Not 12,000 photos. 3,000 photos, four times each.
Your iPhone merges exact copies and stops there. Pic Prune finds the near-misses: the burst of nine, the fourteen tries at the same shot. That's where the storage actually went.
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Your phone only looks for one of these
An exact copy
The same file, saved twice. Photos merges them, and it is right to.
2 files · 1 kept
Nine tries at one sunset
Every frame is a different file, so nothing here is a duplicate. That is why they are still on your phone.
9 files · 1 worth keeping
Pic Prune groups the second kind. That is the whole job.
Three taps per group, then it's done
- 1
It groups the look-alikes
On-device AI gathers the shots you took seconds apart into one group, and tells you how much space that group is costing you.
- 2
You pick the keeper
Two photos at a time, side by side or under a slider. Tap the better one. Pic Prune stars the sharpest, best-lit shot as a starting suggestion.
- 3
The rest go, when you say
Nothing is deleted until you confirm. Cleared photos sit in Recently Deleted for 30 days, so a change of mind costs nothing.
You are always the one deciding
The fear is deleting one you wanted. So Pic Prune never deletes anything on its own. You compare, you choose, and iOS holds everything for 30 days afterwards.
Nothing leaves your iPhone
The comparison runs on your device, using Apple's Vision framework. No upload, no server, no account. Your photos are never somewhere else.
You stop renting space for them
iCloud charges by what you store, every month, forever. The photos you never meant to keep are the ones quietly filling that bill.
Questions people actually ask
Doesn't my iPhone already remove duplicates?
It removes exact duplicates: the same file saved twice. It does not touch the nine near-identical shots from one burst, or the fourteen tries at the same photo, because those are genuinely different files. That is where most of the space goes, and it is what Pic Prune is for.
Do my photos get uploaded anywhere?
No. The comparison runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sent to a server, and there is no account to create.
What if I delete one I wanted to keep?
Nothing is deleted until you say so. You compare look-alikes side by side and choose, and anything you clear goes to your Recently Deleted album, where iOS keeps it for 30 days. You can undo at any point.
Will this lower my iCloud bill?
It can. iCloud is billed by how much you store, so clearing photos you never meant to keep reduces what you are storing. Whether that moves you into a cheaper tier depends on how much you free up and which plan you are on.
Is it a subscription?
No, and it never will be. Pic Prune is a one-time $6.99 purchase. No monthly fee, nothing to cancel.
Does it work with iCloud Photos and limited library access?
Yes to both. You can grant access to selected photos rather than your whole library, and Pic Prune works with what you give it.
Start with one messy afternoon
You don't have to face the whole library. Clear one bad burst and see what it gives back.
Get Pic PruneA one-time $6.99 purchase. No subscription, no monthly fee, nothing to cancel.