Is there a good app for find and delete duplicate photos?
Poorly Executed: 14 apps already serve this, and 39 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to find and delete duplicate photos, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| no duplicate photo detection/removal | missing-feature | 1 | like the option to identify duplicate photos and be able to delete them |
| no automatic duplicate/similar photo deletion | missing-feature | 1 | I am still having to go through each photo to delete the copies and or similar ones |
| photo upload duplicates | bug | 1 | it’d upload it twice for two spots which just looks like a user error |
| creates duplicates and makes photos disappear | bug | 1 | This app makes duplicates and pull disappearing acts |
| duplicates photos on bulk transfer | bug | 1 | the duplication of every photo upon a huge selection for transfer purpose’s |
| app deletes user photos | bug | 1 | Will delete all your pictures! |
| no photo duplicate/versions on phone app | missing-feature | 1 | the ability to duplicate your photos on the phone app |
| no find/remove duplicates feature | missing-feature | 1 | Wondering if we could get this feature. It could save us a lot of waisted space... auto do that and deletes the duplicate |
| personal photo data removal | other | 1 | ChatGPT has removal my home with pictures that I have taken |
| per-photo delete confirmation | ux | 1 | まとめて消したいのに一枚一枚許可しますか？ってでて |
| selective device-only photo deletion | missing-feature | 1 | safely delete photos on your device...delete them from your device but keep them on your backup |
| no batch delete of photos | missing-feature | 1 | I can’t delete multiple photos at once and I had to delete them each one by hand |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duplicate Photos Fixer | 4.2 | 3,149 | $4.99 |
| Photo Shield AI | 4.3 | 389 | Free |
| Cleaner Guru: Clean Up Storage | 4.5 | 148,575 | Free |
| Cully - Photo Cleaner | 5.0 | 37 | $3.99 |
| Photo Recovery: Deleted Files | 4.4 | 18,616 | Free |
| Phone Cleanup: Storage Cleaner | 4.5 | 223 | Free |
| Swipify: Photo Cleaner | 0.0 | 0 | $1.99 |
| Clean Up Storage: CleanX | 4.6 | 24,382 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 69 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
Only 3 attempts, 2 stale; a 91-star finder leads but momentum has faded—a small, mostly idle niche.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| magamig/duplicate-images-finder | stale | 91 | Python |
| s-chh/Find-Duplicate-Photos-Video | stale | 18 | Python |
| ppound/photostat | active | 14 | Java |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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