Windows Live Photo Gallery Alternatives for Mac

Windows Live Photo Gallery is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is digiKam, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Windows Live Photo Gallery and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Windows Live Photo Gallery are XnView MP, nomacs, Photoscape and ACDSee Photo Studio.

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  1. digiKam icon
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    digiKam 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.

    104 digiKam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
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    Comments about digiKam as an Alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery
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    Can't organize within user's folders

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Works offline, has great tagging and facial recognition features

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks digiKam is a great Windows Live Photo Gallery alternative.

    • digiKam is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery.

    • digiKam is the most popular Open Source alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery.

    • digiKam is Free and Open SourceWindows Live Photo Gallery is Free and Proprietary
    • digiKam is Privacy focusedWindows Live Photo Gallery is not according to our users
  2. XnView MP icon
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    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    143 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  3. nomacs icon
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    nomacs 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.

    96 nomacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
  4. Photoscape icon
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    PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

    194 Photoscape alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Offers organization, viewing, and editing tools for digital images, supports over 700 RAW formats, enables metadata embedding and syncing, dynamic category and keyword filters, workflow optimizations, non-destructive edits, detailed image preview, and sharing options.

    169 ACDSee Photo Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about ACDSee Photo Studio as an Alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery
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    Not as simple to use - more like Lightroom for image organization/tagging

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think ACDSee Photo Studio is a great Windows Live Photo Gallery alternative.

    • ACDSee Photo Studio is the most popular commercial alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery.

    • ACDSee Photo Studio is Paid and ProprietaryWindows Live Photo Gallery is Free and Proprietary
  6. Apple Photos icon
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    Photos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto .

    119 Apple Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about Apple Photos as an Alternative to Windows Live Photo Gallery
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    Even though it does not work on Windows, its feature set is very much the same as Photo Gallery's. Many of them even better (geotagging, facial recognition, editing)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Apple Photos is a great Windows Live Photo Gallery alternative, some don't.

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryWindows Live Photo Gallery is also Free and Proprietary
  7. Mylio Photos icon
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    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.

    163 Mylio Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Fragment is an image viewer with cool features like: Upload and Share, HUD User Interface, Peeking and Skimming, Animated GIFs, History, Thumbnails, Fill View and it is fast!

    Features:

    • Lightweight;
    • Fast startup, image loading and on-screen navigation, using OpenGL;
    • Uniqu.
    74 Fragment image viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    iFotosoft Photo Viewer is a super fast photo viewer, versatile RAW image viewer, powerful editing and batch functions to deal with photos easily.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Sequential icon
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    Sequential is an image viewer for Mac OS X. It was originally designed for opening a folder of images and displaying them in order. It works well for viewing comics and manga.

    69 Sequential alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Galapix icon
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    Galapix is an image viewer that allows you to directly zoom into large collection of tens of thousand of images from tiny thumbnails down to the images original size fluently with very short load times and no loss of interactivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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