PhotoRiver
Naihe Hu Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
PhotoRiver is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Naihe Hu. Rated 5.0/5 from 3 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 28, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 3 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 21 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 28
- 2026 · v7.0
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About PhotoRiver
This app uses Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PhotoRiver makes organizing your photo library as easy as browsing it. Swipe through your photos and videos full screen, and favorite, tag, or delete each one as you go. IMMERSIVE BROWSING • Swipe up and down, one photo per screen, with videos playing automatically • Favorite, tag, categorize, add notes, or add to albums and diaries right on the photo • Recommended, Memories, and To Organize filters • Switch between four views: River, Grid, Immersive, and Cards CLEANUP HUB • Duplicates and similar photos: compare in groups and keep the best one • Blurry photos: find the shots that didn't come out • Bursts and Live Photos: keep the best frame, clear the rest • Screenshot archiving: clear out screenshots you no longer need, in batches • Large files and video compression: see what's using your storage and compress videos in the app • Monthly review: a few minutes a month keeps your library tidy CAPTURE AND CREATE • Photo diary: combine photos with text, mood, and weather • Photo walls: templates and backgrounds for shareable collages • Albums: manage system and custom albums together • iCloud sync: favorites, tags, and diaries sync across your devices PRIVACY AND SAFETY • All photo analysis happens on your device and is never uploaded to our servers • Every deletion is confirmed first, and deleted photos stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days
What’s new
Version 7.0 · Updated October 28, 2026
• Optimized for iPhone Duo, full screen on both the outer and inner display • Layouts adapt instantly when you fold or unfold, and keep your place • More columns on the large inner display: grid, albums, waterfall, memories, and diary reading • Diary and albums show the list and content side by side on the inner display • Photo detail shows a persistent info panel on the inner display in landscape • Half-fold it on a table to turn it into a photo frame: photos up top, controls below • Cleanup compare shows photos side by side, larger • General stability improvements
App privacy
The developer, Naihe Hu, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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