Most photo cleaner apps upload your images to the cloud for processing. Swipe Cleaner doesn't. Here's why on-device processing is the only honest approach to privacy.
Disclosure: I work on Opennomos, the ecosystem behind Swipe Cleaner.
Last week, I watched someone install a photo cleaner app, grant it full photo library access, and hit "Clean" — all without realizing their entire camera roll was being uploaded to a server in a different jurisdiction.
This isn't an edge case. It's the default.
The Architecture Problem
Most iOS photo cleaners follow the same pattern:
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