Apple Photos Alternatives

Apple Photos is described as 'Photos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto' and is a popular Photo Manager in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Apple Photos for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Apple Photos alternative is IrfanView. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try IrfanView or Ente Photos. Other great apps like Apple Photos are XnView MP, Fossify Gallery, nomacs and Google Photos.

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Apple Photos alternatives are mainly Photo Managers, but if you're looking for Image Viewers or Photo Sharing Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Open Source, EU and Mac + Photo Organization. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Apple Photos.
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  1. Camera Roll icon
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    Simple Gallery App for Android, with lovely Material Design.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  2. A fast, secure, and minimalist C++ image viewer for Windows. It's a single ~82 KB executable with zero telemetry and broad image support.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. OM Workspace icon
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    OM Workspace features a customizable screen layout and high-speed RAW preview, supporting various styles of photography workflows.

    54 OM Workspace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Mylio Photos icon
     40 likes

    Integrates photos from various devices into a unified, organized library, syncing collections across Apple, Android, and Windows while preserving folder structures. Enables multi-platform editing, advanced search, sharing, RAW support, offline syncing, metadata tools, and secure management.

    164 Mylio Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about Mylio Photos as an Alternative to Apple Photos
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    Great feature set, strong syncing capabiltites

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Mylio Photos is Paid and ProprietaryApple Photos is Free and Proprietary
  5. Vipsdisp icon
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    Vipsdisp can display huge (many, many gigabyte) images quickly and without using much memory. As well as the usual PNG, JPG, TIF, PDF, SVG, WEBP, JP2, JXL and GIF, it supports many scientific and technical image formats, including SVS, MRXS, OpenEXR, FITS, Matlab, NIfTI...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  6. edenphotos icon
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    Tired of spending hours organizing your digital memories? Let Eden Photos' cutting-edge AI do the heavy lifting for you. Our intelligent system transforms photo management from a chore into a seamless, enjoyable experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  7. QuMagie icon
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    QuMagie is a QTS photo management application that uses AI to help you manage photos and videos stored on your QNAP NAS. QuMagie integrates facial recognition and object recognition to make browsing and organizing photos and videos easier than ever before.

    52 QuMagie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
  8. Gather all your photos and videos in one private place and organize them in an entirely new way. Synology Moments opens a new era for photo storage, allowing random photos to be automatically sorted by an image-recognizing technique that can identify the people, subjects, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Ashampoo Photo Commander provides robust photo management, editing, and sharing, along with audio and video features. It includes automatic image optimization, batch processing, and tools for red-eye correction, noise reduction, and slideshow creation with transitions and music.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Peakto icon
     1 like

    Unifies photos and videos from devices, folders, and apps with local AI-driven tagging, facial recognition, and search by description or image. Enables prompt-based video search, timeline view, map navigation, batch export, creative review, and seamless editing integration.

    8 Peakto alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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