https://picloom.app/blog/ Practical guides, product philosophy and engineering notes from building PicLoom. Tidying photos, made a daily ritual. en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-keep-a-shared-photo-journal https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-keep-a-shared-photo-journal Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Two people, one trip, two camera rolls. A shared photo journal turns them into one book: tap two phones together, write half a page each, and send letters between the days. https://picloom.app/blog/diaro-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/diaro-alternative Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Diaro is a solid text-first diary with folders, tags, mood tracking, and Dropbox sync. If your memories live in photos, a photo journal fits the way you remember better. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-turn-iphone-photos-into-a-yearbook https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-turn-iphone-photos-into-a-yearbook Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Your camera roll holds the whole year. Pick the days worth keeping, make one page per day, and bind them into a shelf book that exports as a PDF. https://picloom.app/blog/penzu-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/penzu-alternative Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Penzu is a quiet, private text diary. When the words do not come, the page stays blank. A photo-first journal keeps the day anyway: paper pages, shared journals, and letters. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-videos https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-videos Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Videos are the heaviest files in your camera roll. A 20-minute triage: find them all in the Videos album, keep one clip per moment, and delete the rest safely. https://picloom.app/blog/journey-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/journey-alternative Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Journey is a strong writing journal that starts from a blank page. If your memories live in photos, a photo journal fits better: kept photos, paper pages, and shared journals. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-back-up-iphone-photos-before-deleting https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-back-up-iphone-photos-before-deleting Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Deleting from your iPhone also deletes from iCloud Photos. Make a second, separate copy, check it opens, then declutter with a safety net. https://picloom.app/blog/day-one-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/day-one-alternative Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 A photo-first alternative to Day One: paper pages, shared journals, and letters for memories that live in photos, with no account and no AI on your words. https://picloom.app/blog/cleaner-kit-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/cleaner-kit-alternative Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Cleaner Kit is a capable all-in-one toolkit for photos, email, and contacts. When photos are the whole job, a photo-only app fits better: decisions, price, and what happens to the keepers. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-fix-icloud-photos-not-syncing-iphone https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-fix-icloud-photos-not-syncing-iphone Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 iPhone photos stuck and not reaching iCloud? Read the pause reason, check storage and settings, and get sync moving again with this calm routine. https://picloom.app/blog/clever-cleaner-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/clever-cleaner-alternative Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Clever Cleaner is free and fast at clearing duplicates. What it does well, where it stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on decisions, memories, and price. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-organize-travel-photos-iphone https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-organize-travel-photos-iphone Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Back from the trip with 2,000 photos? Triage the burst, keep one photo per moment, and build one trip album you can actually find. https://picloom.app/blog/no-subscription-photo-decluttering-apps https://picloom.app/blog/no-subscription-photo-decluttering-apps Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Four iPhone photo decluttering apps compared on price: what 'no subscription' really means for each, and the honest pick for your library. https://picloom.app/blog/declutter-iphone-photos-mistakes-to-avoid https://picloom.app/blog/declutter-iphone-photos-mistakes-to-avoid Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Deleting the wrong photo hurts more than keeping clutter. Seven common iPhone decluttering mistakes, what each one costs, and the safer habit to use instead. https://picloom.app/blog/cleanmyphone-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/cleanmyphone-alternative Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 MacPaw's CleanMyPhone, formerly Gemini Photos: what it does well, where the subscription stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-screenshots https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-screenshots Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Screenshots are the fastest clutter on your iPhone. A 15-minute triage: find them all, save the keepers somewhere better, and delete the rest safely. https://picloom.app/blog/apple-photos-vs-decluttering-app https://picloom.app/blog/apple-photos-vs-decluttering-app Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800 What Apple Photos already covers, where it runs out, and how PicLoom's swipe reviewing, Duplicates page and Journal compare. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-free-up-iphone-storage-without-losing-photos https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-free-up-iphone-storage-without-losing-photos Tue, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Six steps to reclaim iPhone space without deleting memories: diagnose storage, optimize Photos, merge duplicates, and decide what stays. https://picloom.app/blog/slidebox-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/slidebox-alternative Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 What Slidebox does well, where it stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories. https://picloom.app/blog/swipewipe-alternative https://picloom.app/blog/swipewipe-alternative Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 What Swipewipe does well, where it stops fitting, and how PicLoom compares on price and memories. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-decide-which-photos-to-keep https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-decide-which-photos-to-keep Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 A few honest questions for the photos you cannot decide about, so keeping or letting go stops taking all evening. https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-photos https://picloom.app/blog/how-to-declutter-iphone-photos Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 A calm, practical way to sort a large iPhone photo library in small batches, without deleting anything you might regret. https://picloom.app/blog/how-day-story-works https://picloom.app/blog/how-day-story-works Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0800 Write your own memories on a paper page, add photos, stickers or the day’s activity, and share it in a font that feels like you. https://picloom.app/blog/introducing-photokeep https://picloom.app/blog/introducing-photokeep Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0800 A backed-up camera roll is an emotional problem, not a storage one. The PicLoom philosophy.