# PhotoDesk

> Organize photos offline with on-device face recognition and search

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.certainity.photoDesk](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.certainity.photoDesk)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.certainity.photoDesk`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SimpleWorldApps
- **Category:** PHOTOGRAPHY
- **Downloads:** 262
- **Version:** 1.8.64
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2026-07-27
- **Publisher country:** MV
- **Size:** 298 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.certainity.photoDesk)
- **Website:** [https://photodesk2026.com/](https://photodesk2026.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://photodesk2026.com/privacy-policy](https://photodesk2026.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

PhotoDesk is an offline photo organizer that groups your photos by the people in them — entirely on your device, with no account, no cloud upload, and no internet required for the core features.<br><br>FACE RECOGNITION, ON-DEVICE<br>Scan your gallery and PhotoDesk automatically groups photos by matching faces using a local machine learning model. Nothing is ever uploaded — face data never leaves your phone.<br><br>STAY IN CONTROL<br>Automatic grouping isn&#39;t always perfect, so PhotoDesk gives you real tools to fix it:<br>- Merge two people you know are the same<br>- Long-press a photo to remove it from the wrong person<br>- Review &quot;possible match&quot; suggestions and confirm or reject them<br>- Re-run matching anytime to improve results as you correct more photos<br><br>FIND PHOTOS FAST<br>- Face Search: pick a photo and find the closest matching people in your library<br>- Favorite the people and photos you care about most<br>- Browse by folder, or build your own albums — including creating an album from everyone tagged as a specific person<br>SEE WHERE YOUR PHOTOS WERE TAKEN<br>An optional map view plots geotagged photos by location.<br><br>YOUR DATA, BACKED UP YOUR WAY<br>Export a backup of your people, names, and albums to a folder you choose, and restore it any time — your organization isn&#39;t locked into the app.<br><br>PRIVACY BY DESIGN<br>No account required. No photos or face data are ever uploaded to a server. Everything runs locally on your device.

## Rankings

- #1,603,850 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.certainity.photoDesk.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.certainity.photoDesk)