Cull where your photos live.

Cullstack is in active development toward its v1.0 release. During this Early Access window there is one SKU: Cullstack Pro at $99 — every feature unlocked, no Standard / Pro split. That's the same feature set that will sell as Pro for $179 once v1.0 ships.

Buying now gets you:

• A perpetual Pro licence, locked in at $99. When the v1.0 price split goes live, your licence stays Pro at the price you paid — for life of the v1.x major version.
• Every v1.x update free, including all features we ship between now and v1.0.
• 14-day refund window, no questions asked.
• 3 device activations (desktop + laptop + backup).
• Direct line to shape v1.0 — Early Access users get priority on feature requests and bug reports.

What "Early Access" means honestly: the app is functional and used daily by us, but you're running it before v1.0 stability is fully baked. Expect frequent updates, occasional rough edges, and a responsive team if something breaks for you. If you'd rather wait for v1.0, the trial keeps Pro features unlocked for 30 days so you can evaluate without committing.

Photo Mechanic is the gold standard for fast metadata-driven culling — particularly for sports and news photographers with deep IPTC workflows. Cullstack focuses on a different problem: helping photographers cull across multiple storage systems without consolidating to local first. We work with NAS, SFTP, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Photos, iCloud, and your phone in one window.

Yes — Cullstack ships on-device AI helpers: semantic image search ("sunset over water"), face detection, closed-eye flagging, NSFW flagging, and AI auto-stacking by visual similarity, capture-time bursts, or face identity (with optional ArcFace / MobileFaceNet models).

What Cullstack doesn't do is pick your keepers for you. Aftershoot's lane is "give me the AI's picks and I'll refine"; Cullstack's lane is "give me AI hints + the fastest possible cockpit to drive my own cull." If you want the machine to decide, Aftershoot's a better fit. If you want machine-assisted speed but keep the final eye on every frame, that's us.

All models run locally — no photos ever leave your machine, no Cullstack server in the loop. Compatible with the strictest client NDAs.

All connections live in one place: open the Connection → Manage Connections… menu. Click + Add, pick the backend, fill in the fields, save, then Connect. Each profile becomes its own branch in the sidebar tree (☁ WebDAV, 🔒 SFTP, 📦 Dropbox, ☁ OneDrive) and you can browse, copy, move, and stack across them the same as a local folder.

• Dropbox — one-click OAuth. Choose Dropbox, give the profile a label, click Authorize, approve in your browser. Tokens stay on your machine; we never see them.
• OneDrive — same OAuth flow as Dropbox. Choose OneDrive → Authorize → sign in with Microsoft. Works for personal accounts and Microsoft 365.
• WebDAV — server URL (https://… or http://…), username, password. Toggle Bypass SSL check only if you're connecting to a self-signed-cert NAS on your own LAN. Works with Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology WebDAV, Box (with WebDAV enabled), and any standards-compliant server.
• SFTP — host, port (default 22), username, and either a password or a private key file. Key paths support both OpenSSH (~/.ssh/id_ed25519) and PuTTY (.ppk) formats. Optional passphrase unlocks encrypted keys.
• iCloud — no setup needed. iCloud Drive appears as a normal folder under your macOS home directory (~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs) — just navigate to it in the sidebar tree like any other local folder. iCloud Photos surfaces automatically on macOS as the iCloud Photos sidebar entry once you grant Photos library access on first launch.

Credentials are kept locally in the macOS Keychain (or the OS-equivalent secure store on other platforms). Cullstack never relays them through any Aviastone server.

Plain drag-and-drop in Cullstack copies by default — the safer choice for photo workflows, since the original always stays put. Hold Shift (or ⌘ on macOS / Ctrl on Windows) at the start of the drag to move instead. This applies to every backend: local folders, network drives (WebDAV/SFTP), and cloud (Dropbox/OneDrive). External drags in from Finder or Explorer follow the OS's own copy-vs-move conventions.

Cullstack reads your photos from wherever they already live — we never copy them to a Cullstack server. Ratings, tags, and collections are stored locally in a SQLite sidecar database next to your photos. No telemetry, no cloud sync (unless you opt into syncing the sidecar yourself via Dropbox/iCloud Drive).

No. Cullstack reads and writes your photos where they already live — local drives, your NAS, your own SFTP / WebDAV server, or the cloud accounts you authenticate. Nothing is uploaded to a Cullstack-controlled server. This is a contractual win for wedding and portrait photographers whose NDAs prohibit transmitting images to third-party services.

Cullstack is a perpetual license — once you buy it, it works forever on the version you bought. Activation is verified at purchase and re-checked occasionally for refund/fraud protection, but the app continues to function with a long offline grace window. We will publish a final unlock build if we ever wind down the product.

Yes. Each license includes 3 device activations. You can deactivate from a machine you're retiring (Help → Manage License → Deactivate) and free up a slot for a new install. If you've run out of slots due to lost devices, email support@aviastone.com and we'll reset them.

Yes — 30% off for verified students, educators, and registered non-profits. Email sales@aviastone.com with proof of status.