Four piles for the clutter that hides in a camera roll

What is in the Screenshots pile?

Every screenshot in your library, in one deck. Screenshots pile up because they are cheap to take and easy to forget. The pile is free.

What does On this day show?

Photos taken on today's date in earlier years. It is the pile most likely to make you keep a photo rather than let it go. Photos from the same date also carry an "On this day" ribbon inside the monthly deck. This pile is free.

What counts as Seconds apart?

Photos taken within 3 seconds of each other in the same orientation: retakes, bursts and near-copies. Rollmark does not claim to find duplicates or judge quality. It shows you the group and you pick. For background on rapid sequences, see the Wikipedia article on burst mode. This pile is a Pro feature.

How does Large videos choose?

It lists videos estimated at 50 MB or more, biggest first. The estimate comes from duration, since iOS does not give the app a file size. A long clip you forgot about is often the quickest win in the whole roll. This pile is a Pro feature.

How do piles fit with the monthly order?

Think of months as the main road and piles as shortcuts. A pile skips the date order and gathers one kind of photo from the whole library. Use piles first if you want a quick win, then go back to the months for the careful work.

Each pile card on the Sort tab shows an icon, the count, a short description and two preview photos, with a dark label such as "Swipe, about 1.2 GB". The footer reads how many photos are left to sort and reminds you that sizes are estimates.

Who are piles for?

They suit three kinds of people: someone with a few thousand screenshots who wants a fast first win, someone returning from a trip with hundreds of bursts, and someone whose phone is full of long videos. If your roll is mostly everyday photos, the monthly order does more for you and piles stay a side trip.

Which pile should I start with?

Start with Screenshots, then On this day, and add the two Pro piles when you want a bigger sweep. Screenshots hold the clearest wins, since most have done their job. On this day is a gentle pile that rewards keeping. Large videos suits a night when you want space fast. Seconds apart suits a trip with a lot of bursts.

What does a pile session look like?

Say your Screenshots pile has 200 items. You open it and the top bar shows "1 of 200" with the pile name. You swipe left on the receipts and chat captures, right on the one ticket you still need. When the last card goes, the screen reads "Pile sorted" with Review and Back buttons. Review opens the same let-go list as the monthly deck, and iOS still confirms before anything moves.

Do pile decisions count toward the months?

Yes. Rollmark stores each decision under the photo's own month, so a screenshot you let go in the pile also moves that month's progress. The review list shows the let-go photos grouped by month. Pile swipes count toward your daily free decisions and your streak like any other swipe.

What are the limits of piles?

A pile gathers one kind of photo, not the best ones. It will not tell you which of three near-identical shots to keep, and it cannot see sharpness. The Large videos list depends on an estimate from duration, so a 50 MB cutoff is approximate. Free users see the Screenshots and On this day piles only.

What if a pile is empty?

You see "Nothing here right now". Free users who open a Pro pile see the paywall instead of the deck. Rollmark never opens the paywall at launch.

Where is the oldest photo?

The Sort tab also shows your oldest photo with its date and how many years ago it was taken, and a Share button that makes an Oldest photo card.

Why are two piles part of Pro?

The free plan already covers every month and all of the sorting itself. Seconds apart and Large videos are shortcuts for people who want to clear a lot quickly, and they are the reason a user might choose Pro, together with the removal of the daily limit. Nothing in the free plan is locked behind a timer.