VIEWBUG vs Flickr Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIEWBUG
This app connects photographers of all levels through contests and challenges. It offers editing tools to enhance photos and provides inspiration from a vast gallery. Users can receive feedback, win prizes, and improve their photography skills.
- Photo contests and challenges
- Creative feedback from peers
- Photo editing tools
- Prize winnings
- Inspiration gallery
- Photography tips and tutorials
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Join millions of photographers in a community that finally challenges and rewards your creativity. Whether you are just getting started with photography or already an experienced photographer, this community is for you. Participate in photo contests and photo challenges, get instant creative feedback from other photographers and improve your craft! With the ViewBug photography app, you can also make your photos look great thanks to the powerful tools in our picture editor. 20 EXCITING PHOTO CONTESTS EACH MONTH Showcase your photography with 20 new photography contests every month, judged by world-renowned professional photographers, and sponsored by top brands. With the VIEWBUG photo app, submit your photos to photography contests across many inspiring categories and get discovered in the photo community and awarded. WIN AMAZING PRIZES Photo competitions are fun, but they are even better when you can win big! Compete with other members of the VIEWBUG photo community and win amazing prizes. Here are some of the cameras and prizes won for recent photography competitions: Canon 5D MK III and Nikon D5300 cameras, DJI Spark drone, Leica Camera, Samsung 4K Smart TV, DJI Osmo, etc. Feedback, tips, and prizes… Now, THIS is photo sharing with a purpose, and you won't find something like that in other photography apps! By sharing your best photos you can be featured, get published, and win the gear that will make you stand out and help you take your photography to the next level. PHOTO EDITING TOOLS Photography editing to make your best photos “pop” even more is easy. Use our powerful photo editor and photo enhancer: + Advanced photo presets + Exclusive photo filters that you’ll find only in our picture editor + Basic picture editing tools like Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation + Exposure, Tint or Clarity to fine-tune when editing photos With the free photo editing features, you can get creative with photo filters and photo effects...And show your art in its best light! GROW YOUR CRAFT WITH PHOTO CONTESTS Each peer photo challenge is created by a fellow photographer with a creative spark. Join a challenge, dive in, and share photos to display your creativity! Not only do you get feedback from your peers after sharing photos, but you can also get recognition and rewards as well. FIND AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION Browse more than 30 million submitted photos for some on-the-go inspiration and discover some of the best photos around the world. Follow photographers and get personalized recommendations to become a better photographer yourself. Get social and like or comment on their photography art, discover new photo styles and vote to award your favorite shots! GET INSIGHTFUL PHOTO TIPS AND TUTORIALS Discover photo techniques and photography tips from peers and thought leaders in the community so you can improve as a photographer. Whether you want to edit photos like a pro, take better portraits or master lighting techniques, get social and learn from the best on ViewBug. The photo community is a great place to get inspiration and learn from the best. TIME TO IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS You probably already have the photos you need on your phone to get started: upload some of your travel photos, a still life photo, or studio photo. We are photography enthusiasts and are in love with this visual art form when joined in a photo community. Our mission is simple: We want to offer the best tools to empower photographers worldwide. The ViewBug photography community even has a marketplace allowing you to license and sell photos. Privacy Policy: https://www.viewbug.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.viewbug.com/terms Support: https://help.viewbug.com
Flickr Watch
Experience a next-generation photostream designed exclusively for Flickr. This app allows you to enlarge photos, view details, and comment directly within the photostream, offering significantly faster browsing speeds than other photo apps.
- Telescopic Photostream
- Enlarge and view photo details
- Comment directly in photostream
- 3x faster photo search and browsing
- Enhanced photo aesthetics
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2022, a new era for Flickr is coming Experience the next generation photostream designed exclusively for Flickr: "Telescopic Photostream" You can enlarge a photo, view photo details, and comment directly in the photostream without switching to another view! Search, browse, and zoom in photos 3 times faster than before. Flickr Watch breaks away from the existing framework of mobile photo browsing technology and completes a new technology: "Telescopic Photostream". You can click a photo in the photostream to directly stretch the entire photostream to enlarge the photo. This makes the speed of browsing photos has been dramatically increased, it can be more than 4 times faster than the official "Flickr" app, and more than 3 times faster than the iOS 14 "Photos" app, and it is more aesthetic. Browse photos on Flickr in a way you’ve never seen before. Flickr Watch will fully present the beauty of photographs, even more beautiful than the original photos. Terms of Use https://version-00.com/terms-of-use-flickrwatch/ Privacy Policy https://version-00.com/privacy-policy-flickrwatch/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VIEWBUG at 4.7 against Flickr Watch's 4.0. VIEWBUG also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 15). Flickr Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. VIEWBUG sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Flickr Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
VIEWBUG holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VIEWBUG has 13K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of VIEWBUG's written reviews are positive against 44% of Flickr Watch's.
VIEWBUG ships an update every 3 weeks, Flickr Watch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIEWBUG | Flickr Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13K ratings) — better | 4.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ViewBug | Version 0.0 Ltd. |
Customer experience
VIEWBUG
Flickr Watch
Bugs and requests
VIEWBUG
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when trying to upload or view photos
- Notifications not working properly
- Issues with logging in and accessing account
- Disappearing photos and awards
- Inconsistent app performance across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view messages and inbox within the app
- Landscape mode support for iPad users
- More free features and contests for non-paying users
- Improved syncing between app and website
- Better photo editing tools and metadata management
Flickr Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VIEWBUG
- Premium$4.991 Month
- Pro$7.991 Month
- Pro Monthly Special3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Pro+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly Special3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Photo Editor PRO3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
- Pro Yearly Special No Trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
- Pro+ yearly$79.991 Year
Flickr Watch
No in-app purchases









