Pixea AlternativesImage Viewers and other similar apps like Pixea

Pixea is described as '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' and is a Image Viewer in the photos & graphics category. There are eight alternatives to Pixea for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Pixea alternative is XnView Classic. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView Classic or qView. Other great apps like Pixea are Apple Photos, Fly Photos, Pix and Xee.

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  1. XnView Classic icon

    XnView Classic

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    XnView Classic is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows with built-in support for over 500 image formats.

    149 XnView Classic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    • XnView Classic is the most popular Windows alternative to Pixea.

    • XnView Classic is the most popular free alternative to Pixea.

    • XnView Classic is Free Personal and ProprietaryPixea is Freemium and Proprietary
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    qView

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    Fast and lightweight Qt-based image viewer with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features include multiple format support, customizable interface, GIF playback, high-resolution display compatibility, and efficient navigation through keyboard shortcuts.

    109 qView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    qView screenshot 1
     

    • qView is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Pixea.

    • qView is the most popular Open Source alternative to Pixea.

    • qView is Free and Open SourcePixea is Freemium and Proprietary
    • qView is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedPixea is not according to our users
  4. Preview icon

    Preview

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Preview screenshot 1
     

    • Preview is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Pixea.

    • Preview is Free and ProprietaryPixea is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Apple Photos icon

    Apple Photos

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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Apple Photos screenshot 1
     

    • Apple Photos is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pixea.

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryPixea is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Fly Photos

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    Fly Photos is a blazing-fast, ultra-lightweight photo viewer for Windows that revives the beloved user experience of the discontinued Google Picasa Photo Viewer . Designed as an ideal replacement, it offers immediate loading of large images — including raw files over 100?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Fly Photos screenshot from the official GitHub repo as of 9th October 2025
     
  7. Pix icon

    Pix

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    An image viewer and browser utility - primarily for Linux Mint. Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Pix screenshot 1
     
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    Xee

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    Xee is an streamlined and convenient image viewer and browser. It is similar to macOS's Preview.app, but lets you easily browse the entire contents of folders and archives, move and copy image files quickly, and supports many more image formats.

    82 Xee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Xee screenshot 1
     

    • Xee is the most popular commercial alternative to Pixea.

    • Xee is Paid and ProprietaryPixea is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. LeafView icon

    LeafView

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    LeafView is a lightweight, cross-platform image viewer with smooth zoom, folder browsing, and grid view, built with Electron and Leaflet.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about LeafView as an Alternative to Pixea
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    Pixea is beautifully modern designed, I'm trying to find with similar design.

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    • LeafView is Free and Open SourcePixea is Freemium and Proprietary
    • LeafView is Privacy focused and MinimalisticPixea is not according to our users
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