On-device private face clustering for photos with fast search and offline tagging, no cloud upload.
Platform: mobile
| Date | Source | What users say |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-06 | r/androidapps (link supplied by founder) | 35 up-votes, 18 comments asking for “a photo app that lets you group faces without uploading”. No satisfying answer. |
| 2024-10-27 | r/GooglePixel – “Offline Face Grouping” | Users complain Google Photos only groups when backed-up, look for local alternative. |
| 2024-03-02 | r/androidapps – “Gallery app with facial recognition” | 20+ votes; suggestions offered (Gallery Go, Aves), all have caveats or poor accuracy. |
| 2024-02-20 | r/privacy – “Photo organisers with facial recognition privacy-respecting & offline” | Privacy community explicitly wants on-device option. |
| 2023-04-11 | XDA – “Google Photos alternative … faces/objects recognition on the phone, not cloud” | 4 pages of replies; no single app fully meets spec. |
Take-away: multiple independent threads over several years, each with decent engagement, indicate latent demand.
| Keyword | Monthly volume | Difficulty | Meets rule? |
|---|---|---|---|
| google photos alt... |