Comparison

Photo Deleter vs Smart Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Photo Deleter

This utility helps clear your device's photo gallery by moving all pictures and videos to the 'Recently Deleted' folder. It's ideal for users who frequently back up their media and need to free up space quickly.

Highlights
  • Move all photos and videos
  • Clear media gallery
  • Utilize 'Recently Deleted' folder
  • Automatic deletion after 30 days
  • Manual clearing of deleted items
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If you often take thousands of pictures and then copy them to computer or to third party cloud storage, after all you need to clear your iPhone's (or iPad's) media gallery. Using Photo Deleter app you don't need to select thousands of photos manually. If you have already copied all media to your computer Photo Deleter can help you to move ALL photos & videos from your Photos app to the Recently Deleted folder. It will be empty in 30 days automatically, or you can clear it by yourself. If you use iCloud and backup photos and videos there, in some cases your media content can be restored automatically back again.

About

Smart Notes

This app helps you securely store and manage various types of personal information, including bank details, checklists, birthdays, site IDs, and general notes. It offers cloud backup, reminders, and private storage for your important data.

Highlights
  • Securely manage bank account numbers
  • Create and manage checklists
  • Track birthdays with calendar mode
  • Store and recall site IDs
  • Write general text memos
  • Manage event reminders
  • Cloud backup and restore via Google Drive
Features
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Smart Notes - Secret Notepad is a memo app to help users to write memos, checklist, event necessary daily. The list of memos supported by this app is as follows. 1. Manage bank account number - If you enter the bank account number, you can copy it to the clipboard or send it to someone. 2. Manage checklist - You can write down necessary items and use these in a shopping list or to-do list. - You can freely modify items for to-do lists, task lists or any kind of things-to-do lists. 3. Manage Birthdays list - It reminds you about family or friends' birthdays. It supports calendar mode. 4. Manage site IDs - Since there are countless internet sites out there, it is difficult to remember your IDs. This function helps you to remember them. 5. General text memo, notes - You can conveniently write down text memos. - Even long memos will be okay. 6. Manage event list - It will remind you of your upcoming appointment events. Other functions - Cloud backup and restore through Google Drive - Reminder function - Private secure notes

Screenshots

Photo Deleter4 screens
Smart Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Photo Deleter at 80% against Smart Notes's 0%. Photo Deleter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Smart Notes's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart Notes is free to download; Photo Deleter costs $0.99 up front. Smart Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photo Deleter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Deleter ships an update every 9 days, Smart Notes every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Photo Deleter versus Smart Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto DeleterSmart Notes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEFB-Software, LLCGiang Dinh Van

Customer experience

Photo Deleter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Smart Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Photo Deleter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Notes

One-time1
  • Remove ads$5.99

Questions

Is Photo Deleter free?
Photo Deleter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Notes free?
Smart Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Deleter or Smart Notes have ads?
Neither Photo Deleter nor Smart Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Deleter or Smart Notes?
Photo Deleter ships an update every 9 days, and Smart Notes every 7 months. Most recently, Photo Deleter was updated on October 24, 2026 and Smart Notes on October 19, 2026.

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