About App Initio Limited
App Initio Limited is a Hong Kong incorporated developer of apps for iOS and macOS.

Our Apps

App Initio Limited develops photos-related utility apps for iOS and macOS (Although just for fun we also created a word puzzle game app that runs on iOS as well as Android). These are our apps:
Photos Takeout

Numerous professional photographers and photo organizers use Photos Takeout, as it provides a much more powerful, flexible and convenient way to download and back up iCloud / Mac Photos libraries than Apple Photos’ in-built Export function:
- It exports photos and videos into neat folders organized by years, albums or dates.
- Transfers everything in full resolution – preserving metadata, formats and organization.
- Can smoothly export huge libraries – unlike iCloud, which limits you to 1000 photos at a time.
- Unlike other apps, it doesn’t ask you to first download originals from iCloud to Mac Photos.
- Fast and easy, it runs entirely on your Mac—keeping photos and videos private and secure.
Website: www.photostakeout.com. Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1500714691
PhotoSort

Our macOS app PhotoSort resolves two BIG problems with Apple’s Photos app:
- Photos doesn’t allow you to sort your photo collection by file size. So if your iCloud storage is full, you can’t find the largest items to offload or delete.
- Photos also doesn’t help sort your photos into great, mediocre, and poor shots. So if you have 80,000 photos, it’s hard to sort them manually.
PhotoSort sorts photos by file size into SizeSort album in Photos – so you can manage storage from within Mac Photos. It also sorts by aesthetic quality in QualitySort album, so you can find your best photos – as well as low-quality items that you might want to delete.
Website: www.photosort-app.com Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6739038077
Pic Scanner Gold

Launched in 2013, this was the world’s first mobile app capable of scanning and auto-cropping multiple photos at a time. It was also App Initio Limited’s debut app. Praised by BBC Click, Cult of Mac, CNet, Gizmodo and many other publications, it has nearly a million users. No other photo scanner app packs so many features for such a low, one-time price:
- Fast scanning and automatic cropping
- Great, easy-to-use editing tools
- Ability to add ‘EXIF Date Created’ and captions
- Can convert photos into greeting cards and calendars
- Quick-create slideshows and shareable albums
- No recurring subscriptions or in-app purchases
Website: www.picscannergold.com. iOS App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1124131441
The original version of this app, Pic Scanner, is now our scanner lite app.
SnipTag

If you are scanning thousands of old photos, SnipTag is an invaluable tool. Its two powerful tools can dramatically reduce effort and speed up your workflow:
- Snip: Scan multiple photos per scan; save in folder. Snip will batch-crop all scans with one click.
- Tag: Metadata editor. To bulk-edit EXIF / IPTC metadata such as date, location, description etc.
Website: www.sniptagapp.com Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1448677570
(A junior version of this app, Snip, is also available on the Mac App Store)
Joggle – Word Puzzle

A passion project, Joggle is a completely original, mildly cerebral word game inspired by crossword puzzles. You get a clue and a six-letter “helper word”. Solve the clue by replacing two letters in the helper word. Choose between Quick (easy) and Cryptic (hard) puzzles!