Now on Mac & iPad
For Mac and iPad
Your iCloud Photos,
finally under control.
Tend Photos is a photo cleaner for Mac and iPad that helps you clean up your iCloud Photos library — it scans for duplicates and clutter, recommends the best shot in every group, and frees up storage, all with your approval before anything changes. Free on the App Store now for Mac and iPad.
More than a duplicate photo finder for Mac and iPad.
Find every duplicate, automatically.
As a duplicate photo finder for Mac, Tend Photos scans your entire iCloud Photos library for exact duplicates and near-duplicates — burst shots, re-saved edits, accidental imports. It groups them side by side so you can see exactly what you have, and how much iCloud storage you can free up, before deciding anything.
Know which shot to keep.
Quality scoring analyzes sharpness, exposure, and resolution across every duplicate group and recommends the best photo to keep. You can always override the recommendation — Tend Photos gives you information, not orders.
Your approval, every single time.
Nothing in your library changes until you say so. No auto-delete, no background cleanup, no surprises. Every deletion requires a typed confirmation, and every action is logged so you always know exactly what changed.
Enhance photos without touching originals.
Adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness, or apply filter presets to any photo. Tend Photos saves an enhanced copy alongside your original — which is never modified. Non-destructive, always reversible.
See your whole library clearly.
Part photo organizer for Mac, part search engine: Smart Insights automatically categorizes your photos into screenshots, documents, landscapes, people, pets, food, and more. Search your library in plain language — "receipts from last year" or "beach photos from 2023" — and find what you're looking for instantly.
A real look at Tend Photos.
Real screenshots from the Mac app — no mockups. The same experience is coming to iPad.
Three steps. Nothing irreversible.
Tend Photos analyzes your iCloud Photos library on your Mac — no uploading, no waiting, just a fast local scan that finds duplicates, near-duplicates, and quality differences across your entire collection, so you can see how much iCloud storage you stand to free up.
Browse your duplicate groups side by side, see the keeper recommendation for each one, and make your own decisions about what stays and what goes.
Select photos for deletion, review your choices, type "DELETE" to confirm, and Tend Photos handles the rest — every action logged, nothing changed without your explicit sign-off.
Your photos never leave your device.
Tend Photos is a photo cleaner for Mac and iPad that works entirely on your device. Every scan, every quality score, every duplicate comparison happens locally using Apple's PhotoKit framework — no photos, no metadata, and no filenames are sent anywhere. There is no account to create, no server processing your images, and no third party involved in any part of the analysis. You grant Photos access when you first open the app, and that access is used only on your Mac or iPad, only when you're using Tend Photos.
No ads. No tracking. Ever. No advertising and no third-party tracking — on any plan, free or PRO, on Mac and iPad.
Tend Photos is free.
No subscription. No monthly fees. No catch — just download it on Mac or iPad and start cleaning up your library.
- Duplicate and near-duplicate detection across your full photo library
- Quality scoring and keeper recommendations for every duplicate group
- Safe deletion with typed confirmation ("DELETE") and full action history
- Non-destructive photo enhancement (brightness, contrast, sharpness, filter presets)
- Smart Insights — automatic categorization and plain-language library search
Coming soon: albums, folders, and favorites — organization features are planned for a future update. More features are planned down the road too.
A calmer photo library, starting today.
Tend Photos is free on the App Store now for Mac and iPad — local-first, and yours to approve at every step.
