Don’t bother
This does not recreate the old Photos app for iPhone. I can’t see any difference. Apple really failed with the new, updated Photos app - and this doesn’t fix it. Don’t spend your money on this one.
STILL BUGGY!!!
I just updated the app thinking the problems I had were solved. Nope still doesn’t work. Found the problems within 30 seconds of updating so I don’t know how the developer hasn’t seen the issue. Some photos just freeze the app and I can’t navigate with it at all. Seriously thinking of getting a refund because this is not working at all! So disappointed as I really wanted an alternative to the stock photos app. I really had hopes for this but it’s let me down twice now.
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Crashes
It keeps crashing. It’s frustrating and unusable.
Promising
I found Photon whilst seeking a replacement for the awful revision of the Photos app in iOS 18. The current iteration of this app is a good start toward restoring the functionality and simplicity lost in the update. A few features would be useful:
- Add ability to order Albums by date of creation
- Swipe up on photo to reveal metadata
- Video scrubber bar should show preview of frames
- Add search (by date, by location to start with)
- Show map with location taken in metadata panel, add equivalent to "show nearby photos"
- Add photo / video edit capabilities a la iOS 17
- OCR search in photos
- Face identification
- Enhance Calendar tab to provide year/month/day views, perhaps akin to the lost "For You" functionality.
Can't wait to see where the app goes from here. Keep up the good work.
- Add ability to order Albums by date of creation
- Swipe up on photo to reveal metadata
- Video scrubber bar should show preview of frames
- Add search (by date, by location to start with)
- Show map with location taken in metadata panel, add equivalent to "show nearby photos"
- Add photo / video edit capabilities a la iOS 17
- OCR search in photos
- Face identification
- Enhance Calendar tab to provide year/month/day views, perhaps akin to the lost "For You" functionality.
Can't wait to see where the app goes from here. Keep up the good work.
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Great layout but glaring error
I love the look and layout of this app. But there is one glaring error. When I open it, it opens on the default 'Recents' tab. But I don't see the most recent photos I have taken, it shows the oldest ones in my library. This means I need to scroll all the way down to get to the most recent photos (which takes forever). Surely when you first open the app, it should show you the most recent photos in your library and not the oldest ones. As soon as this glaring error is fixed, I will change my review to 5 stars. Bit right now, it is very frustrating.
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Dont buy this
Cant do anything can’t even select multiple photos
Simplicity is a virtue
Nothing “wrong” with the Apple Photos app, but Photon Library pares things down for quick access, as when pulling up a photo to show someone during a conversation.
“Just Press Record” takes a similar approach for voice notes, and is my go-to app for that reason (I use other apps when more flexibility is needed). I anticipate using Proton Library the same way.
Hopefully, the developer won’t be inclined to add bells and whistles, but just make improvements and fixes when needed. If they want to make something more complex, offer it as a separate app.
“Just Press Record” takes a similar approach for voice notes, and is my go-to app for that reason (I use other apps when more flexibility is needed). I anticipate using Proton Library the same way.
Hopefully, the developer won’t be inclined to add bells and whistles, but just make improvements and fixes when needed. If they want to make something more complex, offer it as a separate app.
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Crashes immediately on launch.
Running iOS 18.0 and have yet to be able to even run this. Frustrating.
Unusable for me
It doesn’t sync albums and doesn’t seem to let you create smart albums. I tried for a refund a few minutes after purchase but it says that it ineligible. $5 wasted
Great start!!
A couple suggestions:
(1) let me reorder albums
(2) separate device created albums from Synced albums
(3) setting for 3,4,5 across photo grid
(1) let me reorder albums
(2) separate device created albums from Synced albums
(3) setting for 3,4,5 across photo grid
