Blanc
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iPhone photo cleaner

What you've seen
never comes back.

Clean your camera roll Tinder-style: swipe left to keep, right to delete. What Blanc shows you once, it never shows again — you always pick up where you left off, even on a new phone.

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iPhone · iOS 17 or later · free to delete your first 20 photos

0ads, tricks, accounts
30 daysto undo any deletion
20,000photos and still smooth

01Features

Every photo you swipe is remembered

Most cleanup apps start from scratch every time you open them. You swipe for ten minutes and you're looking at the same photos you already dismissed last week. Open Blanc tomorrow and you pick up where you stopped.

Screenshots first

Start with the easy pile

Screenshots are usually the biggest group in your library and the one you hesitate over least. Swipe through only those and you can clear hundreds in a few minutes, and actually watch the space come back.

Round summary screen offering a screenshot-only round
One tap: screenshots onlyMinutesto clear hundredsSpace comes right back

One swipe, one decision

Left to keep, right to delete

Ten cards a round, done in under a minute. Photos and videos alike — video cards autoplay muted, so you can judge without opening them. Each card shows when and where it was taken, so the memory comes right back.

Main screen with card stack and action buttons
KeepDelete10 cards a round · under a minute

Eight ways to clean

Videos, largest files, bursts, Time Machine

One button at the bottom switches modes anytime: screenshots only, videos only, or largest files first. Time Machine picks a month; On This Day shows what you shot on this date in past years; By Album cleans a single album; Burst Face-off lays out near-identical shots taken seconds apart — tap the keeper, the rest queue for deletion.

Cleaning Mode panel
Screenshots onlyVideos onlyLargest firstTime machine · pick a monthOn this dayBy albumBurst face-offSecond look

Nothing goes without you

You always get to change your mind

At the end of each round you land on a review screen showing everything queued for deletion. Tap any photo to keep it, or hit "Keep All" to put them all back. Nothing is deleted until you confirm — and deleted photos sit in Recently Deleted for 30 days.

Review screen with the photos queued for deletion laid out in a grid
Tap to keepKeep all30 daysto get it back

Your memory follows you

New phone, same place you left off

What you've already seen syncs between your devices through your own iCloud — a new phone or a reinstall loses nothing. Photos you kept six months ago come back once to ask if you still want them. Ten cards a day counts as a day: a Home Screen widget shows your progress and streak, and a Yearbook sums up the year.

Settings showing iCloud memory sync and the 10-a-day section
iCloud sync · nothing lostSix monthslater, one gentle ask10 a day · Home Screen widget

Clean, no tricks

Fair pricing, cancel anytime

No ads, no tricks. Free until you've deleted 20 photos; subscribe after that for unlimited use — the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial, and you can cancel anytime.

The unlock screen
First 20 deletes free7-day free trialNo ads · cancel anytime

02How it works

Three taps to your first clean-out

No account, no sign-in, no setup. Blanc has no server to talk to.

  1. Install and allow Photos access

    Blanc needs it to show your photos as cards. That's the only thing it does with them — nothing is ever uploaded.

  2. Swipe a round of ten

    Left to keep, right to delete. Under a minute, roughly the time you spend waiting for a lift.

  3. Review, then confirm

    Check what's queued, pull back anything you want, and confirm. Then see how much space you got back.

03Compare

Why another cleanup app

There are plenty. Almost all of them are built around recognising what's in your photos. Blanc is built around remembering what you've already decided.

BlancTypical cleanup app
Where you left offRemembered — a photo you've seen never appears againStarts from scratch every session
Switching phonesMemory syncs through iCloud — pick up where you left offStart from scratch
Business model7-day free trial, cancel anytime, no adsWeekly auto-renew or ad-supported
Before deletingA review screen every round, plus 30 days in Recently DeletedOften deletes straight away
Your photosNo server, no account — your photos never leave your iPhoneCloud scanning is common
Large librariesSmooth at 20,000 photosLong scans, stuttering
Near-identical burstsLaid out side by side — tap the one to keepFlags a pile and leaves the picking to you

04Promises

Four promises

These are the things Blanc is built to be — and the ones we'd rather lose users than break.

Memory is the whole point

You'll never look at the same photo twice — not even on a new phone. This is why Blanc exists, and it's the one thing the others don't do.

Clean

No ads, no dark patterns, cancel anytime. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

Safe

Deletion goes through the system, exactly as if you deleted from the Photos app. Everything lands in Recently Deleted and can be restored for 30 days.

Considered

Restrained design that doesn't feel like a utility. Thumbnails are pre-fetched, progress counting is constant-time, and the library scan runs off the main thread.

Try it free. Keep it if it clicks.

Delete 20 photos free. After that, subscribe for unlimited use — monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Cancel anytime.

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05FAQ

Questions

Can I get deleted photos back?

Yes. Blanc uses the standard iOS deletion API, so deleted photos go to the "Recently Deleted" album in the system Photos app, where you can restore them for 30 days. We do not — and technically cannot — delete anything irreversibly.

Why does the same photo never come back?

That is the core design. Blanc remembers locally which photos you have already handled and never shows them again, so no swipe is ever wasted work. To start over, clear the records in Settings → Reset tidying history (records only; your library is untouched).

Are my photos uploaded?

No. Blanc has no server and transmits no photos; everything happens locally on your device.

What do left and right swipes do?

Swipe left to keep, swipe right to delete. A matching stamp appears as you drag. If you would rather not swipe, the buttons along the bottom do the same thing, and there is an undo.

Can it clean videos too?

Yes. Videos sit in the same deck as photos and autoplay muted when you reach them. You can also pick “Videos Only” in Cleaning Mode — videos are usually what takes up the most space.

Can I clean just one month or one type of photo?

Yes. The fourth button at the bottom opens Cleaning Mode: screenshots only, videos only, largest first, by album, Burst Face-off, or Time Machine to pick a year and month. There's also On This Day for photos taken on this date in past years, and Second Look, which gently asks once more about photos you kept six months ago.

Does deletion happen immediately?

No. Swiping only puts a photo into a pending queue. At the end of each round you get a review screen where you can see everything laid out and pull any photo back; only after you confirm does the system delete them in one batch.

How much is free?

Everything is free until you have deleted 20 photos in total. After that, a subscription unlocks unlimited use — monthly or yearly, and the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

If I switch phones, does my tidying history follow?

Yes. What you've already seen syncs between your devices through your own iCloud private database, so a new phone or a reinstall picks up where you left off. Only the tidying records sync — never the photos. We have no server and cannot see this data. Without iCloud, the records stay on the device.

I already bought it — how do I restore on a new device?

Use Settings → Restore purchase with your original Apple ID. There is no need to pay again.

Is iPad supported?

Blanc is designed for one-handed portrait use on iPhone. It can be installed and run on iPad in iPhone compatibility mode, but the interface is not optimised for the larger screen.

How do I mass delete photos on my iPhone?

The Photos app supports drag-to-select and deleting by month, which works for obvious junk. For the thousands of photos that need a real decision, a swipe-based flow is much faster — see our step-by-step guide: How to delete photos fast on iPhone.

My iPhone storage is full — will deleting photos actually help?

Usually yes, but order matters: videos and screenshots first, then duplicates, and always empty Recently Deleted at the end — no space is freed until you do. Full walkthrough: iPhone storage full? What actually works.

How is Blanc different from other photo cleaner apps?

Four things: it remembers every photo you've reviewed so nothing comes back, deletions wait in a review screen until you confirm, everything runs on-device with no data collected, and pricing is clean — no ads, cancel anytime, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Comparison guide: How to choose a photo cleaner.