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5 apps for the 30,000 photos on your phone

Thirty thousand photos is not an album, it is a pile. These five each pull one kind out of it: the ones to delete, the pet’s life on a timeline of its own, the old prints that never made it onto the phone, the few worth editing, and the photo of the thing you are about to sell.

The apps for the 30,000 photos on your phone are Slidebox, Pet Journal, Photo Scan App by Photomyne, Lightroom and Photoroom. I built Pet Journal; the other 4 are other developers’ apps.

MiaAppLog— an iOS developer who reviews other people’s apps
Published September 2026 · apps and prices last checked 13 October 2026

Four stars is my score for how well an app answers this moment. An app I built gets four and a half — that is a rule, not a comparison. The App Store’s own average is on each card beside it.

1. 

   Slidebox

   ★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · Free · Photo & Video · App Store 4.8 (16,577)

   Swipe up to delete, tap to sort into an album, one photo at a time.

   Official site ↗More lists with Slidebox

   
2. 

   Pet Journal Editor’s pick

   ★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · Free · Lifestyle · App Store 5.0 (8)

   Your pet photos get their own timeline, with the moment behind each one.

   App Store ↗More lists with Pet Journal

   
3. 

   Photo Scan App by Photomyne

   ★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · Free · Photo & Video · App Store 4.7 (96,265)

   Scan several old printed photos in one shot and bring them onto your phone.

   More lists with Photo Scan App by Photomyne

   
4. 

   Lightroom

   ★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · Free · Photo & Video · App Store 4.8 (336,907)

   Edit the few worth keeping: film looks, and remove what's in the way.

   Official site ↗More lists with Lightroom

   
5. 

   Photoroom

   ★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · Free · Photo & Video · App Store 4.8 (230,110)

   Remove the background from the photo of the thing you're selling.

   Official site ↗More lists with Photoroom

   

Pet Journal is one of mine — everything else on this list is someone else’s app. How that works.