PhotoSweeper vs FolioSort
PhotoSweeper is a superb, surgical tool for hunting down duplicate photos on a Mac — but that's all it does, and only on a Mac. FolioSort finds the duplicates too, then goes further: it merges your scattered drives and Takeout exports into one clean library and organizes what's left by EXIF date, GPS and camera. On macOS and Windows. Photos and video.
Both find duplicates brilliantly — but only one then merges and organizes your whole library
| Feature | PhotoSweeper | FolioSort |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | macOS only | macOS 14+ & Windows 10+ |
| Find exact & similar duplicates | Mature, many algorithms | Perceptual fingerprint, Quick & Comprehensive |
| Duplicate detection for video | Photo-focused | Photos & video |
| Automatic best-copy rules | Manual marking | RAW>JPEG, higher-res, original>edited |
| Merge multiple drives into one library | Guided Merge Sources | |
| EXIF / GPS folder organization | {YYYY}/{MM}/{City} templates | |
| Find blurry shots & screenshots | Sharpness score & screenshot detection | |
| Google Photos Takeout repair | Restores dates & GPS from JSON | |
| Checksum-verified moves + undo | Trash-based | XXHash64/SHA-256 + 50-step undo |
| Pricing | One-time (Mac App Store) | Free tier + €14.99 Pro (lifetime) |
Finding duplicates is step one — FolioSort handles the whole cleanup in a single pass
Perceptual fingerprinting catches resized, re-edited and re-compressed copies — not just byte-identical files. Choose Quick for speed or Comprehensive for a deep sweep.
No manual marking. FolioSort applies deterministic best-copy rules — RAW beats JPEG, higher resolution wins, originals beat edits — so the keeper is chosen for you.
Point FolioSort at every scattered drive, folder and Takeout export. It consolidates them into one de-duplicated library — PhotoSweeper only scans what's already in one place.
Once the duplicates are gone, FolioSort sorts survivors into clean folders by date, city and camera using EXIF — leaving you a library you can actually navigate.
PhotoSweeper never left macOS. FolioSort runs natively on macOS 14+ and Windows 10+, so the same cleanup works wherever your photos live.
Every move is verified with a checksum and reversible with up to 50 steps of persistent undo. Removals go to the Trash, never straight to oblivion.
Find duplicates, merge your scattered libraries, and organize what's left in one pass. Download FolioSort free.