Comparison

Swipe to Wipe vs Postra Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Swipe to Wipe

Features
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You've been "meaning to clean your camera roll" for months. We get it. The real problem isn't laziness. It's fear. One wrong tap and a memory is gone forever. Swipe to Wipe removes that fear completely. Here's how it works: Swipe right → Photo stays in your gallery Swipe left → Photo goes to your Review Bin Nothing is permanently deleted while you swipe When you're done swiping, open your Review Bin. Take your time. Restore anything with one tap. Delete what you're sure about. Or delete all at once. No pressure. No permanent mistakes. Just a cleaner camera roll. Why Swipe to Wipe beats every other photo cleaner: Review Bin keeps photos safe for 7 days One photo at a time — no decision overwhelm Restore anything before permanent deletion

About

Postra Mobile

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Postra turns your camera roll into a single flow: find, compose, refine, and export. The core of the app is free. For more, Postra Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that you keep forever. Items marked (Pro) are part of Postra Pro. Find the one shot • Recent or Random to surface buried photos fast • Filter freely by camera and lens • Search by words like "flower" or "sky" with on-device AI search (Pro) • Tap any photo to gather visually similar ones (Pro) Build photo collages • Grid, Free, and Carousel layouts; Carousel keeps portrait and landscape photos uncropped (free: up to 4 photos per collage or carousel) • Margins, gap, background color, and drop shadow to frame your work • Build several boards at once and export them together, great for finishing a tall composite as a multi-image post (Pro) • Up to 10 photos per collage or carousel (Pro) • Presets for Instagram, X, Threads, Stories, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest aspect ratios • "Preview" shows how your post will look on each platform before sharing • Layered, tilted Design templates and Mosaic, which packs photos at their original ratios (Pro) Refine • Basic retouch: brightness, contrast, saturation, highlights, shadows, temperature, and more • Copy & paste adjustments to other photos • Advanced retouch with HSL, tone curve, color balance and clarity, built-in presets, and RAW development (Pro) Play: film and analog textures • Basic effects such as halation, light leaks, film grain and fade, plus 11 looks, for free • Over 60 effects including double exposure, film scratches, mold and halftone, and every one of nearly 40 looks (Pro) • Fine-tune the strength of each effect in the detail settings Finish and export • Print-style finishing with drop shadow and frames • JPEG export up to 2048px, ready to share • Full-size export and PNG, HEIC or TIFF (Pro) • Caption band with EXIF (camera, lens, aperture, date), date stamp, paper texture, and film base (Pro) Postra Pro (one-time in-app purchase) • One purchase unlocks every (Pro) feature above, forever. It is not a subscription • Layout and export favorites, your own retouch presets, and your own Play looks: one of each for free, unlimited with Postra Pro • If you bought the earlier paid version of Postra, you keep every feature with no extra purchase • On a new device or after reinstalling, use Restore Purchase in Settings Privacy first • All analysis, layout, and export happen entirely on your device • Your original photos are never modified • No account, no tracking, no ads Note: AI search downloads a search model (~146MB) once on first use. Your photos are never uploaded. For iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Swipe to Wipe4 screens
Postra Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Swipe to Wipe at Free against Postra Mobile's $4.99. Swipe to Wipe also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Swipe to Wipe is free to download; Postra Mobile costs $4.99 up front. Swipe to Wipe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Postra Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swipe to Wipe ships an update every 2 days, Postra Mobile every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Swipe to Wipe versus Postra Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe to WipePostra Mobile
PriceFree — better$4.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPurvi Suresh JainKoji Chikazawa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swipe to Wipe

One-time1
  • Swipe to Wipe Pro$2.99
1 purchases

Postra Mobile

One-time1
  • Postra Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Swipe to Wipe free?
Swipe to Wipe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Postra Mobile free?
Postra Mobile costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Swipe to Wipe or Postra Mobile have ads?
Neither Swipe to Wipe nor Postra Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swipe to Wipe or Postra Mobile?
Swipe to Wipe ships an update every 2 days, and Postra Mobile every 3 days. Most recently, Swipe to Wipe was updated on October 12, 2026 and Postra Mobile on October 28, 2026.

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