Comparison

Gemini 2 or Photos?

Native Photos for your Apple library. Gemini 2 for files outside Photos and for documents.

Tool A

Gemini 2

Find and delete duplicate files on your Mac with an AI that knows which one to keep.

Tool B

Photos

Competitor

Criterion by criterion

Criterion by criterion
Criterion	Gemini 2	Photos
In my stack	Yes	No, competitor
My rating	4.4 out of 5	No tool page on my site
What it does better	Smart algorithm that detects duplicates even when the names differ (by content)	Free, built in, detects duplicates in your Apple photo library directly
What it does worse	One-off use, after a migration or when the disk fills up	Only for the Photos library, not other folders
Entry price	Included in Setapp (~€9.99/month)	No tool page on my site
Plan I would pick	Setapp · ~€9.99/month (Setapp subscription)	No tool page on my site
Works with	macOS	No tool page on my site
Where the opinion comes from	Based on my Gemini 2 review	Compared from my Gemini 2 review

Verdict

Native Photos for your Apple library. Gemini 2 for files outside Photos and for documents.

On Photos, written from my Gemini 2 review