Thousands of photos are much easier to search with albums
Splitting photos into themed albums -- travel, family, pets -- means you're not endlessly scrolling your entire camera roll later to find one specific photo.
If large photo files are slowing things down
If a lot of your photos are taking up significant storage, it's also worth looking into how to compress image file sizes to free up space.
Frequently Asked Questions
If I delete a photo from an album, does the original get deleted too?
In most photo apps, no -- an album is just a curated view of your photo library, so removing a photo from an album leaves the original untouched in your main library.
What if auto-categorization puts a photo in the wrong place?
Most apps let you manually recategorize or move a photo that was sorted incorrectly by the automatic feature.