Queryable - Foto Suchapp

A product that has reached #1 on the front page of Hacker News and topped the paid tools chart across all European countries, while ranking #2 in the US on the same day.

Queryable: An open-source, offline photo album search tool unlike anything you've ever seen.

With Queryable, you can search your photos using detailed and natural descriptions such as "two people by the sea," "a blonde woman holding a glass of red wine," "a girl in red on the lawn," or even emotional moments like "We fell in love."

Unlike traditional photo apps that rely on simple tags, Queryable understands complex and lengthy descriptions. It's completely open-source, works entirely offline, and requires no network connection, ensuring your photo album's privacy is fully protected.

Pay once and use it forever. No network connection is needed after downloading, guaranteeing your privacy remains safeguarded.

FAQ:

1. What languages does Queryable support?
Queryable supports English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, though the English version delivers significantly better results.

2. How is my photo privacy protected?
Queryable works completely offline. You can even disable the app's network permissions if you have privacy concerns.

3. How do I use it?
After downloading, you'll need to build an index for your photos, which takes a few minutes depending on your photo collection and device. On an iPhone 12 mini, it processes about 2,000 photos per minute, and this indexing is only required once.

Once indexing is complete, you can quickly search and get results. When you add new photos to your collection, you can easily update the index.

Contact:

- Email: myfancoo@gmail.com
- Twitter: @immazzystar
- GitHub: https://github.com/mazzzystar/Queryable

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Performance

- 4x Faster Launch — App startup reduced from ~16s to ~4s on large libraries (60,000+ photos).
- Faster Search — Photo similarity search is now GPU-accelerated.

What's New

- Smarter Duplicate Detection — Completely rewritten algorithm with quality scoring. Duplicates are now grouped more accurately, and you can batch-delete them in one tap.
- iCloud Photo Hints — When viewing a blurry iCloud photo, an orange banner now guides you to download the full-resolution version.

Bug Fixes

- Fixed crash during long indexing sessions — Users with very large photo libraries no longer experience crashes when building the index.
- Fixed cancel button not responding — Tapping "Cancel" during indexing now stops immediately as expected.
- Fixed progress bar not appearing — The indexing progress bar now shows up right away instead of after a delay.

Improvements

- Adaptive layout — The UI now renders consistently across different iPhone and iPad screen sizes.
- Dynamic Type support — Text and icons now respect your system font size preference.