N8 (and 5800) unwanted images in Photo library

Hello,
I've installed the Podcatcher app on my new N8 and something is happening that used to happen with a number of apps on my old 5800, particularly social networking apps and the last.fm scrobbler called Mobbler.
That is, every image they download gets added to my photo library. Is there any way of making this not happen any more? It's really tedious deleting them all every time I use it - I more or less entirely stopped using FaceBook on my 5800 because of this issue.
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
Cheers,
Ben

I don't know about y-browser or x-plorer. More software to download and install?
As for creating a sub-folder - would that mean they wouldn't get added again? In effect that means I'm managing Podcatcher's image cache by hand, and I'm not getting paid for it. Grumble grumble. I really like the phone, but little stuff like this takes so more time and effort than it should!
Cheers,
Ben

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