When it comes to freeing up precious storage space on your smartphone or other devices, photos are often one of the first things to get the ax.

But now, with so many affordable and easy-to-use cloud-storage solutions available, there's no need to quickly delete old pictures when you run out of memory.

Owners of the Apple iPhone in particular have two standout solutions available to them: the built-in Photos app, which can back up your pictures to Apple's iCloud service, and Google Photos, powered by the search giant's formidable artificial intelligence.

I put Apple Photos and Google Photos head-to-head and found that Apple's software is the clear winner for both tech-savvy photographers and the average iPhone user just looking to clear out space on their phone.

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