After a trip to Portland with my girlfriend, I went to airdrop our photos to her. I found myself scrolling through hundreds of photos, carefully filtering out unrelated ones. That's when it hit me—what if I could choose which album to save photos to before taking them? Then I could just airdrop the entire album.

That's why I built this app. It lets you manage all your albums (user-created, system, and shared) and their photos/videos in one place.

It took about 4 weeks to create and publish on the App Store. Thanks to various LLM tools, I was able to convert my idea into actual code using natural language. Gemini CLI was particularly helpful. Through this experience, I learned that in the current age of AI, as long as you have an idea, go for it. The only challenge left is learning how to work with LLMs effectively.

If this sounds useful, you can try it here: apps.apple.com/us/app/m-log/id6752276159 (it's free!)

The challenge is, I know I can’t realistically compete with the native Camera app in terms of raw performance or advanced features. And on the other side, my album management still isn’t anywhere near the Photos app. Currently it only supports moving photos around different albums, sharing, and deleting them.

So I’m at a crossroads: what should I focus on next (other than just “getting more users”)? My current thought is that the only way forward is to put it in people’s hands and learn directly from them — but I’d love to hear your advice on where to go from here.