PicLoomCleanMyPhone alternative: tidy photos your own way
MacPaw's CleanMyPhone, formerly Gemini Photos: what it does well, where the subscription stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories.
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Notes from the build
Practical guides, product philosophy and engineering notes from building PicLoom, including the honest trade-offs behind each design and screen choice.
How to declutter iPhone screenshots without losing keepers
Screenshots are the fastest clutter on your iPhone. A 15-minute triage: find them all, save the keepers somewhere better, and delete the rest safely.
Apple Photos vs a photo decluttering app: do you need one?
What Apple Photos already covers, where it runs out, and how PicLoom's swipe reviewing, Duplicates page and Journal compare.
How to free up iPhone storage without losing photos
Six steps to reclaim iPhone space without deleting memories: diagnose storage, optimize Photos, merge duplicates, and decide what stays.
Slidebox alternative: sort photos without the subscription
What Slidebox does well, where it stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories.
Swipewipe alternative: keep the photos you love
What Swipewipe does well, where it stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories.
How to decide which photos to keep
A few honest questions for the photos you cannot decide about, so keeping or letting go stops taking all evening.
How to declutter your iPhone photo library
A calm, practical way to sort a large library in small batches, without deleting anything you might regret.
How a day’s journal gets written
Write your own memories, use optional writing help, and share a keepsake page in a font that feels like you.
PicLoom: make tidying your photos a small daily ritual
Why a photo app that only declutters is worth building in 2026.