AiFoto vs Plex Photos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AiFoto
Organize and back up your photos with smart albums, timelines, and keyword search. Share photos securely with encrypted links and manage transfers easily. Free up device space after backing up.
- Smart albums and folders
- Timeline view
- Instant auto-upload
- Customized share links
- Optional encryption for shared albums
- Real-time backup
- Keyword search
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*Must be used in conjunction with Photo Gallery The all new AiFoto has been revamped and brings a variety of new features to make photo organization easier than ever. New features for AiFoto include, but are not limited to timelines, smart albums and folders. Instant auto-upload, performance enhancements, and customized share links make for an even better photo viewing and sharing experience. — Needless to worry about other users seeing your photo. Just create NAS accounts for every user. — Quickly find and view photos from a specific date in AiFoto’s timeline. — AiFoto sorts your photos in a smarter way. Smart albums found in AiFoto include places, videos, recently added and favorites. — Supports two methods to share photos, share links to other NAS users or to friends and family. All shared albums have optional encryption to protect sensitive information. — Automatically back up photos from your phone in real-time. — Automatic logins make viewing and backups easy. — Download and upload task monitoring makes controlling your transfers easy. — Easily understand photo metadata as well as edit photo descriptions to make photo identification easier. — Easily find photos by keyword search. — Free up space function after backup — Backup destination feature, which allows you to back up photos from your mobile device to a specified shared folder. (Required Photo Gallery - version 3.2.5.r743.) — Facial recognition feature (Beta, Required Photo Gallery - version 4.0.0.r879.) Learn more: https://www.asustor.com/
Plex Photos
Access and view your personal photo libraries from anywhere. Relive your favorite moments with curated highlights, chronological timelines, and organized library browsing. Requires a Plex Media Server with a photos library.
- Recommended photo highlights
- Chronological timeline view
- Browse by folders and albums
- Access personal media libraries
- Seamless remote viewing
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Important: A Plex Media Server with access to at least one photos library is required to use this application. Plex Photos is your dedicated app for viewing your personal media photo libraries, providing a seamless and intuitive way to relive your favorite moments. Whether you're at home or on the go, Plex Photos lets you access your personal photo collection with ease. Currently Supported Features: - Recommended View: Discover curated highlights from your photo library, bringing your best moments to the forefront. - Timeline View: Explore your photos in a chronological format, making it easy to travel back in time and revisit memories from specific dates. - Library View: Browse through your entire photo collection organized by folders and albums, making it simple to find and view exactly what you're looking for. Note: This is the first Plex Photos release and will receive regular updates over the coming months. We're committed to adding new features, improving performance, and enhancing your overall experience. We value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts with us in the forums as we continue to develop and refine the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AiFoto at 2.5 against Plex Photos's 1.3. AiFoto also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Plex Photos's advantage is ratings volume (294 vs 26). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AiFoto holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plex Photos has 294 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of AiFoto's written reviews are positive against 4% of Plex Photos's.
AiFoto ships an update every 2 months, Plex Photos every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AiFoto | Plex Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (26 ratings) — better | 1.3 (294 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.6% of reviews — better | 3.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 294 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASUSTOR Inc. | Plex Inc. |
Customer experience
AiFoto
Plex Photos
Bugs and requests
AiFoto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Plex Photos
Reported bugs
4 issues- Buttons not responding to touch
- Vertical videos shown in landscape
- Photos disappearing or not loading
- Rotation issues causing app freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to sync photos from mobile devices
- Implement HEIC format support
- Improve video playback controls
- Allow organizing photos into albums
- Integrate with cloud storage services
In-app purchases
AiFoto
No in-app purchases
Plex Photos
No in-app purchases
