iPhone message: “iPhoto” needs to be updated. The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of iOS

If you are experiencing any difficulty with third-party apps then please contact the app developer directly --> How to contact an app developer - Apple Support

Wrong - it's a third part app. It is not the standard photo app from Appler

I have the same issue.

Kimberly, I believe what happened to you, me and countless others, is Apple switched from using the iPhoto app to the Photos app in 2015. However, the iPhoto app remained on our devices. I personally buried the iPhoto app in a "Utilities" folder on my phone since probably 2015. I didn't even realize it was there until I received the same pop-up as you and then searched to see if it was in fact, legitimate. Turns out it is.

My concerns are the same as yours:

Can iPhoto be safely removed without affecting pictures stored on your device or in iCloud? Has it been tested or proven that iPhoto is a legacy app with no hooks on current media whereby deleting the app, along with associated data, will not delete our photos? After all, I would consider pictures as "associated data".

Reasonable questions. So yeah, an answer that isn't snarky would be helpful. I disagree with the "Apple recommended" response as it shows no understanding of the actual problem and an genuine disinterest in trying to understand the problem. The only purpose of that response was to show you that you are wrong and they are right. Further evidenced by the follow up "Wrong - " response.

Hello. I have had the same message and the same concern of “what if I delete it…”

Like it has been noted, iPhoto has not been used. Even after forcing it to update it still would tell me that it doesn’t work with this iOS.

The catch here is why has Apple let it stay if it’s not used and then still give all those warning about data?!

Well, I made sure my photos were backed up and backed up my entire phone on the computer. Then I ignored the warnings and deleted iPhotos. Everything else is just fine. None of my photos or videos are gone.

SravanKrA: iPhoto is, by definition, a 1st-party app and that doesn’t charge because it’s deprecated.

A third-party app is […] created by a developer that isn't the manufacturer of the device the app runs on or the owner of the website that offers it. You could think of those as first-party apps, although that term isn't used very widely.

—Renée Lynn Midrack, Lifewire, 04 February 2020 (but take your pick from literally any other source with the exception of this forum)

thank you so much for your thread inquiry! I have pictures on my phone as far back as 2009 and am not very trusting/confident in the cloud (feel like they want us to store as much on it in order to charge us for more storage space…) I’ll backup to google photos and follow through with the delete.