Apple Photos AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Photo Sharing Apps

The best Photo Sharing alternative to Apple Photos is Ente Photos, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Apple Photos and many of them are Photo Sharing Apps so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Photo Sharing App alternatives to Apple Photos are digiKam, Google Photos, PhotoPrism and ACDSee Photo Studio.

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Apple Photos alternatives are mainly Photo Sharing Apps, but if you're looking for Photo Managers or Image Viewers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Mac 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. Ente Photos icon

    Ente Photos

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    Open-source, end-to-end encrypted backup and sharing for photos and videos, multi-platform sync, original quality preservation, privacy-first design, collaborative albums, family sharing, secure external sharing, robust data replication, and device imports.

    129 Ente Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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    • Ente Photos is the most popular Web-based, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Apple Photos.

    • Ente Photos is the most popular Open Source alternative to Apple Photos.

    • Ente Photos is Freemium and Open SourceApple Photos is Free and Proprietary
    • Ente Photos is Privacy focusedApple Photos is not according to our users
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    digiKam

     351 likes
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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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    Google Photos

     337 likes
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    Store and share photos and videos with 15 GB free space. Enjoy automatic organization, album creation, and seamless integration across devices and Google services.

    142 Google Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    If you want to do any serious photo organisation, Google Photos does not come close to Picasa. Again, Google constantly makes god-like assumptions that we will commit our lives to their infrastructure and possession.

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

    • Google Photos is Freemium and ProprietaryApple Photos is Free and Proprietary
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    ACDSee Photo Studio

    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, detai...

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    PhotoPrism

     116 likes
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    PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.

    121 PhotoPrism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    Whether you're using a phone, tablet, or desktop computer, our intuitive PWA provides a native app-like experience.
     
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    ACDSee Photo Studio

     147 likes
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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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    Piwigo

     71 likes
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    Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.

    128 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  11. Plex Photos icon

    Plex Photos

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    Plex Photos lets you effortlessly view and manage your personal photo libraries, providing easy access to your favorite moments both at home and on the go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • iPhone
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    Photon Studio

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    Photon 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 types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Mac
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  13. Stingle Photos icon

    Stingle Photos

     27 likes
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    Stingle Photos is a secure photo/video encryption and backup application that provides strong security, privacy, encryption and safely saves your media on cloud storage keeping you safe from data breaches and leaks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    Backup and sync photos and videos with secure end-to-end encryption
    Secure encrypted gallery
    Trust no one encryption, zero-knowledge encryption
     
  14. LibrePhotos icon

    LibrePhotos

     20 likes
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    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.

    115 LibrePhotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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