First, I really love this idea, and I thank you for getting it into my head.

That said, if no AI is really important, I guess it's worth $29, though I can't tell if you used AI to build it or not from here.

Like, I just one-shot a script that does the same with Claude, after it listed 5 free projects that do the same, including one GUI. The whole thing took less time than writing this comment.

Now, if it were $2.99, I probably would have just paid you.

I like the idea. Google Takeout works, but a focused app that helps you actually find and recover old photos could still be useful.

Or you can just use Google Takeout: https://takeout.google.com

Deselect everything, select "Mail", create export, wait until it's done, and then download the zip.

For $30 you should sign your binary so you don't have a UAC popup.

Also is it not doable with Google takeout ( with Gmail )?

idk if other tools do it for free, but cool idea, hope that it gains the deserved visibility