Do my photos really never get uploaded?
Really. The search model, the text reader and the face grouper are all bundled into the app and run on your phone's processor. PixOrg has no server and no account system, so there is nowhere for a photo to go. You can index and search your entire library in airplane mode.
Then why does it need the internet at all?
Once, to fetch the AI model that understands images — it is too large to ship inside the app. The text-reading part works immediately, so words inside your photos are searchable within minutes of installing, while the model is still downloading. Ads also need a connection; everything else does not.
Will it drain my battery indexing thousands of photos?
PixOrg reads your newest photos first, works in short slices, drops to background priority behind everything else on the phone, pauses while a call is ringing or your battery is low, and stops entirely when you ask it to. On a big library it reads a year at a time and asks before going further back.
What happens to my videos?
They live in the gallery with your photos — browse, move, favourite, delete, include them in Declutter. The AI models never open them, so videos cost no indexing time and no battery.
Is it really free, or is this a trial?
Really free. Every feature, with no quota and nothing gated behind watching an ad. The free version carries small Google ads; PixOrg Pro removes them. That is the whole difference.
Which phones does it run on?
Android 7.0 and newer, phones and tablets, 64-bit and 32-bit. On older or low-memory devices PixOrg automatically does less background work so it never slows your phone down.
Can I get my ratings and tags out again?
Yes — they are written into the photo file itself as standard XMP, so Lightroom, digiKam and other apps read them. Your index, people and settings also fit in a single encrypted backup file you keep.