Microsoft Photos Alternatives

Microsoft Photos is described as 'You can use the Photos app to view or edit photos and videos in your Pictures library and on OneDrive, and to import photos and videos. The Photos app includes a wide range of editing options to enhance your photos, from automatic fixes to advanced adjustments' and is a Image Viewer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Photos for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and Android apps. The best Microsoft Photos alternative is IrfanView. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try IrfanView or ImageGlass. Other great apps like Microsoft Photos are XnView MP, nomacs, qView and FastStone Image Viewer.

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Microsoft Photos alternatives are mainly Image Viewers, but if you're looking for Image Editors or Photo Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Open Source, Windows, Open Source and 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 Microsoft Photos.
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  1. qimgv icon
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    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Contribute to easymodo/qimgv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    112 qimgv alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Simpe and fast. More functions. More image format support.

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    • qimgv is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Photos is Free and Proprietary
    • qimgv is Lightweight and CustomizableMicrosoft Photos is not according to our users
  2. Simple Gallery icon
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    Simple Gallery is a highly customizable offline gallery. Organize & edit your photos, recover deleted files with the recycle bin, protect & hide files and view a huge variety of different photo & video formats including RAW, SVG and much more.

    64 Simple Gallery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  3. PhotoSort icon
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    Desktop app for photo sorting on Windows & Mac, managing JPG+RAW files. Sort photos into folders using keys, providing easy navigation and clean interface without deletion, ensuring a focused experience with flexible viewing, safe storage, and no fluff.

    60 PhotoSort alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Preview icon
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    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    167 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Focus Go icon
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    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

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    • Android
     
  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

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Apple Photos is the most popular Web-based alternative to Microsoft Photos.

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryMicrosoft Photos is also Free and Proprietary
  7. gThumb icon
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    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    120 gThumb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. Musebox icon
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    Organize, edit, and share your photography and digital media with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Adobe Bridge icon
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    Advanced digital asset manager offering creative asset organization, metadata editing, and integration with Adobe products. Supports multiple formats, raw editing, and file export, allowing task simplification, collaboration, and creative project management.

    58 Adobe Bridge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. Pixyway icon
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    Pixyway is a fresh new picture viewer for Windows. It has been designed to be an 'everyday' picture viewer tool like Google Picasa viewer used to be! By the way, if you liked Picasa viewer, you will notice some references to it.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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