# Afterglow: Photo Tidy — Mindful photo cleanup

> Mindful photo cleanup (iPhone/iPad app by chengche lee.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/afterglow-photo-tidy/id6766023311 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [chengche lee](https://appshunter.io/developer/1862790313)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 150 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-05-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/afterglow-photo-tidy/id6766023311/reviews.md

## What is Afterglow?

Afterglow — mindful photo cleanup for iPhone

A 100% on-device photo cleanup app. No network requests, no account, no third-party analytics. Your photos never leave your device.

— Three Acts —

Triage
Swipe through your camera roll. Left to release, right to keep, up to favorite. A calm card-stack rhythm.

Grace
A 7-day in-app grace period. Photos you release don't disappear right away — long-press to recall any of them. After Afterglow finally removes a photo, iOS's Recently Deleted may keep it recoverable for an additional window depending on your Photos settings.

Garden
What you truly release blooms in a 3D abandoned amusement park at perpetual dusk. Cool light becomes moss; warm light becomes flowers; high-energy frames become fireflies. Each plant is a quiet farewell — nothing stays, but everything nurtures what comes next.

— Brand Promise —

• 100% on-device — every Vision analysis, SwiftData write, and 3D render happens on your iPhone
• No uploads, no account — your library is never sent anywhere; no sign-in required
• Zero data collection — no photo upload, no face embeddings, no GPS or EXIF beyond date
• No third-party SDKs — no ads, no analytics, no trackers
• Seasonal recap — see the colors, archetypes, and storage curves of your spring/summer/autumn/winter
• 11-archetype codex — moss, mushroom, flower, vine, firefly, butterfly, fruit tree, paper, scrap, statue, wild grass
• Smart Sort — tap to surface similar, blurry, or overexposed frames first

You don't have to fight forgetting. Let it be a garden you can walk through.

More from the developer: Gantt Planet · Sown Echoes · Atomic Presence · Auditory Companion — Search «ChengChe Lee» on the App Store.

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## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-11

v1.1.1 — Pinch-to-zoom and reset in the 3D garden, plus tap-target polish across Settings.

### 1.1 — 2026-05-21

v1.1 — Peek without recalling

• Grace tab: long-press a released photo to preview it in place (no need to recall).
• Reveal toggle: show or hide individual photos from the card menu.
• Bulk reveal: in selection mode, reveal everything selected at once.
• Polish: localized reveal labels, stale-state cleanup on reload.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-14

No release notes.

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All apps by chengche lee: https://appshunter.io/developer/1862790313

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