Simon White

Android version coming soon

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Photo Declutter started as an iOS app, built at 50 with no native mobile development background: just 25 years of web development and a lot of help from Claude and Claude Code.

The Android port was a natural next step. I started with a blank Android Studio project on a Wednesday morning. By Friday the core session loop was working on my Pixel 7... swipe to keep, swipe to release, review before deleting. A week later the app was feature-complete: full French localisation, daily reminders, stats, onboarding, share sheet, the Rediscovered album, and Google Play Billing.

The entire Android codebase is Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, architected as a faithful port of the iOS MVVM structure. Claude Code handled the heavy lifting: mapping PhotoKit to MediaStore, SwiftUI to Compose, Combine to StateFlow... while I tested, reviewed, and pushed back when something felt wrong.

It's now awaiting review in the Play Store. As I wrote on PeerPush: if you don't have an iPhone, check back soon for a calm daily ritual for your photos on your Samsung, Pixel, Nothing, Motorola...


The wait is the only thing standing between you and a lighter photo library.

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