UnlockMyApps
UnlockMyApps Photo Cleaner

Clean up first.
Then scroll.

At a set time, the apps that distract you lock. They open again as soon as you have gone through a few photos. Your camera roll gets a little lighter every day.

No AI. Your photos never leave your device.

Coming soonAndroid
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12,446photos.

And you keep scrolling.

20:00

Your set time. Every day at 8 pm, for example.

Apps locked.
Until you clean up.

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube: you choose what locks. Instead of the feed, a short round with your photos is waiting.

Right here in your browser, with sample images

Try it.

This is what a round feels like: eight photos, four directions, and four locked apps waiting at the top. Swipe the card, tap below or use the arrow keys.

  • Left: delete
  • Right: keep
  • Up: favorite
  • Down: to album

Nothing is deleted here. In the app, too, deleting only happens at the end of the round, after a preview and with your confirmation.

0 / 8

Finds what can go.

With Pro, ready-made piles are waiting for you besides the daily round. Detection runs without AI and only on your device, and nothing is ever deleted on its own.

Storage hogs

Largest files first. This frees up the most.

Duplicates

Compare identical and nearly identical photos.

Photo stacks

Bursts taken in a row: keep only the best.

Screenshots

What once mattered can usually go.

WhatsApp images

Clear out received images and stickers.

Videos

Go through all your videos. This often frees the most space.

Years ago today

See this day again from earlier years.

Months ago today

This day in recent months.

Cleanup map 0 %

Tap a day.

A little fuller every day.

The cleanup map shows your library as a calendar. Days fill up from the bottom and turn green, full weeks turn gold. With Pro, a tap on a day, week or month starts a round for exactly that period. Even a huge archive shrinks bit by bit.

Strict, but fair.

The lock is there to get you cleaning up, not to annoy you. You set the rules, and there is a way out for emergencies.

Keeping counts just like deleting.

You don't have to throw anything away to get free. Reviewed is reviewed, and your best photo can of course stay.

8:00 pm

Your time

You choose the time and weekdays. If you clean up earlier that day, you stay free.

20 photos

Your goal

That takes about two minutes. Adjustable from 5 to 20 photos, up to 100 with Pro.

30 min

Advance warning

A notification before the lock: 15, 30 or 60 minutes ahead, or none at all.

1 hr

Postpone with a video

A short ad video unlocks your apps for one hour. After that the lock returns, unless you have cleaned up in the meantime.

  • WidgetLock status, new photos, streak and progress on your home screen.
  • Streaks and badgesSticking with it pays off: sessions in a row, levels and a badge for every month you clean up.
  • RemindersAs many as you like, with time and weekdays. They lock nothing.
  • VideosIf you want, you can clean up videos too, with preview and a timeline for scrubbing.
  • Share your progressDay, week, month or year as an image. It contains only numbers, no photos.
  • Changing phonesSave your progress as a file and load it on your new phone, so nothing comes up twice.

Your photos never leave your device.

The app shows you your pictures, nothing more. It only remembers which ones you have already reviewed.

  • No account, no sign-up
  • No upload and no image analysis in the cloud
  • No AI: detection runs on your device
  • Only what you confirm gets deleted
  • Deleted photos stay in your system's trash for around 30 days
  • On iPhone, the app doesn't even know the names of your locked apps

The app is funded by ads from Google AdMob. Google receives technical data for this, where required only after your consent. Your photos are not part of it.

Read the privacy policy

FAQ

What is UnlockMyApps: Photo Cleaner?

An app that links cleaning up your camera roll to a lock for your distracting apps. At a set time, the apps you chose lock. After a short round of photos, they are free again.

When will the app be available?

Soon for Android and iOS. As soon as it is available, you will find the links here on this page.

Do I have to delete photos to unlock my apps?

No. Keeping counts just like deleting. What you mark for deletion is only deleted at the end of the round, after a preview and with your confirmation.

What if I urgently need a locked app?

Then you can postpone the lock by one hour with a short ad video, if one is available. After that it applies again, unless you have cleaned up in the meantime. On Android, settings and phone apps can never be locked.

Can I get deleted photos back?

Yes, for around 30 days. On Android 11 and newer there is a trash right in the app, otherwise your gallery app will help. On iPhone the photos are under “Recently Deleted” in the Photos app.

Does it work without the lock?

Yes. You can switch the lock off and clean up whenever you like. For the lock, the app needs usage access and display over other apps on Android, and Screen Time on iPhone.

What does the app cost?

The download is free, and regular cleanup has no limit. The app is funded by ads, and there are deliberately none in the delete preview or the trash. UnlockMyApps Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase: the ads are gone, apart from the voluntary video for postponing, and you get all tasks, the cleanup map, single folders, the lock for new photos and a goal of up to 100 photos.

Which languages is the app available in?

German and English.

Who is behind it?

UnlockMyApps is the solo project of an independent developer and part of TK Apps.

Two minutes.
Then they're free again.

UnlockMyApps: Photo Cleaner is coming soon to Android and iOS.

Coming soonAndroid
Coming sooniOS