What Slidebox gets right
One photo at a time, and one gesture to decide it: swipe up to delete, tap an album to file it. It's the “Tinder for photos” idea done properly, and its thousands of ratings say the loop works. Decide one photo, and the next is already there. Cullzy is built on the same loop.
Where it stops, on a Mac
- It sorts the Photos library, not your files. The result is albums inside Apple Photos. Photos on an external drive, or in a folder that was never imported, are out of reach.
- Albums don't move anything. Nothing on disk changes, so you can't hand someone a folder at the end. (Why that matters: Apple Photos or plain folders?)
- It's a touch app on a desk. On a Mac it runs as the iPad app, so the controls were designed for a finger, not a keyboard.
Slidebox and cullzy, side by side
| Slidebox | cullzy | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | iPhone, iPad, Android; Apple-silicon Macs as the iPad app | Mac (macOS 12 or later, Apple silicon) |
| Sorts | your Apple Photos library | any folder or drive you point it at |
| The result | albums in Photos | real folders on disk |
| The photos you don't want | deleted, by way of Photos' Recently Deleted | a folder, sent to the bin only when you say |
| Controls | swipes and taps | number keys, or drag |
| Syncs to your phone | yes, through iCloud Photos | works on files on your Mac |
| Price | free to start; subscription or lifetime | free in early access; one-time price at launch |
When Slidebox is the better pick
When your photos live in iCloud Photos and you'd rather sort on your phone, five minutes at a time, and you want the result as albums you'll see on every device.
When cullzy is
When the backlog is files: photos copied off an old laptop, a drive of phone backups, a camera card, a family member's photos copied over on a USB stick. Cullzy files each photo into a real folder on disk, with a key instead of a swipe, and a keyboard has more room than a swipe: four directions become nine numbers. Undo survives quitting, a RAW and its JPEG move together, and screenshots, forwards and duplicates are found for you first.
If you're choosing between several apps, there's a fuller list in the best apps for sorting photos into folders on a Mac.
Slidebox is a trademark of its owner. Cullzy isn't affiliated with it; this page describes Slidebox from its App Store listing.
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