Your iPhone photos are in the wrong order on your PC.
This puts them right.
Drop a folder in. Every photo goes back into the order it was actually taken — and stays in order wherever you copy it afterwards.
Fixes your first 100 photos free. No account, no email address, no time limit.
Windows 10 and 11 · Not available for Mac
Why this happens
When you copy photos from an iPhone to Windows, Windows stamps every file with the date it landed on the PC instead of the date the photo was taken. File Explorer sorts by that stamp, so a folder of holiday photos comes out shuffled. The real date is not gone. It is stored inside each photo, and Windows just ignores it. Photo Order Fix reads it and puts the folder back in order.
It happens the same way whether you used a cable, downloaded from iCloud, or saved photos someone sent you. It is not something you did wrong, and it is not something File Explorer can fix on its own.
What it does to a folder
A real iPhone import, before and after.
| What Windows shows now | When it was really taken | After the fix |
|---|---|---|
| IMG_0047.HEIC | 14 Jul 2023, 09:12 | 0001_IMG_0047.HEIC |
| IMG_3312.JPG | 14 Jul 2023, 11:48 | 0002_IMG_3312.JPG |
| IMG_0921.JPG | 14 Jul 2023, 19:03 | 0003_IMG_0921.JPG |
| IMG_4823.HEIC | 15 Jul 2023, 08:26 | 0004_IMG_4823.HEIC |
| IMG_1105.MOV | 15 Jul 2023, 08:27 | 0005_IMG_1105.MOV |
The number goes in front and your own filename stays. Because the order lives in the name, it survives being copied anywhere.
Three steps
Drop the folder in
Drag your messy photo folder onto the window. Nothing else to set up.
Press one button
It reads the true date inside every photo and video, then numbers them in order.
Open the folder
Your photos are in the order you took them, and they stay that way.
What you can count on
Your photos are never re-saved
Files are renamed, not re-compressed. The picture quality is identical, byte for byte.
Nothing is ever deleted
The free version copies into a new folder and leaves your originals completely untouched.
Every change can be undone
One click puts every filename back exactly as it was.
Nothing is uploaded
Your photos never leave your computer. There is no account and no sign-up.
HEIC and video included
iPhone HEIC photos and MOV videos are handled alongside ordinary JPEGs.
Photos with no date go last
Screenshots without a real date are numbered after the rest rather than guessed at.
Start free. Pay only if it earns it.
For Windows 10 and 11. No account, no email address, no time limit on the free version.
Enough to fix a holiday folder and see it work on your own photos.
- ✓ 100 photos per folder, every time
- ✓ Full date detection and correct ordering
- ✓ Copies into a new folder — originals untouched
- ✓ No sign-up of any kind
For the years of photos already sitting on your PC. One payment, never again.
- ✓ Unlimited photos, unlimited folders
- ✓ Rename photos where they already are
- ✓ Whole folder trees in one go
- ✓ Windows dates corrected as well as names
- ✓ Yours forever — not a subscription
- ✓ Works offline once unlocked
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Questions people ask
Why are my iPhone photos in the wrong order on my PC?
When photos are copied from an iPhone to Windows — by cable, by iCloud download, or through a messaging app — Windows stamps each file with the date it arrived on the PC rather than the date the picture was taken. Because File Explorer sorts by that stamp, a folder of holiday photos ends up shuffled. The real date has not been lost; it is stored inside the photo file itself, and Windows simply ignores it.
Does it change or re-save my photos?
No. Photos are renamed, never re-saved or re-compressed, so image quality is untouched byte for byte. Nothing is ever deleted. On a free run the app copies photos into a new folder and leaves the originals exactly as they were.
Will the order stay correct if I move the photos or upload them?
Yes. The order is written into the filenames as 0001, 0002, 0003 and so on, so it travels with the files. Copy them to another PC, a phone, a USB stick, Google Photos or OneDrive and they still sort correctly, because almost everything sorts by name.
Does it work on a Mac?
No. Photo Order Fix is a Windows program, for Windows 10 and Windows 11 only, and there is no Mac version. This is a Windows problem in the first place: macOS reads the date a photo was taken and sorts by it correctly, so photos moved from an iPhone to a Mac do not end up shuffled the way they do on a PC.
Does it work with HEIC photos and iPhone videos?
Yes. HEIC and HEIF photos are what iPhones save by default, and both are read correctly, as are MOV and MP4 videos. Photos and videos are put in order together, so a video taken between two photos stays between them.
What happens to photos that have no date?
Screenshots, downloaded images and photos stripped of their information have no real date to read. Rather than guessing, the app numbers them after everything else, keeping the order they were already in.
Do I need an internet connection?
Only to buy it. The app itself works entirely offline — your photos are never uploaded anywhere, and there is no account to create.
Is it a subscription?
No. It is one payment for a licence that does not expire. The free version handles up to 100 photos per folder with no time limit, no account and no email address required, so you can check it works on your own photos before paying anything.
Can I undo it?
Yes. Every run that renames photos in place writes a small record of the previous names into the folder, and one click puts everything back exactly as it was.