Compared to other operating systems, iOS’Photosapp has always left a lot to be desired. Fortunately, a newjailbreak tweakcalledPhotoManagerby iOS developerFrozen Penguincan fill in the blanks with the features you’ve always wanted in your stock photo app.
Compared to some tweaks, which just add one extra bell or whistle here and there, PhotoManager introduces a plethora of genuinely useful features that you’ll actually use. For that reason, I found it very exciting to delve into what the tweak has to offer, and I think you’ll feel the same way once you see it for yourself.
Among the things PhotoManager brings to the stock Photos app are:
Out of all the features outlined above, some of my favorites are locking certain albums, quickly moving images from the Camera Roll to other albums without just copying the image, and hiding individual albums on demand (especially from apps). Of course, everyone has a different idea of what features are useful so your opinion might vary from mine.
As shown in the screenshot examples above, you’re able to see that there are three albums per row instead of two, as a stock device would have. Moreover, locked albums have a lock icon displayed on them to indicate that you must authenticate yourself somehow to view the images within.
After installation, PhotoManager puts a preference pane in the Settings app, shown below:
Here, the options are split into sections for organization purposes, but the primary option in the first preference pane is enabling or disabling the tweak on demand. As we move through the additional sections, you’ll find more options:
In these panes, you can do things like:
Given the slowness of thejailbreakcommunity lately, I would have to say this is one of the most robust tweak releases within the last few months. If you’re looking for an effective way to add useful functionality to youriPhone, particularly in the Photos app, then I can’t recommend PhotoManager to you enough.
If you’re interested in giving PhotoManager a try, you can download it for $1.99 from Cydia’s BigBoss repository. The tweak is compatible with all jailbrokeniOS 10devices.
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