Best apps like Photoview - Media Gallery

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4.4 avg rating

8 free apps

Updated September 2026

Photoview - Media Gallery

Viktor Strate Kloevedal

📷 Photo & Video

Photoview is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 54+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Photoview

#1

Immich by FUTO Computing

Self-hosted Backup Tool

Editor's Choice

📷 Photo & Video

4.8😊(748 ratings)

Free

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This is a client application that connects to a self-hosted Immich Server. It allows users to back up their photos and videos from their mobile devices to their own server, providing a private and customizable cloud storage solution.

What We Love

🚀 Smooth and fast
🔒 Self-hosted, no data collection
👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
🚀 Efficient photo/video backup
💡 Great alternative to Google Photos
👍 Constantly updated and improved

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
🐛 Unreliable background upload
🐛 Issues with video playback quality
🐛 Syncing problems with large libraries
🐛 Login issues after updates

#2

Photo Uploader for PhotoPrism by Ilya Kaynov

Sync your photos and videos!

Strong Contender

📷 Photo & Video

3.3(12 ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

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Easily sync photos and videos from your device to your PhotoPrism server. Upload selected media, mark them as uploaded, and optionally delete them from your device after syncing. Supports HTTP Basic Authentication for secure connections.

#3

Piwigo by Pigolabs

Your photos in your Cloud

Worth Considering

📷 Photo & Video

4.6😐(181 ratings)

Free

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Manage your cloud-based photo gallery from your mobile device. Organize albums, edit photos and videos, upload new media with detailed metadata, and share your creations. This app complements the web-based Piwigo software for a seamless photo management experience.

What We Love

👍 Great for photo sharing control
👍 Free and awesome
👍 Best for self-hosted pictures
👍 Sync feature is great
👍 Flexible photo organization
👍 Fast support response
👍 Privacy-focused option
👍 Strips metadata
👍 Latest update is fast
👍 Brilliant app
👍 User-friendly interface
👍 Works straight away
👍 Easy to use and stable
👍 Quick and simple interaction
👍 Superb technology
👍 Works well for adding/managing
👍 Convenient and easy to use
👍 Great user experience
👍 Great companion to gallery
👍 Excellent addon for online gallery
👍 Great mobile experience
👍 Useful for updating site
👍 Simple and convenient
👍 Perfect companion for home server
👍 Easy to use for new users
👍 Syncs pictures fast
👍 Outstanding app for uploading
👍 Family uses it
👍 Handy for freeing phone space
👍 User-friendly interface
👍 Knows uploaded photos
👍 Can delete phone pics, keep in app
👍 Great update, new look
👍 Simple interface
👍 Uploads multiple images
👍 Superb app
👍 Works well for backing up
👍 500 star value
👍 Gets the work done
👍 Works as advertised
👍 Best thing out of France
👍 Complements gallery perfectly
👍 Works well for uploading
👍 Great start
👍 Fantastic, better than coppermine

Room to Improve

🐛 iPad app connection issues
🐛 Uploaded photos not showing
🐛 B&W images render blurry on iPad/iPhone
🐛 Pictures only display momentarily
🐛 Uploads have stopped
🐛 Severe bug: deleted photo reappears
🐛 Live Photos not uploaded with 'live' portion
🐛 .MOV files fail to upload
🐛 Images stuck uploading for hours
🐛 Auto-download toggle deactivates
🐛 Crashes constantly on iPad
🐛 Permission errors on iPad
🐛 App needs auto upload camera roll
🐛 Users cannot delete their photos
🐛 Images no longer load
🐛 Cannot download original size photo via iOS app
🐛 Uploads hanging after update
🐛 Doesn't connect to custom domains
🐛 Crashing since last update
🐛 Album images layout issues
🐛 Thumbnail size adjustment ineffective
🐛 Uploading from cloud photos problematic
🐛 Uploads fail or resize to tiny images
🐛 Interface bugs, selection issues
🐛 Not compatible with iOS 8
🐛 Freezes on password entry
🐛 Cannot see existing albums
🐛 Album creation silently fails
🐛 Cannot upload photos
🐛 App not updated, upload issues
🐛 Stopped allowing photo uploads
🐛 Cannot select multiple pics at once
🐛 Freezes during upload
🐛 Uploads freeze after first photo
🐛 Doesn't upload geo info from exif

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