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Photo Cleaner: Swipewipe
MWM · 76,345 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 55 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
20 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free. They advertise it as free, but it’s not not worth taking up more storage" - Blakely Prow
2
"week"
12 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Forced ad roll. EVERY TIME you open the app, it plays this unskippable minute long ad roll about their premium service. It used to not be like that, it’s just so annoying, any time you want to delete photos. I get that every app has to have some subscripti…" - carsto123768
3
"photos"
10 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sucks. They only let you delete 4 photos before you have to wait 8 hours to delete another 4, unless you subscribe or start a free trial. Do it the old fashioned way and just select from your camera roll." - this.app.stinks
4
"years"
10 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "9.99 a week?!. I have used this app for years and I love it. But now it’s trying to charge me 9.99 a week! No way. Over $500 a year. Not worth it" - Sarah98755
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"delete"
9 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love swipewipe but…. I CANT STAND THIS NEW UPDATE if you dont have the subscription EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN THE APPP its plays an animation like “delete with a swipe 120 on app store what are your preferences EACH TIME and the worst part is it takes you 1-2 …" - xutxfi
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"love"
8 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love swipewipe but…. I CANT STAND THIS NEW UPDATE if you dont have the subscription EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN THE APPP its plays an animation like “delete with a swipe 120 on app store what are your preferences EACH TIME and the worst part is it takes you 1-2 …" - xutxfi
7
"every"
8 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love swipewipe but…. I CANT STAND THIS NEW UPDATE if you dont have the subscription EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN THE APPP its plays an animation like “delete with a swipe 120 on app store what are your preferences EACH TIME and the worst part is it takes you 1-2 …" - xutxfi
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"version"
8 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "annoying intro - free version is terrible. if you had the free version you used to be able to use the app w no problem, you only had to watch a few ads from time to time which is normal but now they put that annoying intro EVEY TIME you open the app, going through the questionnaire…" - Cakethebestbunny
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"subscription"
6 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love swipewipe but…. I CANT STAND THIS NEW UPDATE if you dont have the subscription EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN THE APPP its plays an animation like “delete with a swipe 120 on app store what are your preferences EACH TIME and the worst part is it takes you 1-2 …" - xutxfi
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"trial"
6 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sucks. They only let you delete 4 photos before you have to wait 8 hours to delete another 4, unless you subscribe or start a free trial. Do it the old fashioned way and just select from your camera roll." - this.app.stinks
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"free version"
6 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "annoying intro - free version is terrible. if you had the free version you used to be able to use the app w no problem, you only had to watch a few ads from time to time which is normal but now they put that annoying intro EVEY TIME you open the app, going through the questionnaire…" - Cakethebestbunny
12
"until"
6 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Yikes. It was a good app until you needed a subscription out of nowhere 😭" - Girlsfraid
📋 All 55 negative reviews
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Not free
They advertise it as free, but it’s not not worth taking up more storage
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You got to payy like bruh
u have to pay
to use this u have to pay which sucks so yeah dont get this
I love swipewipe but…
I CANT STAND THIS NEW UPDATE if you dont have the subscription EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU OPEN THE APPP its plays an animation like “delete with a swipe 120 on app store what are your preferences EACH TIME and the worst part is it takes you 1-2 whole MINUTES just to OPEN THE APP
Doesn’t work at all
All it does is take up space. Don’t waste your time
Sucks
They only let you delete 4 photos before you have to wait 8 hours to delete another 4, unless you subscribe or start a free trial.
Do it the old fashioned way and just select from your camera roll.
Do it the old fashioned way and just select from your camera roll.
Forced ad roll
EVERY TIME you open the app, it plays this unskippable minute long ad roll about their premium service. It used to not be like that, it’s just so annoying, any time you want to delete photos. I get that every app has to have some subscription now, it’s just annoying when they purposely make things impossible to use without seeing ads. Also get real? It’s 10 dollars PER WEEK?? Who’s paying that to literally delete some photos??? I’m just sick of companies like this that ooze greed. You can tell it’s an insane money grab and I don’t know how it has this many 5 star reviews
9.99 a week?!
I have used this app for years and I love it. But now it’s trying to charge me 9.99 a week! No way. Over $500 a year. Not worth it
Ruined by latest update
After the latest update you have to watch a long intro every time you open the app - it has ruined it for me!
annoying intro - free version is terrible
if you had the free version you used to be able to use the app w no problem, you only had to watch a few ads from time to time which is normal
but now they put that annoying intro EVEY TIME you open the app, going through the questionnaire and the paid options
taking 5 min to actually get in the app
but now they put that annoying intro EVEY TIME you open the app, going through the questionnaire and the paid options
taking 5 min to actually get in the app
From Useful Utility to Aggressive Cash Grab
Used to love this app. The core concept is excellent, and I genuinely found it useful for managing my camera roll. But the monetization has become absurd.
Recent updates appear designed to exhaust users into subscribing. You now have to tap through endless “continue” screens just to access features that were previously easy to reach, and on the final paywall screen the close button is intentionally delayed, forcing users to sit there and wait. This is aggressively manipulative.
And then you want $9.99 PER WEEK? For a manual photo sorting app? That’s over $500 a year, more than many streaming services, cloud storage plans, and even professional software subscriptions. What a joke.
Great concept, increasingly predatory execution. I’m done recommending this app.
Recent updates appear designed to exhaust users into subscribing. You now have to tap through endless “continue” screens just to access features that were previously easy to reach, and on the final paywall screen the close button is intentionally delayed, forcing users to sit there and wait. This is aggressively manipulative.
And then you want $9.99 PER WEEK? For a manual photo sorting app? That’s over $500 a year, more than many streaming services, cloud storage plans, and even professional software subscriptions. What a joke.
Great concept, increasingly predatory execution. I’m done recommending this app.
Yikes
It was a good app until you needed a subscription out of nowhere 😭
Do not get
Absolutely nothing is free cant delete a single photo avoid this app.
COSTS NOW??
I had been using this app for free for MONTHS and suddenly today i open the app to see its asking me for TEN dollars to continue use wtf. I loved this app before the update?? im so mad
new subscription
i used to love this app! i would use it in my free time & i didn’t mind the ads much either. i tried to log on the other day because i know i screenshotted a bunch of stuff the following week, and now it’s asking me to pay a subscription just to use the app? you are losing customers.
Horrible
I do not see the point of this app it ask you a whole bunch of questions like personal questions and why would I pay for an app when I can do the whole exact same thing one one I do not have to pay for
Horrible
I was so excited to use ts app and then I download it and started setting it up THEN I GET A THING THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah take that
it was so good, but you just HAD to paywall it you greedy idiot
Boo
It won’t let me delete the app. I don’t know if it’s something wrong with my phone but it’s a horrible app and it’s making me set a membership. I’m gonna go through five ads and I hate the app. I hope it goes die in a hole. thank you I appreciate you don’t get the app. It’s horrible. It actually doesn’t clean out your photos it actually doesn’t it stays in your photo library so don’t get the app horrible app. Hope you have an all horrible day and it doesn’t let you delete anything including everything I will ever let me delete the things that I actually need to delete off my phone. I will go in my library and I’ll still be there won’t let me delete the actual app.
ads
only lets you do some per day.. and has so many ads
No longer free
I used to love using this app and would watch ads for more swipes since I had the free version. After deleting tons of pictures they randomly made the app paid only and I can’t see where my progress was anymore. $10 a week is diabolical.
If I could go lower I would
This app is not only confusing, but when you download it, it doesn’t send any push notification to your settings to allow access to the photo library. It doesn’t do anything, it’s stuck on the same page with no way back. Horrible, awful and unusable design. It’s a worthless app, and I would have better luck using a rock to clear my storage. Thanks for wasting my time.
Bruh
They made it to where you have to pay to use it now. I’ve been using the free version of the app for years with no issue. Just opened the app today and it’s blocked behind a pay wall. Very disappointed.
Paywall? Really?
I’ve been using Swipewipe for years now and have loved it. It’s incredibly disappointing to see the developers choose to put this app behind a paywall (and such a high one at that). This is a great app, but it’s certainly not worth $9.99 a week. I’ll find some other app that can do the same thing. This is really upsetting for users who have enjoyed this app for so long.
Not free anymore
I used this app every day for free for multiple years, but today I opened it and I can't even do my dailies for free anymore, its 10 dollars a month now. So i'm deleting it.
They put ads directly in front of the photo
Stupid app. They put the ads directly in front of the photo and they give you ads every like 5 swipes? useless.
Bad horrible
I don’t like it at all because you have to pay for it and it has a lot of adds
Unnecessary Unskippable Intro
I’ve used the premium version of the app and loved it. I’ve used the free version and still loved it even though I would have X out of the paywall every time I launch the app. NOW they have this unskippable intro EVERY TIME you open the app as if you just downloaded it. Not necessary at all.
Loved it…. until you needed to pay
used this app everyday for a year. Then it reset my streak so i stopped for a bit, upon returning i can’t do anything without a free trial that ends in three days. All of the reviews were made BEFORE the switch. Also, in the intro it says 200 mil downloads and millions of 5 star reviews, where are they getting these numbers??
Payment necessary
You only get to clear one month per 3 days or else you pay. And now it’s forcing you to pay no matter what.
Y’all need to get humbled.
Does the app work as advertised? Yeah, sure, but the constant monetisation and whatnot is just unnecessary. Let me level with y’all. It’s not a good enough service to need to pay a membership for. It’s deleting photos. Not everything needs to be about money. Maybe, just make products for the benefit of the customer. I get that y’all might need some money for yourselves, but to this extent? It’s just greedy at that point. Your profit is not more important than the people who use the service. I’ve been using this service for no problem for years and NOW you decide to put it behind a paywall? Grow up. The world doesn’t revolve around you.
Very wrong of you
I’ve been using the free version of the app since 2023, so like 3 years. It had its limitations but it still worked great for what I needed.
Now I wake up this morning to do my daily clean and I now have to pay for it all of a sudden.
That’s just so wrong. Bad way to treat long time users.
Will no longer be recommending.
Now I wake up this morning to do my daily clean and I now have to pay for it all of a sudden.
That’s just so wrong. Bad way to treat long time users.
Will no longer be recommending.
Loved it, but then I didn't
I have loved this app since I found it. It's been free to use, but you could pay for an upgraded version if you wanted. Now you have to pay regardless. 10$ a week to delete pictures is insane. I wish this world wasn't so damn money hungry.
Scam
I paid for the app ($10 per WEEK, mind you) and after a few days it simply stopped working. Couldn’t even open it to cancel my subscription, nor do they have any methods to contact them online for an issue like this. Very scammy.
The update is more like a downgrade.
I used to love this app but the pricing is insane and they took away far too much functionality from the free version. I don’t support greedy companies.
Was ok, but now not
The app was pretty good and I used it religiously. I always got pop ups to subscribe for more features, but I never need them. Imagine my surprise when they now REQUIRE you to pay. Even after they’ve had access to all of my photos and info since I downloaded the app years ago. Deleted it very quickly afterwards. I saw your canned response in another similar review, save it. Your “sympathetic” response won’t make me come back. lol
Used to be free with ads
I’ve had this app for the last 2-3 years and it had the options of free with ads and limited swiping amount and the paid version. Now you have to pay for it??? Why the sudden change.
actually crazy
i used it free for almost a year, got a free trial at the start for a week. was working well until i got a “free trial then $9.99” today that charged me $11 ???
Sorry but nope
Okay, mwm or not, this app is bad. (I can write this review,i am 12 years old so if you get mad by my review,no offence but,suck it up) 1.this game is not for 4+ because a little kid could just be alone with the tablet taping on the screen and buy the membership without their parents knowing or even the kid. Number 2. I can delete my own photos without paying a penny. 3. I do not want you to upload my photos.
It dosent work by Melanie
Hi! I’m a editor with over 2000 edits and there I some older then I thought and I try this app and it’s not suitable for me and there are other ways to help your storage that works.
Ho
Omg omg omg I can’t believe you guys. I used to use this app all the time way back when! And I deleted it.. but now when I’m in need for my phone to be all unstoragified they make it so you have to PAY!!!
I’m done wirbt he is app dieeee….
I’m done wirbt he is app dieeee….
Scammed for $50
Tried to use the free trial and it automatically charged me $50. It’s a scam app.
Most expensive app for very little features
The cost for this app is insane
NEVER BUY
This was the worst app I could have ever bought it limits how many photos you delete per day, you can only delete things by sections or dates not just all of them and the limit per day lasts 8 hour so you can basically swipe right swipe left and then whoops! COME BACK IN 8 HOURS!! It is the worst app ever.
Horrible
After deleting a bunch of photos I went I to my photos the next day and none of them were deleted I would recommend not getting the app
Why you should not get this game
One star it
Iittleray sucked I immediately had to pay 7.99 a week with a three day trial like no way am I paying that much for a scam! This game definentley sucked do not get this you are just going to delete it in 2 seconds! TAKE MY ADVICE!!!!!!!
Iittleray sucked I immediately had to pay 7.99 a week with a three day trial like no way am I paying that much for a scam! This game definentley sucked do not get this you are just going to delete it in 2 seconds! TAKE MY ADVICE!!!!!!!
Pay to use
Are u fr bro this app was good until you had to pay just to use it at all
buggy
the app is good.. when it works, i’ve dealt with it for years and it’s completely restarted my progress several times, it doesn’t open the app half the time, i’ve paid for it, deleted and reinstalled, and i guess it’s just not the app for me
Keeps coming back
Hello my name is Zyana and I’m a preteen.. Everytime I play a game this ad shows up. And when I press “not interested” every time another ad comes up, THIS ONE SHOWS UP, and it’s getting annoying
Pay
Why do we have to pay it’s stupid
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Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)