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PhotoSwipe

Coming soon · iOS photo cleaner

Clean your camera roll one swipe at a time.

Screenshots, blurry bursts, and near-duplicates eating your storage? PhotoSwipe is a swipe-to-delete cleaner for iPhone. Launching soon. Right to keep, left to delete.

On-device by design. No camera-roll cloud upload. App Store release in progress.

iPhone mockup showing PhotoSwipe swipe-to-delete photo cleanup

PhotoSwipe is a pre-release iPhone cleaner for people who want keep/delete swipes, smart clutter queues, and pricing that doesn’t punish a full camera roll.

What we’re building

Product direction for launch. Not a finished App Store feature list yet.

The famous swipe

The famous swipe

Right to keep, left to delete. Clean thousands of photos without pinching, multi-select hell, or endless scroll.

Smart queues

Smart queues

Jump into screenshots, bursts, similar shots, large videos, or blurry photos. That clutter fills storage first. Planned for v1.

Duplicates & similars

Duplicates & similars

Spot near-identical shots, keep the sharpest, bin the rest in one flow. Complements Apple’s Duplicates album.

See space you’ll free

See space you’ll free

Know how many megabytes or gigabytes you’re about to reclaim before you confirm. Design goal for launch.

On-device privacy

On-device privacy

Your photos stay on your iPhone. We don’t need a cloud copy of your life to help you delete a screenshot.

Review before it’s gone

Review before it’s gone

Peek at your delete pile and restore anything you swiped too fast. Commit when you’re ready.

Three steps. Cleaner library.

The flow we’re shipping. No tutorials. No brokerage of your photos. Just swipe.

01

Grant photo access

iOS asks once. Full library access is needed for queues and deletes you choose. Limited Photos Access won’t cover a full clean.

02

Pick a queue

All photos, screenshots, similars, videos. Start where the clutter lives.

03

Swipe, review & free space

Keep or delete with a flick. Review the pile, confirm, then empty Recently Deleted if you want space back immediately.

If Swipe Wipe’s pricing put you off

Same gesture idea. Our design intent: fairer pricing and privacy-first cleanup.

If Swipe Wipe’s pricing put you off
What mattersPhotoSwipe (planned)Typical paid cleaners
True swipe UXPlannedMixed
No $10/week trapPlannedOften not
On-device firstPlannedMixed
Smart clutter queuesPlannedMixed
Review before deletePlannedMixed

FAQ

Straight answers while we prepare the App Store release.

When does PhotoSwipe launch?
We’re preparing the App Store release. No public date yet. Join the waitlist on this site and we’ll email you the day the listing goes live (and if we open TestFlight first).
Is PhotoSwipe free?
Pricing isn’t final. Our principle: core swipe cleanup should be free to start, with optional unlocks for power features. Never a surprise mid-session wall just to finish deletes. Exact tiers ship with the listing.
Do you upload my photos to the cloud?
Core keep/delete is designed to run on your device. We don’t need a copy of your camera roll for that. When the app ships, the Privacy Policy and App Store privacy labels will spell out any analytics or crash tooling.
Is deleting photos permanent?
You’ll review a delete pile before confirm. Then items go to iOS Recently Deleted (Apple’s limited recovery window). Always review before you commit. Emptying Recently Deleted frees space sooner.
How is this different from Swipe Wipe?
Same core idea: swipe to keep or delete. Our product direction is fairer pricing, smart clutter queues, and on-device-first privacy. We’re not claiming to beat a shipping app feature-for-feature before we launch. See the comparison page for intent vs live products.
Will this free a lot of storage?
Most people recover the most space from screenshots, burst sequences, similar shots, and large videos, not from deleting a few good photos. You can start today with built-in Photos. Our app will speed up the judgment-heavy pass.
Is a swipe cleaner better than the Photos app?
No. It’s complementary. Use Apple’s Storage, Duplicates, and Screenshots tools first. Swipe cleaners shine when you need rapid keep/delete decisions across hundreds of near-similar shots.
Can I undo a swipe?
That’s the plan: review your delete stack before confirming. After confirm, use iOS Recently Deleted if you need a second chance.
Why is storage still full after deleting photos?
Deleted items usually sit in Recently Deleted for up to 30 days and still use space until you empty that album or the timer ends. Also check Settings → General → iPhone Storage (not only Photos), and remember Optimize iPhone Storage is not the same as deleting. Empty Recently Deleted when you’re sure, then recheck free GB.
How do I empty Recently Deleted?
In Photos, open Albums, scroll to Utilities (or search “Recently Deleted”), open Recently Deleted, tap Select, then Delete All (or pick items). Permanent delete frees storage sooner. You lose the recovery window for anything you empty.
Exact duplicates vs similar photos?
Exact duplicates are identical (or near-byte-identical) files. Apple’s Duplicates album is built for those. Similar photos are near-matches: bursts, retakes, slightly different crops. The system often misses them, so you multi-select in Recents or use a swipe queue for keep-the-best decisions.
Is Optimize iPhone Storage the same as deleting?
No. With iCloud Photos, Optimize can keep smaller local versions and store full originals in iCloud. Your library still exists. Deleting removes items (then Recently Deleted). Use Optimize to free on-device space when iCloud is your archive; delete when you no longer want the photo at all.
How do I mass delete photos safely?
Work in batches by type or date: Screenshots first, then Duplicates, then one month of Recents. Multi-select, delete, scan Recently Deleted before you empty it. Favorites and shared albums deserve a slower pass. For hundreds of near-similars, a swipe review pile is safer than frantic Select-all on Mixed years.
Are photo cleaner apps safe / on-device?
It depends on the app. Prefer cleaners that process keep/delete on-device, publish clear App Store privacy labels, and don’t require uploading your camera roll for basic cleanup. Full Photos access is powerful; revoke it in Settings when you’re done if you only needed a one-time pass. PhotoSwipe is designed on-device-first; labels ship with the app.

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