PicMate Collection Manager vs DayBack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PicMate Collection Manager
Organize your favorite images, illustrations, and memes into separate collections and albums, away from your device's main photo library. Features include flexible sorting, duplicate removal, and multi-library management. Access your content from any device on your local network or sync across your own devices via iCloud.
- Organize images into albums and collections
- Create multiple separate libraries
- Import from Photos and Files apps
- Picture-in-Picture mode for reference
- App Lock with Face ID/Touch ID
- Web server for network access
- iCloud Sync across devices
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Save your favorite illustrations, reference images, or memes you want to keep organized away from your device's Photos library. Collection Albums in PicMate can contain both albums and pics, allowing you to organize with even more flexibility. Sort by name or item count, and choose between grid, list, or carousel layouts to browse your collection exactly the way you want. Scan and quickly remove duplicated pics from your collection or within a specific album. Libraries Create and manage multiple libraries to keep your collections completely separate. Organize by distinct groups of pics, or by project. Import Bring images into PicMate from other apps by sharing them into PicMate. Need to bring in content from your Photos library? Use the importer to select individual photos, entire albums, or even folders all at once. You can also import images from the Files app. Picture in Picture Pop out a pic into a floating window and keep it on screen while you use other apps. Reference images while you draw, write, or browse. App Lock Lock PicMate with Face ID or Touch ID. Your collections are automatically protected when you leave the app, so only you can access your pics. Backup & Restore Export your entire collection as a backup file and restore it on another device. You can choose to merge the data into your existing collection, or restore it to a specific album. Web Server Access your library from any device on your local network. Start the built-in web server and browse or download your pics from a computer, tablet, or another phone. iCloud Sync Sync your library across devices. Choose only the libraries you want to sync, and use Optimize Storage to keep originals in the cloud. Don't want to manage a separate library? PicMate also works directly with your Photos library, letting you browse your existing albums and collections without importing anything.
DayBack
Rediscover forgotten photos from past years on this exact day. Easily keep cherished memories or delete unwanted ones to free up storage. Build a curated photo library with a simple daily habit.
- Daily photo memory surfacing
- Swipe to keep or delete photos
- Frees up iPhone storage
- Curated photo library building
- Simple daily habit
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DayBack — Daily memories worth keeping Every day, DayBack takes you back. See the photos you took on this exact day — one year ago, five years ago, ten years ago. Relive the moments you forgot you captured. Then decide what to keep and what to let go. Your past, one day at a time DayBack surfaces your memories like a daily ritual. No digging through thousands of photos. No overwhelming albums. Just today's moments from across your lifetime, waiting to be rediscovered. Keep what matters. Clear the rest. Swipe to keep your favorites or delete the ones you don't need. Every photo you remove frees up real storage on your iPhone — without the stress of doing a big cleanup all at once. Small habit. Big results. Spend just a few minutes a day with DayBack and you'll naturally build a photo library full of memories worth keeping — while quietly clearing years of clutter. Download DayBack free and start rediscovering your story today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PicMate Collection Manager at none against DayBack's shown. PicMate Collection Manager also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). DayBack's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PicMate Collection Manager against 5.0 for DayBack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
PicMate Collection Manager ships an update every 6 days, DayBack every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PicMate Collection Manager | DayBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Xin | Liberty Lane Innovations |
In-app purchases
PicMate Collection Manager
No in-app purchases
DayBack
No in-app purchases
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