Rivets Photo Offload & Organize · Windows

Get the photos off your phone. Already sorted.

Rivets Photo Offload & Organize copies every photo from your Android or iPhone to your Windows PC and files them into folders by event, place and what's in the picture. It runs on your computer, with no cloud and no account.

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Free to download and try. Copying, grouping, sorting and searching are free. A $49 USD one-time lifetime license unlocks saving the organized folders to your PC, for unlimited phones. No subscription.

Windows 10 and 11 Android, iPhone and SD cards Your photos never leave your computer Made in Arkansas by Rivets Software LLC
Rivets Photo Offload & Organize on Windows showing phone photos grouped into events, with a category for each photo and the text found in it
Start with what you have

Is this the app you need?

Find your situation below. Each one tells you plainly whether Photo Offload & Organize can help.

I have thousands of photos on my phone and none on my computer.Yes. Plug the phone in with its USB cable and every photo is copied to your PC. There is no limit on how many.Offload photos → My photos are one giant pile with no folders.Yes. Photos taken at the same place and time become one group, named after the town or the sign in the picture.Group by event → I want people, pets and screenshots kept apart.Yes. Every photo is sorted into People, Pets, Scenery, Food, Art, Documents, Screenshots or Misc.Sort by category → I need to find a receipt or a sign I took a picture of.Yes. The text inside your photos is read, so you can search for a word and find the picture.Search photo text → I don't want my family photos in someone's cloud.Yes. Everything happens on your own PC. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account to create.How it stays private → I want it to recognize who is in each photo.No. It tells you a photo has people in it. It does not identify faces or name anyone.What it doesn't do → I need my videos organized too.Not yet. It works with photos: JPEG, PNG, WebP and iPhone HEIC. Videos stay where they are.What it doesn't do → I deleted photos and need them back.Different app. Rivets Phone Reclaim recovers deleted photos from memory cards and frees up phone storage.Rivets Phone Reclaim →
What it is

A phone photo organizer that runs on your PC.

Rivets Photo Offload & Organize is a Windows app that moves the photo mess from your phone into tidy folders on your computer, without sending a single picture anywhere else.

  • It copies your photos off the phone. Android phones, iPhones, camera SD cards, USB drives, or any folder you already have. Your phone's photos are copied, not removed.
  • It groups them into events. Photos taken close together in place and time become one group: a birthday, a hike, a job site, a trip.
  • It sorts each one by what it shows. People, Pets, Scenery, Food, Art, Documents, Screenshots or Misc. You can correct any photo before saving.
  • It reads the text in your pictures. Signs, receipts, tickets, whiteboards and screenshots become searchable by the words in them.
  • It files them into folders you can browse in File Explorer. Ordinary folders and ordinary photo files. Nothing is locked inside the app.

Four jobs, done in one pass.

Phone to PC photo transfer

Copy every photo off your phone with a USB cable.

Plug your phone into your PC, unlock it, and allow access to photos when the phone asks. Photo Offload & Organize finds the camera roll, screenshots, downloads and messaging-app pictures and copies them to your computer.

  • Works with Android phones and iPhones over a standard USB cable
  • Reads camera SD cards, USB drives and any folder you drop on the window
  • No limit on the number of photos
  • Two photos with the same name in different phone folders are both kept
  • Reads JPEG, PNG, WebP and iPhone HEIC photos, including their date and GPS location

Where it looks on the phone

DCIM\Camera            camera roll
DCIM\100APPLE          iPhone photos
Pictures\Screenshots   screenshots
Pictures\…             saved pictures
Download               downloaded images
WhatsApp Images        pictures from chats
Example: the phone folders that are copied. Your phone's photos stay on the phone.
Sort photos by date and location

Photos are grouped into events automatically.

Each photo carries the time and, usually, the GPS location where it was taken. Photos taken near each other on the same day become one event. Indoor shots with no GPS, such as a receipt or a cake, join the event they were taken during.

  • Events are named after the nearest town, from a built-in list of about 160,000 places worldwide
  • A sign or banner in the picture, such as a park name, can name the event
  • Save places you care about, like home or a job site, and photos taken there are filed under that name
  • Dates come from the photo itself, or from the file name for screenshots and messaging apps

Folders it creates

Pictures\GroupedPhonePhotos\
  Events\
    Hot_Springs_AR\2026-10-10\
    Petit_Jean_State_Park\2026-10-12\
    Grandma's House\2026-11-26\
    Malvern_AR\2026-05-29\
Example: one folder per event and date, in File Explorer.
Sort photos by what's in them

People, pets, scenery, food, art, documents, screenshots.

A small image-recognition model built into the app looks at each photo and picks a category. It runs on your PC's processor with no internet connection and no graphics card needed. In our tests it chose the right category for about nine photos in ten, and you can change any photo's category from a dropdown before you save.

  • Eight categories: People, Pets, Scenery, Food, Art, Documents, Screenshots, Misc
  • Anything it isn't sure about goes to Misc, not to a wrong folder
  • Use categories as a filter only, or have category folders made for you
  • Category folders can sit inside each event or at the top level

One import, sorted

  • People312
  • Scenery140
  • Screenshots131
  • Pets88
  • Food47
  • Documents36
  • Art19
  • Misc52
Events\Hot_Springs_AR\2026-10-10\
  People\      Food\      Documents\
Example counts. Category folders are optional and off by default.

Private by design

Photos are copied from your phone to your PC and nowhere else. The grouping, the sorting and the text reading all run on your computer. There is no account and nothing is uploaded.

Originals left alone

By default the app copies. Photos on your phone, card or source folder are not changed or deleted. A photo already saved in a folder is skipped, not duplicated.

iPhone HEIC photos

The date, GPS location and camera are read from HEIC files. To preview HEIC pictures or read their text, Windows needs Microsoft's free HEIF and HEVC extensions.

Plain folders, no lock-in

The result is ordinary folders of ordinary photo files. Open them in File Explorer, back them up, or stop using the app at any time and keep everything.

How to move phone photos to a PC and organize them

Four steps, about as long as a coffee.

You don't sort anything by hand. Plug in, look over the groups, and save.

1. Plug in your phone

Connect it to your Windows PC with its USB cable, unlock it, and allow access to photos when it asks.

2. Pull the photos

Click Pull from USB Phone. The app copies the photos and reads each one's date, location and text.

3. Check the groups

Photos appear grouped into events with a category on each. Rename an event or change a category if you want to.

4. Save to your PC

Click Save Event Groups to PC. The folders are created under Pictures, or wherever you choose.

Simple pricing

Try it free. Pay once if you keep it.

No monthly fee and no trial that charges you later.

Free

$0

See your photos sorted.

  • Copy photos from phones, cards and folders
  • Group them into events by place and date
  • Sort them into categories
  • Search the text inside them
  • Saving the organized folders to your PC needs a license
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Straight answers

What it does, and what it doesn't.

Better to know before you download.

✓ Photo Offload & Organize does

  • Copy photos from Android phones, iPhones, SD cards and folders to a Windows PC
  • Group photos into events by GPS location and date
  • Sort photos into eight categories on your own computer
  • Make the text in photos searchable
  • Save everything as ordinary folders and files

✕ It doesn't

  • Recognize faces or tell you who is in a photo
  • Organize videos. It works with photos only for now.
  • Delete anything from your phone or free up phone storage
  • Upload, sync or back up to a cloud service
  • Edit, crop or retouch photos
  • Run on a Mac. It is a Windows app.

Common questions

How do I move photos from my phone to my PC and organize them automatically?

Install Rivets Photo Offload & Organize on your Windows PC, plug your phone in with its USB cable, unlock it and allow access to photos. Click Pull from USB Phone and the app copies the photos, groups them into events by place and date, and sorts each one by what it shows. Click Save Event Groups to PC to create the folders.

Does it work with both iPhone and Android?

Yes. Android phones and iPhones both connect over a standard USB cable. On Android, choose File transfer when the phone asks what the USB connection is for. On iPhone, unlock the phone and tap Allow or Trust. It also reads camera SD cards, USB drives and folders already on your PC.

How does it sort photos into People, Pets, Scenery and other categories?

A small image-recognition model built into the app looks at each photo and picks one of eight categories: People, Pets, Scenery, Food, Art, Documents, Screenshots or Misc. It runs on your PC's processor with no internet connection. In our tests it picked the right category for about nine photos in ten, and you can change any photo's category before saving.

Are my photos uploaded to the cloud?

No. Photos are copied from your phone to your PC and nowhere else. Grouping, sorting and text reading all run on your computer, and there is no account to create. Only license activation uses the internet, and it sends a license key and a scrambled computer identifier, not your photos.

Can I search for text inside my photos?

Yes. The app uses the text recognition built into Windows to read signs, receipts, tickets, whiteboards and screenshots. Type a word in the search page and it lists the photos containing that word. The text is also saved in a small file next to each photo.

Does it delete photos from my phone?

No. It copies photos to your PC and leaves the phone exactly as it was. If you want to free up phone storage after copying, Rivets Phone Reclaim is the app for that.

How does it decide which photos belong to the same event?

It reads the date and GPS location stored in each photo. Photos taken within a short distance of each other on the same day become one event. Photos with no GPS, such as indoor shots, join the event they were taken during. You can adjust the distance and the time window in the settings.

What happens to duplicate photos?

A photo that is already saved in the destination folder is skipped, so running the app again does not create second copies. Two different photos that happen to share a file name are both kept.

Does it work with iPhone HEIC photos?

Yes. The date, GPS location and camera model are read from HEIC files, so they are grouped like any other photo. To preview HEIC pictures inside the app, read their text or sort them by category, Windows needs Microsoft's free HEIF Image Extensions and HEVC Video Extensions; without them HEIC photos are filed under Misc.

Does it organize videos?

Not yet. It works with photos in JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC formats. Videos on your phone are left where they are.

Is it free?

It is free to download and try. Copying photos, grouping them into events, sorting them into categories and searching their text are all free. A one-time $49 lifetime license unlocks saving the organized folders to your PC. There is no subscription.

What does my computer need?

A PC with 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11. Nothing else needs to be installed, and no graphics card is required. The download is about 98 MB.

Download Rivets Photo Offload & Organize

See your photos sorted, free.

Download, plug in your phone, and look at the groups it makes. You only pay if you want to save them to your PC.

Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). No other software to install.
Android: USB data cable. Choose File transfer on the phone when it asks.
iPhone: USB cable. Unlock the phone and tap Allow or Trust.
Cards and drives: Any SD card reader or USB drive.

Windows warning? New downloads can show "Windows protected your PC" until Microsoft has seen enough installs. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Download for WindowsWindows 10 & 11 · version 1.0.0 · 98 MB
Before you buy

Support, refunds and license terms

Refund policy

Refunds are available for unresolved technical problems that prevent the licensed features from working on a supported system. Email [email protected] with your order email, purchase reference, Windows version and a description of the problem. Please give us a reasonable opportunity to troubleshoot it. If we cannot resolve the technical problem, we will refund the license purchase to the original payment method and deactivate the license.

Copying, grouping, sorting and searching are free. Please try the app with your own phone and photos before buying. A change of mind does not by itself qualify for a refund. This policy does not limit any rights you have under applicable consumer law. See the full refund policy.

Photo Offload & Organize terms

The $49 USD one-time purchase is a lifetime license for up to two Windows computers. It unlocks saving organized folders to your PC and can be used with any number of phones; there is no recurring subscription. Internet access is required to activate and periodically validate the license. Refunded or revoked licenses stop unlocking paid features.

Use the software only with devices and photos you own or have permission to access. Keep a separate backup of important photos. Automatic grouping, naming and categories are best-effort and can be wrong; check the results before relying on them.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Rivets Software LLC is not responsible for data loss, data corruption, or indirect or consequential damage arising from use of the software. Nothing in these terms excludes liability or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded. Read our general Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Privacy and support

Your photos stay on your computer. The app does not upload photos, file names, locations or the text it reads. License activation uses the internet and sends your license key and a scrambled identifier for your computer, not your files.

Questions or problems: email [email protected]. Please do not email photos, passwords or payment-card details. Town and city names come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).