Comparison

AlbumBook vs Picture Bin

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

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About

AlbumBook

Features
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AlbumBook is a Flutter-based mobile app designed for anyone using Nextcloud’s Memories app. It provides a convenient and intuitive way to view and upload photo albums to your personal Nextcloud server—perfect for preserving and revisiting life’s most meaningful moments. App Availability: AlbumBook is not restricted to a specific company, organization, or group of companies. It’s designed for general public use and is accessible to anyone who uses or hosts a Nextcloud instance with the Memories app enabled. Whether you’re an individual enthusiast, a family sharing memories, or part of a larger open community, AlbumBook adapts to your needs—no special affiliation or enterprise enrollment required. Access & Account Setup: AlbumBook does not create user accounts directly. Instead, users connect to their existing Nextcloud accounts by entering the credentials for their personal Nextcloud instance, where the free and open-source Memories app is already installed. This means any user with access to a compatible Nextcloud server can use AlbumBook immediately—there is no in-app registration process, account restriction, or company-based login system. General Public Features: Seamlessly browse albums and memories stored in your Nextcloud instance Upload new albums and photos directly from your mobile device Enjoy fast, private, and secure access to your media without third-party dependencies Cost & Hosting: AlbumBook is free to use and contains no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Users are expected to already have, or arrange, access to a Nextcloud server with the Memories app installed. Hosting costs (if any) depend on the provider chosen by the user and are not associated with AlbumBook. With AlbumBook, you hold the keys to your digital photo memories—completely under your control, totally private, and right in your pocket.

About

Picture Bin

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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

AlbumBook4 screens
Picture Bin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlbumBook at none against Picture Bin's 2. AlbumBook also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. AlbumBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
AlbumBook versus Picture Bin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlbumBookPicture Bin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarshall RawsonPosition Games Limited

In-app purchases

None

AlbumBook

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Picture Bin

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

Questions

Is AlbumBook free?
AlbumBook 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 AlbumBook or Picture Bin have ads?
Neither AlbumBook nor Picture Bin shows ads.

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