Welcome to DoDoAlbum support. DoDoAlbum is an on-device photo organization tool for iPhone and iPad — all your photos, albums, points and preferences stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server.
App version: 1.0 Supported iOS: 16.0 or later
When you open DoDoAlbum for the first time, you will be asked for photo access:
If you previously denied access, see FAQ Q1.
The main screen shows your photos in a two-column waterfall layout. Scroll to load more. Tap any photo to open the detail viewer.
There are three ways to organize a photo:
| Gesture / Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Swipe up on a photo | Move to Trash |
| Swipe down on a photo | Hide the photo |
| Long-press or tap Select, then choose photos | Add the selection to an album |
Each successful organization action earns you points (see Section 4).
Every action (hide, delete, archive) shows an Undo button at the bottom of the screen. Tap it within a few seconds to revert the action. You can also undo from a toast notification that appears after the action.
Photos you delete go to the Trash first. Open the album list and tap Trash to:
Note: Once you tap Delete All in the Trash, the photos are removed from iOS permanently and cannot be recovered by DoDoAlbum.
Long-press an album in the list to pin it to the top. Your pinned albums are stored locally on your device.
Open Settings → Language, choose your preferred language, then tap Restart Now. The app will relaunch in the new language.
DoDoAlbum supports: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어.
| Gesture | Where | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Swipe up | Photo card | Move photo to Trash |
| Swipe down | Photo card | Hide photo |
| Swipe up | Detail viewer (when “swipe up to delete” is shown) | Move photo to Trash |
| Swipe down | Detail viewer | Close the viewer |
| Pinch | Detail viewer | Zoom in / out |
| Long-press | Album row | Pin / unpin album |
| Long-press | Photo card | Enter selection mode |
Open iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Photos → DoDoAlbum, then choose All Photos (or Selected Photos if you prefer). Return to DoDoAlbum and pull down to refresh.
Hidden photos are moved to iOS’s built-in Hidden album. To view them again, use iOS’s Photos app, or open the album list in DoDoAlbum (the Hidden album is shown in the system albums section).
If the photo is in the Trash, yes — open Trash and tap Restore. If you have already tapped Delete All in the Trash, the photo is gone from iOS and DoDoAlbum cannot recover it (Apple does not allow apps to restore permanently deleted photos).
This was fixed in the latest version. Pull down on the photo grid to force-refresh the album list if you still see stale counts.
iOS only loads localized strings when an app launches. Restarting once applies the new language to every screen.
No. DoDoAlbum does not contain any third-party SDK, analytics service, advertising network, or remote server. The app does not initiate any network connection. All processing is on-device.
No. DoDoAlbum does not have an account system and does not sync. Your data is stored locally and is removed if you uninstall the app.
Loading tens of thousands of assets at once may exhaust memory on older devices. Try scrolling slowly to let the cache catch up, or organize in smaller batches.
No. DoDoAlbum only changes metadata (which album a photo belongs to, the isHidden flag). The pixel data is never altered.
Only two:
DoDoAlbum does not request access to your location, contacts, microphone, camera, calendar, or any other system resource.
Each time you organize a photo, you earn points. Points are stored locally on your device.
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Hide a photo | 1 |
| Delete a photo (to Trash) | 2 |
| Archive a photo (add to album) | 3 |
As your total points grow, you unlock new organizer titles:
| Level | Threshold | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 🌱 Beginner | 0 | Newcomer Organizer |
| 🌿 Novice | 50 | Junior Organizer |
| 🌳 Intermediate | 100 | Skilled Organizer |
| 🌟 Advanced | 200 | Expert Organizer |
| 💎 Expert | 400 | Photo Management Expert |
| 👑 Master | 800 | Perfectionist Organizer |
| ⚡ Grandmaster | 1,600 | Artisan Organizer |
| 🐉 Legend | 3,200 | Legendary Organizer |
| 🌌 Mythic | 6,400 | Mythic Organizer |
| 🔮 Immortal | 12,800 | Immortal Organizer |
| ✨ Transcendent | 25,600 | Transcendent Organizer |
When you cross a milestone (10 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 200 / 500 / 1,000 points), a celebration screen appears.
DoDoAlbum is an offline-first app. We do not collect, transmit, or sell any personal data. For the full privacy policy, see https://duyg.github.io/DoDoAlbum-Privacy/privacy-policy-en.html.
For questions, suggestions, or business inquiries:
We typically reply within 2 business days.
If you encountered a bug, please include the following when contacting us — it dramatically shortens the time to a fix:
You can send this information to duyeguang@qq.com with the subject line [DoDoAlbum Bug] <short description>. Attachments up to 20 MB are accepted.
For crashes, please also attach the crash log from Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data on your iPhone (look for entries that start with DoDoAlbum).