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 digiKam, XnView MP, 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 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. Exposure X7 icon
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    The new Exposure X7 combines professional grade photo adjustments, a huge library of gorgeous photo looks, and an efficient design that is a joy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Lenscape icon
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    Lenscape is a macOS photo viewer software optimized for Apple Silicon. It allows users to view, manage, and customize their photos and videos in various modes like gallery, full screen, or thumbnail. Users can also select photos and videos to move, copy, trash, or share them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Pixea icon
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    Pixea is an image viewer for macOS with a nice minimal modern user interface. Pixea works great with JPEG, HEIC, PSD, RAW, WEBP, PNG, GIF, and many other formats.

    8 Pixea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Photoview icon
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    Photoview is a simple and user-friendly photo gallery that can easily be installed on personal servers. It's made for photographers and aims to provide an easy and fast way to navigate directories, with thousands of high resolution photos.

    44 Photoview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Photoview is the most popular SaaS alternative to Apple Photos.

    • Photoview is Free and Open SourceApple Photos is Free and Proprietary
  5. Phostow icon
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    Phostow is a Google Photos alternative that magically keeps all of your photos backed up to wherever there's space on your devices, avoiding expensive cloud photo storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. KDE Photos icon
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    Koko is an image viewer designed for desktop and mobile touch devices. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Plasma Mobile
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Ownphotos icon
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    Self hosted Google Photos clone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. ShoeBox icon
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    Shoebox is your personal photo collection with unlimited free photo backup for all your devices. Automatically backup your photos to keep your memories safe, secure and private. Carry every photo you’ve ever taken in your pocket or on your tablet without taking up space on your...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  9. Lomorage icon
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    Lomorage is free private photo cloud solution that puts you in control of your photos and videos. Enjoy the moments from any device with your own server, with no strings attached. Your photos, your videos, your disks, your way.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  10. Pixaver icon
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    Ever wonder what would happen if you accidentally deleted a bunch of images? Or, if you lost access to your Google Photos account? Or, if there was a technical glitch? In any of those situations, Pixaver would catch your fall.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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