Find and delete near-duplicate photos that Apple's built-in feature misses. AI-powered detection for burst shots, multiple angles, and nearly-identical images.
iPhone's built-in Duplicates album only finds exact copies. But similar photos — the real storage wasters — slip through.
The same image saved twice. iPhone can find these, but they're actually rare in most libraries.
Different shots that look nearly identical — burst photos, multiple angles, slight variations. These waste far more storage.
Our AI uses perceptual hashing to detect visual similarity, not just pixel-perfect matches. Clean everything in one scan.
Real examples of similar photo clutter that iPhone's built-in feature completely misses:
You took 47 shots trying to capture one perfect moment. Now you have 46 nearly-identical photos wasting space. Fast Cleaner groups them and lets you keep just the best one.
10 photos of the same sunset, 8 selfies with tiny expression changes, 15 shots of your food from slightly different angles. All grouped for easy cleanup.
Kids and pets don't hold still, so you take dozens of shots. Most look almost identical. Keep your favorites, delete the rest in seconds.
Standing in front of landmarks, you take the same shot multiple times "just in case." They all look the same, but they're all in your library.
Fast Cleaner makes it simple to find and clean up similar photos:
Get the app free from the App Store. Grant photo library access when prompted — everything stays on your device.
Tap "Find Duplicates" and let the AI analyze your photos. It compares visual content, not just file data, to find similar shots.
See photos grouped by similarity. The app auto-selects lower quality versions, but you can adjust selections before cleaning.
Tap "Clean" to remove selected photos. They go to Recently Deleted for 30 days, so you can recover any mistakes.
Use Fast Cleaner's AI-powered scan. Download the app, tap "Find Duplicates," and the AI will group similar photos together. Unlike iPhone's built-in feature which only finds exact copies, Fast Cleaner detects visually similar images — burst shots, multiple angles, and near-identical photos.
No, iPhone's Duplicates album only finds exact pixel-perfect copies. It won't detect similar photos like 10 shots of the same sunset, burst photos, or nearly-identical images. For these, you need an AI-powered app like Fast Cleaner that uses perceptual hashing to compare visual content.
Duplicates are exact copies; similar photos are different shots that look nearly identical. For example, if you save the same photo twice, that's a duplicate. If you take 10 photos of the same scene with tiny differences between them, those are similar photos. Similar photos typically waste more storage.
Fast Cleaner uses on-device AI with perceptual hashing. It analyzes the visual content of each photo — colors, shapes, composition — to identify images that look similar even if they're not pixel-perfect matches. All processing happens locally on your iPhone for complete privacy.
You choose which versions to keep. Fast Cleaner groups similar photos and auto-selects lower quality versions, but you have full control. Review each group before cleaning. Deleted photos go to Recently Deleted for 30 days, so you can recover any mistakes.
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