Best Duplicate Photo Finder with Beautiful Display and Accurate Results

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  • ✓ Scans photo libraries
  • ✓ Scans visually similar duplicate images
  • ✓ Supports 20+ formats including RAW
  • ✓ Experience ‘Similarity Threshold’ feature
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Streamline Your Photo Collection in Three Simple Steps

Photo viewing experience can be compromised due to thousands of low resolution, poor quality, similar & exact duplicate pictures. Here comes the need for a duplicate photo finder for Windows and macOS.

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Scan

Select folders, drives, or external storage devices. Choose between exact duplicate or similar image detection modes.

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Visualize

Review results with intelligent grouping. Preview images with full metadata and compare duplicates side by side.

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Process

Delete duplicates permanently or move them to a folder. Use smart selection based on file size, resolution, or location.

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What can you do to fix this redundancy?

In case of a huge collection of photos, it can be daunting to go through drives, folders and subfolders to examine similarity in pictures. There should be an easy way to find and remove duplicate and similar photos to save space, organize collection and save time on managing pictures.

PictureEcho app features overview
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Identifying Similar and Duplicate Images Made Easy

PictureEcho is a visual similarity duplicate image finder with an intuitive algorithm. It works as both an exact duplicate picture finder and a smart similarity detector.

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Smart Duplicate Detection

Advanced algorithms detect both exact duplicates and visually similar images with customizable similarity thresholds.

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Intelligent Preview & Selection

Preview images with full metadata, compare duplicates side-by-side, and use smart selection filters based on file size, resolution, or location.

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Safe Removal Options

Permanently delete duplicates or move them to a folder. Supports multiple storage locations including external drives and networked locations.

Features & Functions

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Visual Similarity Detection

Similarity slider with 10+ points from Strict to Broad — set your preferred sensitivity for accurate, clear results

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Exact Duplicate Photo Finder

100% same photos identified as duplicate pictures

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Automated Selection

Select photos based on file size, resolution, file history and location

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Remove Duplicates

Permanently delete duplicate photos eating up disk space

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Image Preview & Details

Preview results, analyze and take action on duplicate and similar photos

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Move to Folder

Make a new folder and move duplicate images in it

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Adobe Lightroom Integration

Click on Lightroom Tab, load the pictures library, and start a scan

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macOS Photos App

Find and fix similar and duplicate photos from the Mac Photos app library

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Compatibility

PictureEcho works seamlessly on Windows and macOS—Intel and Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4)

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Operating System

Windows: 11, 10, 8.1/8, 7 (32/64-bit)
macOS: Supports macOS 15 (Sequoia), 14 (Sonoma), 13 (Ventura), and 12 (Monterey).
Legacy Support: Compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and above.
Hardware: Optimized for Apple Silicon (M4, M3, M2, M1) and Intel processors.

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Processor & Memory

CPU: Optimized for Apple M4/M3/M2/M1 and multicore Intel/AMD processors.
RAM: 1 GB minimum (4 GB recommended for large RAW libraries).

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Storage Space

Hard Disk: 20 MB free space
Lightweight Installation

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Supported File Types

Raster / standard: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF (Windows Shell / macOS), TIFF, BMP, GIF
RAW: Generic RAW, Canon (CR2/CR3), Nikon (NEF/NRW), Sony (ARW), Adobe DNG, Olympus (ORF), Panasonic (RW2), Pentax (PEF), Samsung (SRW), Fujifilm (RAF), Leica (RWL)

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Best Duplicate Photo Finder for Windows and Mac

Same powerful interface on both platforms. Only library integrations differ—Windows Photos on PC, Mac Photos on Mac.

System Scan screen: choose folders, similarity slider Strict to Broad, Similar or Exact mode

System Scan

Choose folders to scan, set similarity from Strict to Broad (default: Similar—visual matches), pick Exact or Similar mode, then Start Scan.

Library Scan: Lightroom, Windows Photos or Mac Photos

Library Scan

Find duplicates in Adobe Lightroom, Windows Photos (on Windows), or Mac Photos app (on Mac). Same scan mode and similarity threshold.

Results screen: grouped duplicates, Select All But One, Move, Trash, Delete

Results & Actions

Duplicates are grouped. Use Select Duplicates or Deselect All, then choose an action: Move, Trash (Recycle Bin on Windows), or Delete permanently.

Bulk selection rules: Keep Oldest, Newest, Largest, Highest or Lowest resolution

Bulk Selection

Choose a rule to auto-select redundant photos in every group: Keep Oldest, Keep Newest, Keep Largest, Keep Highest Resolution, or Keep Lowest Resolution.

Empty Folders tool - scan for empty directories after removing duplicates

Empty Folders

After removing duplicates, scan selected paths for empty directories and clean them up in one click.

Scan exclusions settings - folders and patterns to skip, system defaults included

Settings: Scan Exclusions

Folders and patterns to skip during scans. System defaults are included (Windows or Mac specific). Add custom folders or reset to defaults.

Action history and updates - moves, recycle bin, permanent deletes; check for newer version

Settings: History & Updates

Recent moves, recycle bin actions, and permanent deletes. Clear history or check for a newer version of PictureEcho.

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Transform Your Photo Collection Today

Experience the power of intelligent analysis. PictureEcho works faster and more accurately than manual sorting, giving you back hours of your time while keeping your precious memories organized.

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