Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
France
EU
Apple Photos AlternativesOnly apps from the EU
The best alternative to Apple Photos is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or digiKam. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Apple Photos and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Apple Photos are PhotoPrism, PixelUnion, XnView Classic and ReFra gallery.
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- 173 XnView MP alternatives
132 digiKam alternativesdigiKam is an advanced digital photo management tool that simplifies importing and organizing photos into albums. It supports various formats including RAW, features tagging, metadata management, duplicate finder, photo editing, sharing, GPS data handling, and has cross-platform compatibility.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Qt
Germany- EU
+9
108 nomacs alternativesnomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Flathub
- Germany
- EU
+1
146 PhotoPrism alternativesAI-powered, privacy-centered platform for managing, searching, and organizing photos with automatic tagging, face recognition, RAW support, advanced filters, geocoding, secure backups, Live Photo playback, and private server or cloud hosting options.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- DigitalOcean
- Self-Hosted
- FreeBSD
- Raspberry Pi
- Docker
- Germany
- EU
+6
46 PixelUnion alternativesPixelUnion is a privacy-focused, EU-based photo storage service alternative to Google Photos. It offers lossless uploads, free 16 GB starter storage, AI-powered face recognition, and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Netherlands- EU
166 XnView Classic alternativesXnView Classic is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows with built-in support for over 500 image formats.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
- France
- EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Romania- EU
+9
147 Piwigo alternativesManage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- France
- EU
31 Photon Studio alternativesPhoton Studio grabs the latest photo taken with Photon Camera on your iPhone, and allows you to easily display it on your iPad, Apple Silicon Mac, or another iPhone connected to an external monitor.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- Mac
Spain- EU
+3
Unlike commercial service that store your photos in the cloud and scan/index them to train their machine learning models and collect ad targeting data on you, LibrePhotos keeps all your photos and metadata on your local machine.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Germany
- EU
+1
102 Zoner Studio alternativesAll-in-one photo editor offering organized asset management, advanced RAW processing, detailed layers and masks, HDR monitor compatibility, AI-powered tools for editing, integrated video editor for trimming, flexible culling options, and print creation features.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Czechia- EU
+1
Focus Go is the gallery I always wanted to have, so I built it. I don't like bloated galleries with 23093485 features, so I only built the ones I need/think are needed.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Portugal- EU
