Comparison

Photo Measures vs MailBroom

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

Head to head
About

Photo Measures

Easily measure and annotate dimensions directly onto your photos. Perfect for home improvement, real estate, or any project requiring precise measurements. Save, organize, and share your annotated images with ease.

Highlights
  • Draw measures directly on photos
  • Zoom for precision
  • Add text comments
  • Support for angles
  • Imperial or metric units
  • Organize photos by category
  • Export as PDF or JPG
Features
Currently charting
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Photo Measures is the most elegant and the easiest way to save measures on your own photos on iPhone and iPad! Architectural Digest - "Very useful when shopping or meeting with contractors" Tuaw.com - "It's perfect for your own work around the house, and handy for creating plans to bring to a contractor" AppSafari - "So incredibly convenient" Featured on the front page of the AppStore under New & Noteworthy and Staff Favorites in more than 70 countries, including the US, France, Germany and Canada. Recommended by many reference magazines, websites and blogs all around the world: Architectural Digest, Tuaw.com, This Old House, AppOfTheDay.com, AppSafari.com, etc... ◆◆◆◆◆ Constructing a house? Engineering a new project? Moving to a new place? Take some photos and note down the dimensions on the photos to remember the exact layout, and to make sure that everything will fit easily. Need to keep in mind the exact dimensions of an object? Just take a photo and quickly write them on it. Are you decorating? Want to buy a new frame or a new furniture but not sure it will fit? No problem since you can have all your house dimensions always with you! ◆◆◆◆◆ You are a real estate agent? A contractor? An engineer? A designer? Working in the construction industry? Someone who wants to keep his house's measure easily accessible? Whenever you need to save dimensions, sizes, angles or write down a detail you need to remember, Photo Measures will help you to be more efficient and more accurate. ◆◆◆◆◆ Photo Measures helps you to: . Take a photo and directly draw measures on it . Zoom into and out of your photo when you need more precision . Edit your measures with a very intuitive interface . Quickly add text as comments when measures are not enough . Native support for angles . Save your measures in imperial or metric units . Easily organize your photos by category . Export your dimensions in high resolution by email or to the photo library . Export as PDF or JPG . Import photos of any size and aspect ratio . Support Retina display Keep posted, a lot of new features are planned for the next versions!

About

MailBroom

Features
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Stop drowning in junk email. MailBroom uses on-device AI to scan your inbox, find the clutter, and let you delete thousands of messages in seconds — saving you time, freeing up storage, and cutting your email's carbon footprint. All without your data ever leaving your device. SAVE TIME MailBroom groups junk and newsletter senders together so you review and act on hundreds of emails at once, not one by one. Your dashboard tracks exactly how much time you've saved — turning hours of manual tidying into minutes. FREE UP SPACE Find your oldest, biggest emails and clear them in bulk. Watch your storage usage drop in real time, broken down by age and size so you can see exactly where the clutter is. Full undo means you can always bring something back. CUT YOUR CO₂ Every email you delete is one less stored on a server, forever. MailBroom shows your personal CO₂ savings as you clean up, so you can see the real-world impact of a tidier inbox — small actions, real impact. SMART DELETE MailBroom groups junk and newsletter senders together so you can review and delete in bulk. Risk scores flag anything that might be important before you act, so you never delete by accident. SMART UNSUBSCRIBE One tap sends real unsubscribe requests to mailing lists that support it. For everything else, Smart Delete clears them in bulk so they stop arriving for good. SMART ORGANISE Create folders directly on your mail server, build rules to auto-file incoming messages, and move emails between folders — all without leaving the app. Set it up once and let your inbox stay tidy. SWEEP MODE Guided, sender-by-sender decisions instead of email-by-email scrolling. The fastest way to take control of a large inbox. AI THAT LEARNS MailBroom's on-device classifier gets smarter with every scan. It learns your safe senders, adapts to your inbox patterns, and shows you exactly which AI layer handled each decision in the Intelligence Hub — full transparency, zero black boxes. WORKS WITH YOUR EMAIL Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, Microsoft 365, Exchange, BT Internet, or any standard IMAP server. Connect as many accounts as you like. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your emails never leave your device. MailBroom connects directly to your mail server over SSL and runs all AI processing locally — no cloud servers, no third-party data sharing, ever. FREE FOREVER WITH GENEROUS LIMITS MailBroom is free with generous limits on premium features: 5 Sweep Mode sessions 3 AI-drafted replies 1 bulk delete operation 5 unsubscribe operations 1 organise rule Unlimited scanning, basic features, and privacy protection are always free. MailBroom Pro Subscription Try Pro from just £0.99 for the first month, then from £1.99/month depending on your plan (up to 50 email accounts). Auto-renews after the first month unless cancelled. 4 subscription tiers: 3, 10, 20, or 50 email accounts Monthly or annual billing (save ~30% annually) Unlock unlimited Sweeps, AI scans, organising, and more Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Privacy Policy: https://www.aiert.co.uk/mailbroom/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.aiert.co.uk/mailbroom/terms

Screenshots

Photo Measures4 screens
MailBroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MailBroom at Free against Photo Measures's $6.99. MailBroom also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Photo Measures's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and chart position (#85 vs unranked). 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

MailBroom is free to download; Photo Measures costs $6.99 up front. MailBroom sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Photo Measures asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Measures ships an update every 3 months, MailBroom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Photo Measures versus MailBroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto MeasuresMailBroom
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (529 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings529 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCubentAIERT LTD

Bugs and requests

Photo Measures

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Measurements not aligning properly with photos
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Inability to edit or delete measurements

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync across devices (iCloud, Google Drive, etc.)
  • Ability to import/export PDFs
  • Integration with laser measuring tools
  • More advanced drawing/annotation tools
  • Improved photo organization and management

MailBroom

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Photo Measures

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

MailBroom

Subscriptions8
  • MailBroom Pro1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • MailBroom Pro – 10 Accounts1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • MailBroom Pro – 20 Accounts1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • MailBroom Pro – 50 Accounts1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • MailBroom Pro – 3 Accounts (Yearly)$19.991 Year
  • MailBroom Pro – 10 Accounts Yearly$49.991 Year
  • MailBroom Pro – 20 Accounts Yearly$99.991 Year
  • MailBroom Pro – 50 Accounts Yearly$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Photo Measures free?
Photo Measures costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MailBroom free?
MailBroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Measures or MailBroom have ads?
Neither Photo Measures nor MailBroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Measures or MailBroom?
Photo Measures ships an update every 3 months, and MailBroom every 2 days. Most recently, Photo Measures was updated on November 1, 2026 and MailBroom on October 28, 2026.

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