# Live Photo Cleaner — Convert Live Photos

> Reclaim storage by converting Live Photos to still images. (iPhone/iPad app by MATHEMA GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-photo-cleaner/id1536545732 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MATHEMA GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1229436573)
- Category: Photo & Video, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.50/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 19 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: English, German
- Released: 2021-10-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-photo-cleaner/id1536545732/reviews.md

## What is Live Photo Cleaner?

Live Photos are fantastic, but each picture weighs up to three times more than a still image. If you want to keep only the stills, that's a lot of wasted device memory.

With LivePhotosCleaner, you can delete the "Live" part of the picture and thus cut the size of the image by three, reclaiming precious megabytes of memory for each image you clean up.

Features
- You can preview the memory that will be regained before cleaning up the photos
- The still pictures remain linked with the albums they were added to.
- Live Photos which were offloaded to iCloud are downloaded automatically.
- The app is ad-free and will remain free forever because we care!

Good to know
- LivePhotoCleaner duplicates the Live Photo as a still picture, and moves the original to the "Recently Deleted" folder of the iOS Photos App. Thus memory will only be reclaimed after the photo is deleted for good.
- The still pictures will appear as new pictures in the "Recents" album of the iOS Photos App. There is currently, no way around this, unfortunately.
- Live Photos you edited (applied a bounce, loop, or long-exposure effect, applied a color filter, corrected exposure, cropped, etc.) cannot be cleaned up at the moment.

## Key features

- Convert Live Photos to still images
- Preview memory savings
- Ad-free experience
- Free forever
- Maintains album links
- Downloads iCloud offloaded photos

## Recent user reviews (10 of 19)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-photo-cleaner/id1536545732/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Simply does not work

*2024-11-27, version 1.0.1*

The app is useless, apprently (from the reviews) works only on a small number of photos, which of course is a nonsense since you want to use is when you are running out of space. 👎🏻

### 1/5 — No longer works.

*2024-09-23, version 1.0.1*

I have an iPhone XS running IOS 18 and the app just spins and spins when ‘cleaning’ - even when only 1 photo is selected. 

This is very needed functionality as it saves much space. Hope this gets updated but doubt it.

### 5/5 — Brilliant!

*2024-07-09, version 1.0.1*

I’m new to the iPhone and didn’t even realize what Live Photos was doing. 6,000 photos later, I found this app. Does exactly what it says it can do. Thanks to the developer for putting this out for free.

### 5/5 — Worked perfectly

*2024-04-15, version 1.0.1*

Saved me about half an hour of my time. Thanks

### 1/5 — The app is doesn’t working

*2023-11-10, version 1.0.1*

It’s removed my photo and didn’t turn it to a non live photo

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2023-09-23*

App doesn’t work. Even trying to save just 3 Live Photos it just crashes

### 1/5 — State lontani da quest’app

*2023-08-04, version 1.0.1*

Dopo aver speso ore a cercare di sostituire immagini live con immagini normali (visto che l’app crasha continuamente), scopro che nonostante le immagini live siano state cancellate (anche dagli elementi rimossi di recente), lo spazio occupato rimane esattamente uguale a prima..
State lontani da quest’app, ho solo perso centinaia di foto live senza motivo..

### 1/5 — Sadly, doesn’t work

*2023-07-22, version 1.0.1*

Wanted to use this as my Live got turned on and had way too many photos that needed cleaning up. Read a great review, but it would hang up and nothing would happen. Using iPadOS 16.5.1 (c) so it’s up to date.
Found another competitor using Google, thank goodness.

### 1/5 — Endless loading

*2023-05-29, version 1.0.1*

It doesn’t work. Endless loading. 🥲

### 5/5 — Awesome live photo cleaner

*2023-03-27*

I wanted to convert live photos to normal photos before backing them up to my Google photos.

This made the process really easy. Thanks for making this!

Looking forward to the next updates.

## Frequently asked questions about Live Photo Cleaner

### How does Live Photo Cleaner save space?

Live Photo Cleaner converts Live Photos into standard still images by removing the video component. This reduces the file size by up to three times, freeing up significant storage space on your device.

### Is Live Photo Cleaner free to use?

Yes, Live Photo Cleaner is completely free and ad-free. The developer states it will remain free forever.

### What happens to the original Live Photo after conversion?

The original Live Photo is moved to the 'Recently Deleted' folder within the iOS Photos App. Storage is only reclaimed once the photo is permanently deleted from that folder.

### Can I convert edited Live Photos with Live Photo Cleaner?

Currently, Live Photos that have been edited with effects like bounce, loop, long exposure, color filters, or cropping cannot be cleaned up by the app.

### Will the converted still pictures appear in my albums?

Yes, the still pictures will remain linked to the albums they were originally added to. They will also appear as new pictures in the 'Recents' album.

### What devices is Live Photo Cleaner compatible with?

Live Photo Cleaner is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices.

### How often is Live Photo Cleaner updated?

The app was last updated on October 7, 2021, to version 1.0.1. It was initially released on October 4, 2021.

### What is the age rating for Live Photo Cleaner?

Live Photo Cleaner has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2021-10-07

Minor bugfixes

### 1.0 — 2021-10-05

No release notes.

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