Comparison

Cull vs CullMe

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

Head to head
About

Cull

Features
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Cull is the fastest way to go from a full memory card to your best shots. Import a shoot, fly through your photos with keyboard shortcuts, and export your picks straight to Lightroom — all without your photos ever leaving your device. CULL FASTER THAN EVER Press P to keep, X to reject, and move to the next shot automatically. Cull hundreds of photos in minutes instead of hours. Every action has a keyboard shortcut so your hands never leave the keys. FOUR POWERFUL VIEWS • Grid — scan your entire shoot at a glance with adjustable column density • Loupe — full-screen single photo view with a floating filmstrip for quick navigation • Compare — two photos side by side to pick the better expression or moment • Burst — automatically groups burst sequences and surfaces the best frame using AI scoring ON-DEVICE AI SCORING Every photo gets an AI quality score powered by Apple Vision — running 100% locally on your Mac's Neural Engine. No cloud, no subscription, zero privacy cost. • Face shots scored on capture quality, eye openness, and focus • All other photos scored on aesthetics and sharpness • Blurry photos automatically flagged for rejection • Adjust the rejection threshold to match your standards COLOR LABELS Tag your keepers with Lightroom-compatible color labels (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple) directly in Cull. Labels carry through to Lightroom on export. EXPORT TO LIGHTROOM One click writes XMP sidecar files for all your keeps — Lightroom reads them automatically when you import, so your picks, ratings, and labels are already applied. No plugins, no manual tagging. DESIGNED FOR RAW SHOOTERS Cull works with every format your camera shoots: RAW (CR3, ARW, NEF, DNG, RW2, ORF, and more), JPEG, HEIC, and TIFF. Files stay exactly where they are on disk — Cull never copies or moves your originals. PRIVACY FIRST All AI analysis runs on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework. Your photos are never uploaded anywhere. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pay once, cull forever. No subscription.

About

CullMe

Features
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CullMe is the fastest way to clean up your photo library — and it all happens on your device. Your camera roll fills up with near-identical bursts, accidental duplicates, and blurry misfires. CullMe scans your library on-device, scores every shot for sharpness and quality, groups the look-alikes, and picks the keeper automatically. You review, tap, and reclaim gigabytes in minutes. WHY CULLME • On-device analysis — your photos never leave your phone. No uploads, no account, no cloud. • Smart quality scoring — instantly see which shots are sharp and which are blurry. • Duplicate & burst grouping — CullMe finds the near-identical shots and highlights the best one. • One-tap culling — keep the best, remove the rest, and watch your free space grow. • Trip albums — photos are grouped into the trips and moments they came from. • Video compression — shrink large videos to save space without deleting the memory. Culled photos go to your Recently Deleted album, so nothing is ever gone for good until you say so. Reclaim your storage. Keep only the shots worth keeping. Try CullMe.

Screenshots

Cull4 screens
CullMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CullMe at none against Cull's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Cull sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CullMe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Cull versus CullMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCullCullMe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbriek ketersNiladri Mohanty

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cull

One-time1
  • Lifetime License$39.99
None

CullMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cull free?
Cull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CullMe free?
CullMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cull or CullMe have ads?
Neither Cull nor CullMe shows ads.

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