple where the EU store isn’t showing it (despite everything being in order) - I’ve submitted a new version which is currently under review hoping this will fix it. If anyone has any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Have a great weekend 

Best wishes

Alex 

Tired of photo cleaner apps that force subscriptions ? Try Ritual Cleaner