Pixtide

An iPhone app for clearing camera-roll clutter through fast manual decisions, on-device processing and a review step before anything is deleted.

Fast decisions without automatic deletion.

Camera rolls grow quickly, but handing deletion decisions to an automatic cleaner creates an unnecessary risk. Pixtide makes repetitive sorting faster while leaving every consequential choice with the person who owns the library.

Keep every choice human.

Swipe right to keep an item and left to mark it for deletion. Pixtide does not use AI to decide which photographs or videos should be removed.

Make uncertainty a valid choice.

A separate Decide Later action lets the user postpone an uncertain decision without losing progress or forcing an answer simply to continue cleaning.

Review before deletion.

Marked items collect in a review grid before the user confirms anything. Confirmed items then move through Apple's normal photo-library deletion process, including the protection of Recently Deleted.

Keep photo processing on the device.

Pixtide processes photographs and videos on the iPhone and does not upload the photo library for processing. Anonymous product analytics are handled separately as described in the product's privacy information.

Genuine project evidence

What the work shows.

Pixtide manual swipe interface on iPhone — What this shows: a focused swipe interface keeps the decision with the person sorting the library.

Pixtide keep decision — What this shows: a clear keep action makes the consequence of the gesture visible.

Pixtide delete decision — What this shows: items are marked for later review rather than being deleted as soon as the user swipes.

Pixtide Decide Later action — What this shows: Decide Later treats uncertainty as a valid choice without interrupting progress.

Current status

Pixtide is a released iPhone app available from the App Store.

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