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Life & fun · January 21, 2025

I made an honest photo cleaner for iOS that puts you first

Hello HN! Driven by the desire to avoid upgrading to the 2TB iCloud tier, I made a photo cleaning app for iOS that helps you systematically review your photos. While there are many similar apps, none of them checked all the boxes for what I wanted: - Clear privacy guarantee that photos never leave your device - Being honest about free limit usage. Some apps let you review photos only to reveal you can delete just a couple per day when you try to empty the trash. Basically taking your time hostage, when you've already gone through hundreds of photos - Context for better decisions. A lot of…

I made an honest photo cleaner for iOS that puts you first launched on January 21, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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What it does

Download Gallery Cleaner: Purgo by Antonin Masek on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Gallery Cleaner: Purgo.

Can finally see what photos and videos are taking space its a game changer on iCloud storage management. Thank you very much for your review! I'm glad the app was able to help you :) Can finally see what photos and videos are taking space its a game changer on iCloud storage management. Developer Response 05/03/2025 Thank you very much for your review! I'm glad the app was able to help you :) • Custom categories - Easily go through your last vacation by creating a custom category within a specified date range or at a specified location. Optionally turn on album syncing and let Purgo synchronize all photos and videos from this category to an album in your Photos app. • Organize albums - Go…from apps.apple.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello HN! Driven by the desire to avoid upgrading to the 2TB iCloud tier, I made a photo cleaning app for iOS that helps you systematically review your photos. While there are many similar apps, none of them checked all the boxes for what I wanted: - Clear privacy guarantee that photos never leave your device - Being…

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