Echo Photo App vs Selects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo Photo App
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Most of us have thousands of photos and almost no realistic way to go back through them. The result is familiar: great memories buried under volume, hard to find, rarely revisited, and never turned into anything tangible. Echo changes that process. You review your camera roll in manageable monthly segments, not in one exhausting marathon. You sort quickly with a natural swipe gesture to separate what matters from what does not. You organize what you keep with predefined or custom tags, so your best photos are searchable, useful, and ready when you need them. And Echo is designed for real preservation—not just storage. Your curated photos become print-ready collections that help you build a lasting habit: creating personalized, physical photo albums from the moments that deserve more than a screen. No AI choosing for you. No cloud dependency. Just your own memory, judgment, and emotional context—supported by a workflow that finally makes photo curation feel possible. For peace of mind, Echo also includes: Backup to external storage Device-to-device transfer So the memories you keep are the memories you keep—safely.
Selects
This app uses on-device AI to help you organize your photo library. It automatically identifies blurry shots, duplicates, and screenshots, allowing for quick deletion or organization into albums. Enjoy a private and secure experience with no data leaving your device.
- On-device AI photo analysis
- Automatic duplicate detection
- Blurry photo and screenshot flagging
- One-tap favorite selection
- Storage saver for large files
- Album creation and organization
- Panic-free deletion with safety net
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Selects: The Smarter Way to Clean Your Camera Roll Let’s be honest: you currently have 28,000 photos on your phone. 15 of them are identical shots of your dog trying to get one where they aren't blurry. 400 are screenshots of recipes you will never cook. And your iCloud storage is begging for mercy. Selects is here to fix your camera roll, and we’ve made it so fast and satisfying that it actually feels like a game. 100% Private & Paranoia-Proof Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s address the two things you’re actually worried about: privacy and accidentally deleting your wedding photos. No Servers, No Spying: Our AI runs entirely offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We don't see your photos, and your data never leaves your phone. The Triple Safety Net: Selects cannot permanently delete anything without your explicit permission. Swiping just moves photos to a staging Bin. Swiped by mistake? Tap the Undo button. Emptied the Bin by mistake? Don't panic. Everything simply moves to Apple’s native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You are completely safe here. Zero-Thought Swiping We got rid of tiny checkmarks and confusing menus. In Selects, organizing is pure reflex. Just swipe a card UP or DOWN to send a photo to the Bin. Don’t think about direction, just action. Swiped your grandma by mistake? Our bulletproof "Undo" button instantly brings her back. An AI That Actually Gets It Our on-device AI Lab scans your library to find the clutter so you don't have to. It automatically flags blurry shots, isolates receipts and screenshots, and rounds up your Animals. It even finds your absolute best, high-aesthetic shots (we call them "Diamonds") so you can Favorite them all with one tap. Heavy Hitters Need to free up space right this second? The "Storage Savers" mission rounds up your absolute largest videos and files so you can reclaim Gigabytes of space in three swipes. The Duplicate "Magic Wand" Staring at 10 identical group selfies trying to figure out which one is best? Let the AI do it. Tap the "Magic Wand" and Selects will instantly select all the blurry, blinking, and inferior duplicates for the Bin, leaving only the perfect "Hero" shot untouched. Album Builder (A Safe Curation Zone) Building an album for your trip to Italy shouldn't be a chore. Enter Album Builder mode: pick a destination, and just swipe photos to add them. Nothing gets deleted here, and you can even create brand-new Apple Photos albums on the fly without leaving the app. Enter the Time Machine Check your dashboard for the Time Machine heatmap to see your entire photo history at a glance. Tap any month to instantly jump back in time and clean up that specific era. We even built a Home Screen Widget that surfaces random memories from over a year ago to remind you what's buried in there. Panic-Free Deletion & Total Privacy Scared of the delete button? Don't be. When you empty the Selects Bin, your photos are simply moved to Apple's native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You have plenty of time to change your mind. Furthermore, all our AI magic happens strictly offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We never see your photos, and we never touch your data. Stop paying for extra cloud storage just to host 4,000 memes from 2019. Download Selects and get your camera roll back.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Echo Photo App at Free against Selects's $1.99. Echo Photo App also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Selects's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Echo Photo App is free to download; Selects costs $1.99 up front. Echo Photo App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Selects asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo Photo App ships an update every 2 weeks, Selects fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Photo App | Selects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #168 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan-Philip Prahl | Shriansh Shrivastava |
In-app purchases
Echo Photo App
- Echo Pro – Lifetime Access$3.99
Selects
No in-app purchases









