Decluttering shows you the photos you took on this day in past years, so you can keep the ones that sparkle and let the rest go. Tiny sessions, a very encouraging bin.
Thousands of photos at once is overwhelming. One day at a time, split by year, is not. Here is the whole app, one piece at a time.
Open the app and every photo you took on today's date lands in a folder per year. Fold the years you are done with, or filter by photos, Live Photos, videos and screenshots.
Go through photos one at a time. Swipe right to keep, left to bin. Made a mistake? Undo it. Nothing is deleted until you have taken a last look.
Press Select, then slide a finger across the grid to pick a whole row in one sweep. One tap on Bin it clears them all.
Ten nearly identical shots of the same sunset? Binny spots the near-duplicates and lets you review the extras together.
Bin a little each day and the streak grows. Hit milestones to collect stickers for your Booth Report. Locked ones stay a mystery until you earn them.
A memory from this day, right on your home screen. Tap the heart to keep it without even opening the app. Small, medium and large sizes.
Sorting photos can be oddly tiring. After a long run, Binny suggests a stretch and a sip of water, and you can switch on a daily reminder to come back.
You've sorted 40 photos today. Decluttering is best in small doses, so stretch, sip some water and come back fresh.
Make it yours. One tap on the palette button changes the colours, typeface, textures and photo frames of the whole app, the widget and even the home screen icon.
Under a minute a day.
Today's date opens with photos from every past year, in folders.
Swipe sort, or select a few and tap Bin it.
A last look shows what is going. Binned photos go to Recently Deleted.
A new day brings a new set. Keep the streak going.
One tap on the palette button changes the typeface, colours, textures and even the app icon. Scroll sideways to see them all.
Previews use colour blocks in place of your photos.
The interesting bits, in plain words first and the proper jargon underneath.
Every screen is split into small jobs: one part draws, one decides, one fetches, one moves you to the next screen. They only talk through contracts, so any part can be swapped or faked in a test.
OnThisDayPresenterProtocol, PhotoViewerInteractorProtocol, DecisionRecordingReads your camera roll straight from the device and finds what you took on this day in past years. Nothing is copied or uploaded.
PHCachingImageManagerPHPhotoLibrary.performChangesPhotosUI, AVFoundationFinds the retakes and burst shots, so you can keep the best one. It turns each photo into a "fingerprint" of what it looks like and compares them, on the phone.
VNGenerateImageFeaturePrintRequest, VNFeaturePrintObservationDispatchQueue.concurrentPerformRemembers what you kept and binned, so the stats, the streak and the stickers always add up.
@Model DecisionA home screen photo with a Keep heart. Tap it and the decision is saved without opening the app.
TimelineProviderButton(intent:) + KeepPhotoIntentreloadAllTimelines()Small taps and buzzes that make sorting feel physical.
CHHapticEngine, CHHapticPatternUIPanGestureRecognizerUICollectionViewCompositionalLayoutOne tap restyles the whole app, the widget and even the app icon.
UIApplication.setAlternateIconNameBinny suggests a break before sorting turns into a chore, and can remind you tomorrow.
BreakPolicyUNCalendarNotificationTriggerLittle robots that check the rules every time the code changes.
git clone https://github.com/khansharkhamnida/decluttering.git open decluttering/decluttering.xcodeproj # pick an iPhone simulator, press Run
Decluttering talks only to the Photos library on your device. There are no accounts, no servers and no analytics in the code, and deleted photos go to Recently Deleted so you can still change your mind.
Decluttering is open source. You need Xcode 26 and an iPhone or simulator on iOS 26.
git clone https://github.com/khansharkhamnida/decluttering.git cd decluttering open decluttering.xcodeproj
Choose the decluttering scheme, set your own team under Signing & Capabilities (the App Group is group.com.shofia.decluttering, change it to yours), and run.