# SoloSlides for Google Photos — Slideshows from iCloud, Google

> Create and display photo slideshows from Google Photos and camera roll. (iPhone/iPad app by Solodigitalis.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soloslides-for-google-photos/id1457515550 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Solodigitalis](https://appshunter.io/developer/1444085162)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 519 App Store ratings · 120 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 37 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2019-04-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soloslides-for-google-photos/id1457515550/reviews.md

## What is SoloSlides for Google Photos?

SoloSlides for Google Photos is perfect for that old iPad you have in your kitchen or living room: it plays a full-screen slideshow of your photos on your iOS device and your TV (Smart TV or Apple TV). Photos can be played from Google Photos directly, or your Camera Roll, or from Wifibooth (separate app). 

There are NO ads in this app. This app is supported by Premium, an optional one-time in-app purchase that unlocks some features (see below). Many thanks for supporting our developers! There are NO subscriptions in this app.

This app handles gigantic Google Photo libraries with millions of photos without a hitch, because it doesn't try to discover all of your photos at once. 

FREE features include:
- Automatically updates when photos are added to / removed from your Google Photos library or Camera Roll
- Display your photos on your Smart TV without installing an app on your TV (TV must support DLNA / UPNP)
- Display your photos on your Apple TV
- Hide photos so the app doesn't show them anymore, without deleting or modifying the photos in any way
- Filtering by album or date range
- Automatically filter out photos of documents, receipts, etc (Google Photos only)
- Share the currently showing photo to another app

Features unlocked with one-time purchase of Premium include:
- Shuffle (random order) or newest-to-oldest (requires Premium)
- Clock (requires Premium)
- Photo creation date (requires Premium)
- Nighttime mode can be turned on to automatically show a dim black screen during what you define as "nighttime" (requires Premium)

Privacy policy: https://soloslides.app/privacy/
Terms & conditions: https://soloslides.app/terms/

## Key features

- Full-screen slideshows
- Google Photos integration
- Camera Roll support
- Smart TV and Apple TV display
- Automatic updates
- Photo filtering
- Hide photos

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | Free | one-time |


## What do users think of SoloSlides for Google Photos?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Excellent app for turning old iPads into digital photo frames
- 🚀 Works seamlessly with Google Photos
- 💡 Useful features like displaying time and date
- 👍 Customizable slideshow settings

**Cons**

- 🐛 Compatibility issues with Google Photos after recent changes
- 🔒 Lack of Chromecast support
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes on older devices
- 🕰️ Minimum 5-second transition time unless premium version is purchased

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Vertical photos get cut off in full-screen mode
- Shuffle feature not working as expected
- Night mode option not functioning properly
- Inability to exit the Google Photos slideshow

**Most requested features**

- Add weather information display
- Improve photo cropping and scaling for different device orientations
- Allow selection of multiple Google Photos albums
- Implement faster transition times (1-2 seconds)
- Add support for playing videos in the slideshow

## Recent user reviews (10 of 120)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soloslides-for-google-photos/id1457515550/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Good

*2026-04-27, version 1.7.1*

오래 묵혀둔 iPad를 디지털 액자로 활용 Good good good

### 1/5 — Abzocke!

*2026-03-31, version 1.7.1*

Das ist keine kostenlose Diashow App sondern mehr Schikane. Bei der anscheinend kostenloser Version kann die Anzeige Dauer auf Minimum 5 Minuten stellen. Für kürzere Intervalle darf man für die premium Variante bezahlen. Also unbrauchbar für den kostenlosen Gebrauch

### 1/5 — 接続できなくなった

*2026-02-04, version 1.7.1*

愛用していましたが、少し前からGoogle Photoに接続できなくなりました。改善希望です。

### 1/5 — Keine Funktion mehr

*2025-10-24, version 1.7.1*

Funktioniert nicht mehr.

### 1/5 — 구글 포토 연동이 안됨

*2025-09-19, version 1.7.1*

앱은 비싸게 주고 샀는데 얼마 쓰지도 못하고 연동 안돼서 사용을 못함 .. 뭔가 대책을 좀 세워줘야 되지 않을까? 환불을 해주던가...  짜증남

### 1/5 — Google photo

*2025-09-06, version 1.7.1*

Could not even find where “view Google photos” is in the settings. Very confusing UI. Gave up trying. Requesting refund.

### 1/5 — Does not connect to Google photos

*2025-08-13, version 1.7.1*

Use to be a awesome app but doesn't connect to Google photos any longer

### 1/5 — Does not work.

*2025-08-03, version 1.7.1*

Google stopped being compatible, was the only slideshow app I could find that met all my needs until google broke it.

### 5/5 — Terrific App for Photos

*2025-07-18, version 1.7.1*

Have been using this app as a Digital Photo Frame  displaying Google Photos albums for a few years on a number of old iPads. It’s been brilliant. Recently, Google have effectively taken that feature away, which is unfortunate although it’s still possible to display photos from Camera Roll. I’m hoping that one day, access to my curated Google albums will come back. App worked really well; shuffle and various display durations were really useful.

### 1/5 — No longer working

*2025-07-17, version 1.7.1*

I have used this app for a long time and recently this app has blocked being able to log in and see my google albums. Likely google has changes a setting, but they need to update this app.

## Frequently asked questions about SoloSlides for Google Photos

### What does SoloSlides do?

SoloSlides creates and plays full-screen photo slideshows from your Google Photos library or your device's camera roll. It can display these slideshows on your iOS device or cast them to a Smart TV or Apple TV.

### What are the free features?

Free features include automatic updates when photos are added or removed, displaying photos on Smart TVs (DLNA/UPnP required) and Apple TVs, hiding specific photos, filtering by album or date, and automatically filtering out document photos from Google Photos.

### How much does SoloSlides cost?

The app is free to download and use with its core features. Additional features like shuffle, clock display, photo creation date, and nighttime mode are unlocked with an optional one-time in-app purchase called Premium. There are no subscriptions.

### What devices is SoloSlides compatible with?

The app is designed for iOS devices. It can display slideshows on your iOS device itself, or cast them to Smart TVs that support DLNA/UPnP, and to Apple TVs.

### Can I use this for a digital photo frame?

Yes, SoloSlides is ideal for using an old iPad or other iOS device as a kitchen or living room digital photo frame. It plays a continuous slideshow of your selected photos.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.1 — 2022-03-03

Minor changes requested by Google

### 1.7.0 — 2021-02-10

Loads of new features, most of which you asked for on our online community -- thanks for your feedback!
- NEW: Photos animated with a Ken Burns effect (this is turned off by default)
- NEW: Show only favorited Google Photos
- NEW: When showing the photo date, the name of the album or the date range selected will also be shown
- NEW: Setting to hide replay button after videos end
- NEW: Setting to hide loading spinner
- FIXED: if something interrupts the app such as an incoming Facetime call, the slideshow will resume when the app is back in the foreground
- FIXED: if you're using the Camera Roll (iCloud) to show photos, super short durations of 1-4 seconds are allowed
- FIXED: night-time mode works if the start time is later than the end time, and doesn't leave the photo date on the screen

### 1.6.0 — 2020-06-10

- Camera roll: added option to play photos from oldest to newest. We'd love to support this for Google Photos but Google has not added support for this to their Photo Library API yet.
- Camera roll: added option to play videos. We'd love to support videos on Google Photos, but Google has not added streaming support to their Photo Library API yet.
- Increased photo date size

### 1.5.3 — 2020-05-12

- Fixed an issue that caused crashes on older armv7 devices (with iOS 9)
- Fixed a bug that caused the filter selection to change itself back to Album after you changed it to something else
- Added URL schemes for automation: soloslides://google and soloslides://cameraroll

### 1.5.2 — 2020-05-10

Google Photos albums that someone else shared to you will now show up in the album list. Please note that you need to accept the shared album ("Join" it, in Google parlance) before the app can see it: you can do this on the Google Photos website.

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All apps by Solodigitalis: https://appshunter.io/developer/1444085162

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