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IceCream — Free up space fast and never miss a moment again
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Obviously anyone with an iPhone should download this app. I just know why it's called ice cream but that's ok! 👌
I like the way you solved this problem! Your app icon is also beautiful.
There's a bug on your landing page: Scrolling gets really messed up when you add in the Product Hunt banner.
Congrats on the launch @georgeberkowski. Although I think this pleases iOS users more than Android, I'm still looking forward to a 'droid version in the future. ;) Looks super-useful.
@therealsjr You bet Stewart -- we're keen to build the Android version too... though we don't have a firm date just yet.
We also just published this piece about mobile photography on @medium "30 million Americans and 5 million Brits routinely feel anxious when they miss an important photo opportunity". It also explains where the motivation behind IceCream comes from: https://medium.com/@georgeberkow...
Hey everyone I am George the co-founder of IceCream. Psyched to be on PH today. Our mission to help you never miss another moment. The app helps you free up space on the spot - in under a minute - for 150, 1000 or 2500 more photos (or whatever you want really). The whole point is that it is fast - and on demand. Best of all it keeps all your photos and videos on your smartphone - so you can keep viewing, editing and sharing - even when you're offline. We have an EXCLUSIVE offer to all Product Hunters on our website (when you click through from this page): Free Up Space for FREE until 2016 (we're turning on premium features very soon). Any questions or comments just get in touch!
@georgeberkowski I work in a phone shop. I'm going to test this app out and if I like it then it will be a great recommendation for people who still want 16GB iPhones.
@georgeberkowski This already looked great a few months ago! Great to see this on PH! Congrats
Hello, I'm Andrew, co-founder (head of engineering) at IceCream. Thanks for checking out our app! Please feel free to ask anything, I'll be answering your questions about IceCream all day!
Looking for simpler terms to understand the difference in backing-up my photos w/ Google Photos or iOS Cloud and how IceCream works? Also, all my photos are now backed-up on the GiveMeIceCream platform only? If I quit the service, what happens to my backed-up photos and/or any implications to my phone's storage?
@lewis502 Hey Lewis - our focus is really about on-demand. You can go from out of space to taking more photos or videos in 1-2 minutes. With Google Photos and other solutions it takes hours (and commonly days) to backup everything to their Cloud. We backup, optimise and free up space as and when you need it. Right now we back up to the IceCream Cloud but we're making that more flexible (choose your preferred Cloud). You can download all your photos back to your phone or from the web interface at any time. We're super flexible.
@georgeberkowski Where was this a couple of months ago when I spent 3 flights just deleting photos so I can upgrade to iOS8? :))
Love what you did!
I think it could be useful (especially for this crowd) to explain a bit, hight level, how are you actually managing to do this?
@ovinegrean I wish it were there a few months ago as well! A personal story about why I created it. What we do is measure the free space on your phone, and then also figure out how much space you can free up on demand (based on number of photos, videos and their resolutions). Then we allow you to choose how much space to free up (a little or a lot). After that we push your high res photos to the secure IceCream Cloud super fast (built on AWS right now - but you will be able to select your preferred Cloud very soon) and then optimise the photos locally on the device - freeing up a huge amount of space. We're experimenting with a variety of optimisation algorithms to make this as fast as possible, while ensuring photo quality stays amazing.
@jhm_uk Indeed the file size of the photos does go down. We've done a lot of work to make sure the resolution and quality of the images is as good as possible on the specific mobile device you're using. Most users don't see any difference at all. And it is super easy to get the full res version back from the Cloud at any point.
@georgeberkowski @jhm_uk Think there's some guys out there working on lossless compression. Thought they were called Pied Piper. Might want to look them up.
Where was this when I moved from iPhone to Android for this exact reason! I used to spend hours choosing what and when to delete. Great idea for iOS users, just a shame I'm no longer one of them! Good luck with it guys!
P.S. @georgeberkowski big fan of the book
@georgeberkowski - Wow, amazing! This is PERFECT for myself and my wife. Great work and love your design!
@geeky_yang it's kind of perfect for Mom's who are snapping up to 13,000 photos a month of their kids! Nuts right?
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