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IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

We help you Free Up More Space on your iPhone fast, without losing precious photos or videos. Magic.

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IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

IceCream: the iPhone App that Frees Up Space, Fast

We help you Free Up More Space on your iPhone fast, without losing precious photos or videos. Magic.

We help you Free Up More Space on your iPhone fast, without losing precious photos or videos. Magic.

We help you Free Up More Space on your iPhone fast, without losing precious photos or videos. Magic.

We help you Free Up More Space on your iPhone fast, without losing precious photos or videos. Magic.

George Berkowski
George Berkowski
George Berkowski
George Berkowski
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$12,900 USD $12,900 USD 71 backers
102% of $12,573 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

We're taking more photos than ever, and running out of storage more often.


We surveyed 2,324 people, and the most frequent frustrations experienced by people who love taking photos were:

"I take too many photos, and I keep running out of room."

"I hate deleting photos to make room for more. It kills the moment."

"The more photos I have, the more disorganised they get."

"I can never find the photo I want to share on my smartphone."


The Goal for IceCream is to Free Up Space on your iPhone, and do it Fast.




   

IceCream offers 3 KEY FEATURES:


   1 . Free Up Space On Demand

   2. Do it Fast

   3. Space-Saving Camera

1. FREE UP SPACE

Imagine a clever app that allows you to Free Up Space for 250, 1000, 2,500 or even 5,000 more photos on demand. Wouldn't that be a dream come true? Imagine if the app could tell you when you only had space for a few more photos, or even intelligently began freeing up space for you? That's what IceCream does.

IceCream backs up a fixed number of original, full resolution photos to the secure IceCream Cloud (build on Amazon's massively robust, scalable and safe data centers). It then optimises the images, reducing the file size by 90%, keeping beautiful gorgeous copies on your phone, even offline. We then help you remove the big images from your device (now that they're safe in the Cloud).


2. SPEED IS GOOD

Through some amazing technology, and our experience at Imperial and MIT, we've been able to make both the backing up process, and the image optimisation process super fast. We have Free Up Space for 250 more photos in about 40 seconds, and for 2,500 photos in about 2 minutes. That's magic.


3. A Space Saving Camera

IceCream also gives you a great alternative to the default camera app. With the IceCream Camera you can take full resolution, gorgeous photos - and back those up to the secure IceCream Cloud instantly. But we keep only an optimise version on your device to save space. That's clever. And means you can take 10x more photos. That's sweet.


Don't Apple and Dropbox already do this?

NO! They don't. We've been devotees of Apple and Dropbox for years, but we don't think their solutions are good enough. Let's explain why:

  1. Limited and Expensive Storage. Dropbox costs $120 (£70) per year for the cheapest option (and they only give you 2 Gb of storage for free). Apple is also expensive, with the cheapest option (not launching until late 2014) costing $12 (£7) per year but it only offers a fraction of the Dropbox storage.

  2. No Organisation. Too Complex. Unfortunately Dropbox is not integrated with a camera app, doesn't auto-organise your photos and doesn't make it easy to create or share albums. Apple, similarly makes it complicated with three different products - Camera, Photos and iCloud. Why can't it be one single app? Why can't it be organised a lot better?

  3. Anti-Social. Dropbox is designed for files, not photos. As a result its not particularly social. It doesn't even have a friend list to show you who's sharing what with you? Similarly, Apple has never managed to make their products social. Even the iCloud Photo Stream feature is clunky at best, and could be made soooo much better.


LOVE PHOTOS? GET INVOLVED:

  • We're raising £10,000 to complete the prototype IceCream app
  • The first version will be for iPhone only (Android will come later)
  • You can actively test the app and tell us which features you like and what you'd like more of
  • We want YOU to help us craft our strategy moving forward

We love a delicious treat here at IceCream, and there are serious perks on offer in our appreciation of your involvement (Check them all out on the RIGHT).

A Great Team

We have a solid team of developers and computer scientists: with backgrounds in image optimisation, compression, storage and machine vision. We're going to combine that deep knowledge into an app that is super simple, and fun to use.

The Team is led by George Berkowski App of the Year Award Winner from Apple (for the HAILO app) and one of the earliest team members and led the Product Design and Development.

A team of engineers with a decade of experience building iOS applications for startups and big corporations are running the tech.

Researchers from Imperial College and MIT are behind the powerful image processing and machine learning technology that makes the app magical.

Future Challenges

We haven't solved all the challenges just yet, but we have the team who can.

  • Image recognition and tagging. We already have some amazing image recognition working to categorise your photos automatically - so that you can search for them simply, quickly and intelligently. While it is already robust, we do foresee significant ongoing investment in this area to keep improving the service.

  • Lowering storage costs. We are constantly striving to rollout better technology and hardware to store your photos more cost-efficiently. The better this technology becomes, the cheaper and more robust we can make the service.

  • Unforeseen challenges. Naturally, there are plenty of unforeseen challenges which will arise. It's great news that our team has launched numerous previous startups before, and managed a number of successful exits. We're ready for the challenge!


You Can Always Help

Everyone takes photos on their smartphone:

  • That means you have an opinion - and we'd love to hear it
  • What is the biggest pain you have now? We want to solve it.
  • If you have a wish list ... tell us...

Get in touch with any questions: hello@givemeicecream.com

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Super Supporter

Currency Conversion $63 USD
£50 GBP
Not only do you get everything listed above, but you'll also get your hands on a super-limited edition IceCream t-shirt designed by a famous designer friend of ours.
19 out of 100 of claimed

Super Special Supporter

Currency Conversion $25 USD
£20 GBP
Thanks for caring! On top of getting early access to the app, you'll also get your name listed on a special supporter page of our website, and you'll get a bonus series of IceCream app wall papers and backgrounds for your iPhone!
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
5 out of 500 of claimed

Early Access to Beta

Currency Conversion $314 USD
£250 GBP
You are a true ice cream lover! So we're going to give you a very first taste of the beta version. Enjoy!
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
11 claimed

VIP Early Access

Currency Conversion $629 USD
£500 GBP
For you, we've saved our most delicious treat. In addition to the perks above, you get a VIP mention on our supporters page and a chance to feedback directly to the development team.
6 claimed

Ice Cream VIP Access Supporter

Currency Conversion $1,257 USD
£1,000 GBP
Only the very best for you. In addition to all the other perks, you'll get a VIP access to the IceCream team and offices, as well a limited edition IceCream T-shirt (designed by a famous designer friend of ours). Plus as we take you out for an All-You-Can-Eat session at one of London's finest IceCream parlours.
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
1 out of 5 of claimed

IceCream Ultimate Supporter

Currency Conversion $6,287 USD
£5,000 GBP
Do you want to help us drive the strategy and product vision for unlimited photo storage? If so, we have a very, very special treat. In addition to all the other perks, we'll invite you to lunch with Brent Hoberman (founder of Lastminute.com) and Riccardo Zacconi (founder and CEO of King.com, the masterminds behind the Candy Crush app) to discuss how we can make nothing short of the best camera app in the world.
Estimated Shipping
September 2014
0 out of 2 of claimed

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