Comparison

Atelier Albums vs Picture Bin

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

Head to head
About

Atelier Albums

Organize your illustrations, reference images, and memes in a separate library from your device's main photos. Create flexible albums, manage multiple libraries, and access your collection from any device on your local network. Protect your images with app lock and sync across devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Multiple libraries
  • Flexible album organization
  • Duplicate photo removal
  • Picture-in-picture mode
  • Face ID/Touch ID app lock
  • Web server access
  • iCloud sync
Features
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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 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 Albums from other apps by sharing them. 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 Albums 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? Albums also works directly with your Photos library, letting you browse your existing albums and collections without importing anything.

About

Picture Bin

Features
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Picture Bin finds the clutter in your photo library and helps you tidy it — entirely on your iPhone. Every scan, every edit, every detection runs on the Apple Neural Engine. No photo ever leaves your device. No accounts, no uploads, no analytics. FOUR PILLARS • Cleaner — Spot blurry shots, near-duplicates, accidental screenshots, over- and under-exposed frames, oversized Live Photos, and sensitive content. Swipe to keep or trash, then mass-delete through Apple's standard confirmation sheet. • Smart Search — Type "beach", "receipt", "passport" — Picture Bin classifies every photo in your library on-device and indexes the text it finds, so you can search by what is actually in the picture. • Quick Edits — Background removal (general subject or person), auto-crop to the most attention-grabbing region, auto-straighten using Apple's horizon detection, auto-color, and subject lift. Save the result back to Photos as a new file — your originals are never touched. • Privacy — Redact emails, phone numbers, IBANs and credit-card patterns from screenshots before you share them. Pixellate faces with one tap. Apple's on-device sensitive-content detector flags problematic photos in your scan results. ZERO CLOUD, BY DESIGN Picture Bin uses only Apple's public Vision, VisionKit, Core Image, Photos and SensitiveContentAnalysis frameworks. There is no SDK in this app that talks to a server. You can run it in airplane mode and every feature still works. LIMITED OR FULL LIBRARY Grant access to your entire library — or pick exactly which photos Picture Bin can analyze, using Apple's Selected Photos picker. You can change your mind any time in iOS Settings. PRO SUBSCRIPTION Cleaner and background scanning are free. Smart Search, Quick Edits and Privacy redaction are part of Picture Bin Pro — monthly or yearly, with a free trial. All processing remains 100% on-device whether you subscribe or not. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Account Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://positiongames.com/snaptidy/privacy REQUIREMENTS iOS 18 or later. Some features (foreground-subject masking, image-aesthetics scoring) take advantage of the Neural Engine on A14 and later.

Screenshots

Atelier Albums4 screens
Picture Bin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atelier Albums at none against Picture Bin's 2. Atelier Albums also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Picture Bin's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Picture Bin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Atelier Albums asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Atelier Albums ships an update weekly, Picture Bin every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Atelier Albums versus Picture Bin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtelier AlbumsPicture Bin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin XinPosition Games Limited

In-app purchases

None

Atelier Albums

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Picture Bin

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Atelier Albums free?
Atelier Albums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Picture Bin free?
Picture Bin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Atelier Albums or Picture Bin have ads?
Neither Atelier Albums nor Picture Bin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Atelier Albums or Picture Bin?
Atelier Albums ships an update weekly, and Picture Bin every 5 weeks. Most recently, Atelier Albums was updated on October 30, 2026 and Picture Bin on October 28, 2026.

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