HashPhotos

When embarking on the daunting task of cleaning up your photo roll after 20-something years of parenthood, working backwards one month at time, for 10 minutes a day, for god-knows-how-long, you want to bring your sharpest sword into battle, and this photo manager is the one you pull out of the stone. Insanely powerful and flexible. And while there are subscription options the lifetime purchase feels like a bargain at $18.99, as this is no flash in the pan, I’ll certainly get a lifetime of use out of it.

Only downside is the frustration I feel when I have to use the built-in photos app (mostly for people-search and other photo-content based searching (HashPhotos is great at searching metadata)).

Here’s a paste of the feature list:

Organize

• Keywords (tags), searchable in Apple Photos as well

• Smart Album

• Uncategorized Album (See photos not in an album)

• Tray, Album Bar, Album Picker

• Add To Album (with quick access to Pinned and Recents)

Clean Up

• Find Duplicates

• Find Similar Photos

• Compare and Pick

Navigate & Search

• Search by keywords, built-in filters (format, size, title, filename, caption, location, and more), date/ period, and dimensions

• Timeline and Events

• Map View

• Calendar

• Customizable sidebar with pin album support

• Album picker with grid view

Viewer

• Photo and Video Information

• Metadata Viewer

• Histogram

• Animated Image (GIF, PNG, WebP, HEICS, AVIF)

• Live Text and Cut-out Object

• Memo

Customization

• Thumbnails: sort (by date, size, filename, duration, rating, shuffle), grouping, layout styles (grid, mosaic, natural, waterfall), size, spacing, badges, additional info

• Viewer: Ul visibility controls, video/Live Photo playback options, customizable gesture actions, and more

• Per-album view options, sidebar, and more

Import & Export

• Import files and folders

• Export albums or folders

• Send to / receive from Mac or PC via Wi-Fi

• Save to Files (including Live Photos)

• System share integration

Security & Privacy

• Local Library (Local / Private Album)

• Passcode and Face ID

• Fake Passcode for unlocking Private Album

• Privacy Options

Photo Editor

• Crop, Rotate, Flip, Angle

• Adjustments and Filters (60+)

• Image / Text Overlay, Drawing, Stickers

• Blur, Tilt Shift, Shape Mask

• Eraser (Remove Background)

• Frame

Video Editor

• Trim, Flip, Rotate

• Filter and Adjustments

Tools

• Convert: image format, video/Live Photo to animated image (GIF, PNG, WebP), Live Photo to video or still image

• Batch Edit: apply filter, resize, rotate, flip, invert color

• Properties: adjust date/time, location, title, memo, favorite

• Metadata: edit, remove, import IPTC Keywords

• Utilities: combine photos, create animated GIF, slideshow, extract video frame, hide faces, show photos nearby

Embedded Camera

• Save photos directly into an album

• Take photos with a filter