Post-vacation photo cleanup

Your vacation had 1,842 photos. You probably need 286.

Upload the mess. VacayTidy finds duplicates, groups similar shots, picks the strongest photos, organizes the trip, and helps you turn thousands of pictures into the memories worth keeping.

Your originals stay stored and untouched. Nothing is deleted until you approve it on a confirmation screen.

A messy pile of vacation prints on the left, a neat curated grid of the best photos on the right
1,842
Uploaded
1,376
Unique
286
Keepers
73
Highlights

Illustrative example of one trip's funnel. Your numbers depend on your photos.

How it works

One job, done properly: get a messy trip down to the photos you would actually show someone.

Drop in the whole camera roll

Drag and drop the folder straight off your phone or camera. Progress, file counts and per-file retries are all visible — no silent failures.

Duplicates and same-shot bursts split apart

Byte-identical copies are matched by file hash. Near-identical frames are grouped by perceptual hash, so the eleven shots of the same doorway become one decision.

A recommended keeper, with reasons

Each group gets a suggested best shot with plain-language reasons like sharper or better exposure. It is a recommendation, not a verdict — override anything.

Your trip, rebuilt as days and moments

Capture times and GPS build Day 1, Day 2 and the moments in between. Place names are only used when your photos actually carry that data.

Versus doing it yourself

Manual cleanup is not hard, it is just long. That is why the folder is still sitting there.

Scrolling 1,800 thumbnails on a phoneGrouped decisions: one card per repeated shot
Spotting duplicates by eyeExact copies matched by file hash, near-copies by perceptual hash
Guessing which of nine near-identical frames is sharpestA measured recommendation with reasons you can override
Rebuilding the itinerary from memoryDays and moments rebuilt from capture times and GPS

Privacy is the product

Vacation photos contain your family, your home, and where you were. We treat that accordingly, and we do not make claims we cannot keep.

Private by default

Every file lives in private storage behind per-account access rules. Images load through short-lived signed links, never public URLs.

No training on your photos

We do not train models on your images. Any future opt-in would be explicit and off by default.

Reversible by design

Review decisions are logged so they can be undone, and enhancements are stored as separate derivatives.

Honest about retention

Storing your photos is how the product works, so we cannot claim zero retention. You can delete a trip or your whole account at any time.

Questions

Get the trip back, not the folder

Start with one trip. Free while you try it, with clear plans when you are ready.