Picasa AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Photo Managers

The best Photo Manager alternative to Picasa is digiKam, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Picasa and many of them are Photo Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Photo Manager alternatives to Picasa are FastStone Image Viewer, Ente Photos, Fossify Gallery and Adobe Lightroom.

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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.

    102 digiKam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
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    Comments about digiKam as an Alternative to Picasa
    Elros Telperien
    Positive
    4

    Great photo and tag management tools. It's also apparently the only program, from the ones listed, that has facial recognition features (although not great in comparison to Picasa's).

    tomater
    Negative
    0

    Well, the UI of digiKam is a torture. Using it after Picase is like going from UI back to command line. It's packed with features, yes, but UI overcomplicated far beyond what is necessary. Tabs on top, tabs on the left, tabs on the right, and yes, each window section can also have tabs...

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It plays motion Gifs, and has the functionality I was looking for after Picasa as a program on my computer, not on google servers

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think digiKam is a great Picasa alternative.

    • digiKam is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Picasa.

    • digiKam is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Picasa.

    • digiKam is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • digiKam is Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
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    Fast image browser and editor for Windows with robust support for browsing, editing, and conversion. Features red-eye removal, resizing, enhanced EXIF access, and musical slideshows with over 150 effects.

    130 FastStone Image Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about FastStone Image Viewer as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    decent sorting, good full-screen view. Fair replacement to but sub-par to Picasa.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think FastStone Image Viewer is a great Picasa alternative.

    • FastStone Image Viewer is Free Personal and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FastStone Image Viewer is LightweightPicasa is not according to our users
  3. Ente Photos icon
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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.

    131 Ente Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • Ente Photos is Freemium and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Ente Photos is Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  4. Fossify Gallery icon
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    Unleash memories, not personal data. Fossify Gallery is the ultimate photo and video app that's as powerful as it is private. No ads, no unnecessary permissions – just a seamless experience tailored for you.

    66 Fossify Gallery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. Adobe Lightroom icon
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    Maximize your photo editing and organizing abilities across platforms with non-destructive editing in high resolution and 1 TB of cloud storage. Harness simple tools like sliders to achieve your ideal image and automatically apply tags. Access and utilize Lightroom on mobile, web, or desktop.

    124 Adobe Lightroom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about Adobe Lightroom as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
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    2

    dont host picture, just do modification

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It's just not free - but it's the most obvious parallel

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Adobe Lightroom is a great Picasa alternative, some don't.

    • Adobe Lightroom is the most popular commercial alternative to Picasa.

    • Adobe Lightroom is Paid and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Shotwell icon
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    Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.

    98 Shotwell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about Shotwell as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Works like Picasa (the Windows program) and its editor is so easy as powerfull.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Windowsfree
    Positive
    0

    sorting and editing abilities

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    • Most users think Shotwell is a great Picasa alternative.

    • Shotwell is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Shotwell is Privacy focused and LightweightPicasa is not according to our users
  7. Eagle  icon
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    Multi-format solution for managing, searching, and organizing images, videos, audio, and fonts with advanced tags, folders, smart folders, color filters, and over 90 design file previews. Features browser integration, annotations, and creative workflow support.

    65 Eagle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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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

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about ACDSee Photo Studio as an Alternative to Picasa
    rustyknight07
    Positive
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    It does everything Picasa does and more, unfortunately it's not free.

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    • Most users think ACDSee Photo Studio is a great Picasa alternative.

    • ACDSee Photo Studio is Paid and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. 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

    Application type

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    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  10. Piwigo icon
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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

    Platforms

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

    118 Apple Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about Apple Photos as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Apple Photos backs up your photos automatically and allows you to keep the original, unedited photo.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    It doesn't have the same organizing and album things and it constantly uses up the system and is not user friendly

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -2

    Cannot upload to google photos. I can share photos to flickr but selecting more than 99 photos will disable that option too. Cunning product design that they don't support integration with google product.

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

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
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