Why isn't there an app to create photo albums directly on an iPhone?

The ability to create photo albums directly on the iPhone seems to be so obvious that I can only assume that the SDK doesn't allow for it, otherwise it'd be done. Am I missing something? Is it that a sync to the iTunes would break because the directory structure for the create-on-the-phone albums wont exist at the time of sync?
Anyway, if ever there was low-hanging fruit, this is it. I've accumulated 600+ photos since '07, even after routine purges of cruft.

iTunes doesn't handle the import of photos from a digital camera including from the iPhone's Camera Roll, which this would involve along with creating the albums or folders on your computer for the albums created on the iPhone from the iPhone's Camera Roll.
The Camera Roll is for temporary storage as with any other digital camera and photos/videos in the Camera Roll can and should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera. Although photos/videos in the iPhone's Camera Roll are included with the iPhone's backup, it isn't a good idea to depend on your iPhone alone for this which can be lost or stolen, or on your iPhone's backup which includes a significant amount of other data in the event a problem develops with the backup.
Since photos/videos in the Camera Roll can and should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera, you can create albums/folders for select photos on your computer to include photos imported from your iPhone's Camera Roll and for other photos on your computer for transfer to your iPhone via the iTunes sync/transfer process, which is a one way transfer process only - from your computer to your iPhone.

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