Swipe to Wipe vs Postra Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swipe to Wipe
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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
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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Swipe to Wipe | Postra Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purvi Suresh Jain | Koji Chikazawa |
In-app purchases
Swipe to Wipe
- Swipe to Wipe Pro$2.99
Postra Mobile
- Postra Pro$4.99








