Ballast
Exact & near-duplicate photos
Find exact copies, near-duplicates, screenshots and big videos. Swipe to review; nothing is deleted without your OK. One price, no subscription, no ads.
Features
What Ballast does
What it finds
Identical copies, confirmed by comparing the files themselves. Near-identical shots, similar shots and bursts. Screenshots, large videos and blurry photos.
You review everything
Ballast suggests which shot to keep in each group; favorites and edited photos are never selected for you, and every group keeps at least one photo. Swipe right to keep, left to delete.
Nothing deleted without your OK
Your choices go into a cart. Nothing is deleted until you confirm, and iOS shows its own confirmation too. Deleted items go to Recently Deleted, recoverable for up to 30 days.
Honest numbers
Before you delete anything, Ballast shows about how much space would return on this device, and that nothing is freed right away.
All in one place
Finds identical and near-identical shots, bursts, screenshots and large videos in one place.
Price
Free to scan. One-time unlock for unlimited deletes.
- Scanning and reviewing are free. You can delete up to 50 items for free, in total.
- Unlock unlimited deletes once; the price is shown in the app. No subscription, no weekly plan.
Works with limited photo access: Ballast scans only the photos you choose to share.
Privacy
Privacy promise
Short version: your photos stay on this device.
- No account, no server, no analytics, no advertising and no networking code of its own. Photos are compared on the device with Apple's Vision framework; no third-party AI.
- No pictures are copied. The scan cache keeps a small fingerprint per photo so rescans are fast.
- Photos are deleted only after you confirm in the cart and again in the iOS prompt.
Need help with Ballast?
Read the support page, or email hello@nexg.tech.
