Slidebox - Photo Manager Reviews

by Graydaisyfilms

As far as basic sorting goes, it seems like a good app—faster than going through the default Photos app. However, I downloaded Slidebox, then purchased the 9.99 premium add-on, because of the third screenshot on the store page, “Compare Similar Photos.”

I assumed that Slidebox had a feature built in to detect duplicates, which is the main reason I wanted Slidebox in the first place. Safe to say, after purchasing the premium, there is no feature for detecting this. As far as I can tell, that screenshot is literally just telling you that, while organzing, you the user will likely find yourself comparing similar photos, just as you would if you were organizing the old fashioned way.

So in short, there is no feature for this. As far as I can tell, there’s very few features. It just seems to be a slightly more streamlined process of organizing the photos the same way as you would on the Photos app.

In general, no particular features exclusive to Slidebox stood out to me at all, and I am a premium user (which was 10 dollars mind you). Maybe I read too fast, but I think that particular image on the store page is very deceptive and I can’t help but think they know that it implies some sort of more intuitive design feature for detecting duplicates.

by Kaitibug526

There should be a way in the main photo view to sort the photos from oldest to newest. I would prefer to go through my oldest photos first so that when they’re added to folders in my iOS folders they are in there oldest to newest (like when you sort them normally in iOS photos). I tried scrolling all the way down to my last photo and going from there, but then it defaults back to a picture I already passed (instead of the next photo to sort from oldest to newest) and would just randomly change all the way back to the newest photo causing me to have to scroll all the way back down to the oldest again, which was frustrating.

Also wish there was a way to add each photo to multiple albums without adding it to one album and then going in to that one photo and adding it to the other albums from there.

As someone with 50,000+ photos on their iphone, this is a handy little app, but I probably won’t really use it much more because of the issues listed above...

by Sammadog

First, why does the sorting start from scratch when I move away from Slidebox ? That’s not good. I don’t want to add *every* pic to an album. Some can just stay uncategorized in the photo roll. The problem is, I have to swipe through all of the uncategorized pics (that I’ve already swiped through and determined they should remain uncategorized) to get back to where I left off. Massively annoying. Why can I only see one pic at a time? I should be able to scroll through to find a starting point.

Second, your ad implementation is terrible. I get having an ad every now and then. But there’s no way to dismiss the freaking ads! Why??? I have to quit Slidebox , and restart, which brings me back to point #1 above. I need to re-swipe my way back through all the pics I’ve already left uncategorized.

This could be such a great app, but man, these are two big issues.

by Lover Of Honey Buns

i think Slidebox is great! way better than trying to individually sort photos in the original gallery app on ios. it was easy to get the hang of and i really enjoyed it at first. but then i realized it kind of got messy as i got to sorting, no problem though... i thought, i can just select the ones i want to move in a bundle.. but when i went into my first album i realized half of them needed to go into another album, and tried to select them like i normally would in ios- hold down on one, then select the others, then move... but that wasn’t the case. i had to go to each individual photo and not only chose to sort it in a different album, but i also had to make sure i unsorted it from the current album as well. and now i’m not really sure how to fix the whole album situation in the ios app because now i have like 30 albums. and just one more nit-picky thing... when i’m in the unsorted section, i’d prefer the albums not so spaced out where i have to scroll back and forth and back and forth because i keep passing the one i’m looking for... like i said, Slidebox could use some work, but over all a great idea, and a very sophisticated set up.

by Adeliaaaaa

I just had a baby and knew I was going to be taking hundreds of pictures of him! I also knew I had almost 4,000 pictures in my phone. Slidebox makes it super easy and quick to go through all your pictures and organize them into albums or simply toss them in the trash. In under 10 minutes I got through all the photos and deleted over 1,500. Afterwards you keep Slidebox and any pictures you take after will pop up on Slidebox . So once a week I go on Slidebox and only have a few pics to organize which takes like 30 seconds. Unfortunately there is a downside, Slidebox does not take care of videos 😩 other than that it’s amazing

by Rachel Felker

It took me 9 total hours spread over 2 days to organize 21,000 photos down to 6,000 in near albums. Some of that time was spent in nostalgia, which made it a sweet process (unlike manual camera roll purges in the past that made me want to bang my head into the wall). I’m so pleased with the $10 investment to get the premium version of Slidebox. My thumb sure hurts now from all the swiping but Slidebox is pleasant to use and super intuitive, although a quick training highlight that covered the more nuanced features would have been nice, for example:

i’m probably going to go back through all my albums and delete another few hundred, because you couldn’t swipe to trash anything in Slidebox that was already in your camera roll’s favorites (which is a thoughtful security feature, but i had a lot of irrelevant stuff favorited from past editing & didn’t want to stop and “unheart” them manually). i discovered after i was totally done organizing however, that Slidebox could actually override/remove the heart from the favorite photos in one tap, which i really which i had done to begin with!

Slidebox has given me the gift of actually using & referencing my photos, and I thank you for that- I wouldn’t have changed a thing about the user experience.

by Transwanderlustgrrrl

This was a very secure and reliable app for me to use on both my iPad and on my Samsung Galaxy phone, and it was easy to sort it all out so that I can even take it to my local Walgreens and print out any photos I want/need too! Good for professional photography use too, especially when on the road and building a physical portfolio that you want printed out. The only issue I had was the login info when I wanted to merge it onto my new phone, so hopefully that’ll be resolved if they can make it easier for us to find and remember our email address that we used when we originally sign up for this app. Other than that, top notch app!

by Electriccandle

This is a really basic app without a ton of bells and whistles, but it was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Sorting photos into albums in the native Photos app on iOS was really irritating and time-consuming. Slidebox makes it super easy—it shows you all of your unsorted photos one by one and you simply click the name of the album you want to put them in. Want to delete it? Just swipe up? Can’t figure out what to do with it yet? Just swipe left and it’ll hang out in unsorted photos until you do. You can also pin albums you use most frequently to the top of the list. You can also view and edit your albums on a different screen, allowing you to easily move photos into different albums or file one photo into multiple albums at the same time. For mass deletion of photos, I still use the iOS app. Unless there’s a feature I’m missing, which is entirely possible, deleting more than one photo in Slidebox is a bit tedious. At any rate, I sometimes have to take hundreds of pictures in a day and was absolutely losing my mind until I found Slidebox. Thank you!

by MountainGirl27

I am SO glad I found Slidebox. I just wish I had found it before now!

I was super frustrated with not knowing if I had put my photos into a folder or not, just using the iOS app. This is a million times better. Easily swipe to delete. Easily one click to organize into a folder. Once you have put into a folder, the photo disappears from those you still need to organize - basically removing them from your “photo inbox”.

But the best part is how fast I can now find the pictures I need. No scrolling through thousands of photos! They are so nice and neat in one or more folders. I tell everyone about Slidebox!

by Kt1415412

I currently have an issue with my cloud account which means I need to back up all of my photos externally. I thought it would take me months to go through all of it (I have over 16k photos and videos) but it’s literally taken me less than a week. Slidebox is perfect for sorting all of your photos. I will now go back in and take a look at all of my individual albums and trim them down further. I’ve been putting this off for almost a year, and I’m so glad I found an easy and effortless way to organize my photos. Slidebox makes the process fast and less daunting then going through your camera roll photo by photo. Really happy with Slidebox.

by Bioluminescent13

As a student who works from home and also has a tiny online business, my photos stack up very quickly. I was constantly frustrated with how cumbersome it was to make albums on the iphone. Having a good wifi connection to use Google Photos was a roundabout, but good-enough solution until I found Slidebox. Finally, my photos are organized and none are cluttering up the phone uselessly. It works great for helping me separate work, school, and photos for fun in everyday life. I feel so much more organized. An added plus is that the price is fair (actually still free for my number of photos so far) and it helps to delete duplicates without messing anything up. Perfect! Thanks SO much, developers! ♥️♥️♥️

by Kacchan (Spiritwolfash)

I love Slidebox, but as a person with over 35k photos, it can be rough trying to organize everything. I suggest adding a feature where you can skip right to the number a photo is ranked at, like a search bar. It’ll make things a lot easier for those with a lot of photos like me so all you have to do is memorize the number you left off at. I organize by folder, which means I make a folder and go through the entirety of my photos, sorting until I reach the end then starting over again with a new folder. Things would be much easier if I could skip right to where I left off instead of scrolling until I reach it. Thanks.

by PWood2

I saw this had good reviews and filled a need of mine. Today is the first time I have used it and I was up and running in no time. Now I can find new homes for all those poor lost orphan photos hiding in my camera roll. BTW, an earlier reviewer expressed a need to sort a photo into multiple albums. I don't know if this is an update, but I found that selecting a photo from within an album allows you to assign it to multiple albums. People? Pets? People AND Pets! My own wish is for integration with Google Photos.

One catch: if you want to go on a search and destroy mission looking for doppelgangers, Slidebox is not what you need, although you probably need it anyway. The only way to do that is if they are adjacent or nearly so.

by Badboychronic

It’s simple. First let me say I don’t like how Apple handles pictures. If you move a pic to another folder it should not stay in the main ? This causes confusion . I don’t know what pics I moved to a folder Slidebox fixes that. After you move it don’t bring that pic back up so you know . Make your own main folder then stuff your not ready to file will be there and just never use apples main. I just don’t like it being there so I use another app to move some to for good. Apple knows people don’t like this yet they do it. I hope Slidebox stays around Utiful is also good and I use that also but it’s not free. Do one time payments because I’m sick of monthly subscriptions. Just to many love Slidebox and keep it up. Maybe add a donation page

by Loving Summer With Sirius App

I am a professional photographer and when I don’t wish to carry all my gear I use my phone to take pictures and videos. I upgraded to the version and have just flown through about 4,000 pictures and videos and sorted them in the albums I named for very easy access. this app is a fantastic app and I’ve seen a countless number of photography apps and software. this app is far and above any other that I’ve used for sorting my iPhone pictures! Don’t hesitate to try it and I highly recommend their $4.99 upgrade. You’ll be amazed and thrilled with its performance!
Update June 1,2020: have used this incredible, user friendly app . I am now using it to sort pictures into folders for easy access. Don’t hesitate to try Slidebox and soon after you’ll be thrilled!

by ☀️Midnightsun☀️

Ive had an IPhone with an the same account that is my apple ID for a minimum of 6 years. I have never really been that fascinated on any app that i am choosing for myself even if they have been great, except this one. I have been going through different photo/video storage app’s to find one that gets me and there has been a couple of goods ones I have come across. I honestly was relieve coming across this one because it is “manageable” and smooth for me that going through which pictures go in what album became fun. In the moment i feel like an “ah” sound came out and calmed me down, when it isn’t even close to hard how i am making it sound. It sure gets five stars from me. How funny would it be if this comment made it to Slidebox page as the first review you see when you are scrolling down?

by Fabuuulyss

I genuinely never write reviews, but Slidebox deserves all of the 5 stars & more!!

I'm the type of person who takes a ton of pictures but never goes back through them because I just get overwhelmed to say the least. I started with a little over 14,000 pictures & I now have just a little over 5,000 & I am SO proud of that. I went through and was able to delete pictures that I had multiples of or those that I didn't need anymore. Every time I had some down time, I went through 2-3 months worth of pictures at a time so I didn't overwhelm myself. I got to the point where I was excited to organize more!!

Not only cab you sort the pictures into albums on Slidebox, but it makes the albums into your photos app as well. I was surprised by that but it made me ever more excited. I will recommend this to everyone!!

by Smiledaydream

A lot of these programs make you copy the photos into a different database. This works on top of your iPhone database but lets you create new albums and sort the unsorted into albums. What iPhone albums does not do is let you see your photos that are not yet in an album. It works so well for that I gave it five stars BUT once folders are in albums they are not as easy to work with with Slidebox. The great interface for the no-album photos goes away and there is a series of steps to sort photos. And strangely the photos that you move somewhere else stay where they are so it’s rather confusing. This would be perfect if they would have the same interface in all albums that they have for the files not in albums. So I still have a lot of photos now in the wrong album and Slidebox does not help me move them.

by MA2332

Was originally worried about the privacy of my data Slidebox was accessing - but the privacy policy showed that wouldn't be a problem. With over 10,000 photos of screenshots and pictures to go through - and the photos app in iPhone and Mac don't make it easy - this solved that 10,000 without a problem.

All you have to do is swipe up to add it to a delete pile - you make your own albums and simply tap them to add the photo you're on to it. I haven't been asked to purchase anything yet and even if it does I'll buy it. I go through 200 photos easy when I have nothing to do or I'm waiting around. All of those 200 add up and I get to choose what happens to the photos. It's pain free, simple, easy to use, and is eye pleasing to look at. I generally dislike photo apps because they all try to throw in features you don't want or need which just complicates it. Slidebox is simple and hassle free, and I'm incredibly glad it showed up first in the result for photo organizer. I'm seeing there is a reason for it too.

by Jds5215

This is Slidebox that I dreamed could exist, that allows me to quickly and easily organize my photos WITHIN my existing iPhone/iCloud storage ecosystem. I take photos or screenshots and I can quickly swipe to sort them into folders which automatically appear in my iCloud account. It is a genius app that solves a very real problem for those of us with thousands of photos that are difficult to sift through when you need a specific picture. So far Slidebox has been very solid and integrates very will with iCloud. Thank you!

My only suggestion would be the ability to swipe tags/keywords onto photos instead of putting them in separate folders. Alternately, the ability to easily add a photo to multiple folders (which then essentially work like tags).

by TxSage17

Slidebox does what it says it will do. The only thing that would make it a lot better is if you could select multiple pictures at a time. It would be so much easier if you could select them this way from your photos & again once you want to make extra or sub folders or change photos from where you originally put them. It is tedious to do it one photo at a time. And also if you could then select multiples or an album to print. Otherwise this is a great app & very useful. No glitches it does not freeze & works smoothly. Now if I can just figure out how to transfer it With all the data to my new phone. 🙂 I am not finding anywhere to sign in & retrieve the albums??

by David Popoola

I don’t usually review apps, but Slidebox is absolutely incredible. Upgrading to premium was an absolute no-brainer: Slidebox allows you to gradually organize your photos in a non-intimidating way.

If you’re like me and have thousands of pictures on your phone with no organization whatever, Slidebox makes it actually feasible to sort those images into more manageable albums.

Have a few free minutes of free time on the train? Sort 50 images. Sitting on the toilet? You can probably sort like 200. Slidebox makes it so easy to sort and it deserves 10 stars really

by Chunky_but_funky

When I downloaded Slidebox, I had more than 8,000 pictures (I have to take pictures for my work) that were out of control. I couldn’t find what I wanted or needed when I wanted it needed to find it. Slidebox helped me easily review, file and categorize my photos as well as delete unnecessary ones. I’m down to less than 5,000 now and they are categorized in 21 folders for easy finding. When you get started, devote a few minutes each morning and a few each evening. It took me about a week to go through every photo doing it this way. Now I categorize all my photos on a daily basis in about a minute. And spend the couple of bucks for the premium. It’s worth it.

by Alejandroysea

I’ve been trying for SO long, to find and app just like this one, one thing i’ve never got used to is the MESS on camera roll, it always takes me SO long to find what im really looking for.. this is very important for me as a ios user, so MY RESPECT to the developers, this issue makes me missing my old fashion blackberry where you could use it as a File Manager and move photos where you want, and create folders and subfolders, this is a HUGE step!

My only sugest: please explore the posibility to allow users to create sub folders! 5 stars for you!!🙌🏼