Comparison

Immich vs Project Indigo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Immich

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.

Highlights
  • Mobile client for Immich Server
  • Photo and video backup
  • Self-hosted solution
  • Private cloud storage
  • Customizable server management
Features
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This is a client app for Immich Server and you will need to run/manage the server on your own in order to use the app. Website: https://immich.app GitHub: https://github.com/immich-app/immich

About

Project Indigo

This app offers advanced computational photography with manual controls for a natural, SLR-like image look. It captures bursts of photos to create high-quality images with reduced noise and enhanced dynamic range, suitable for both casual and professional users.

Highlights
  • Computational photography pipeline
  • Natural image look (SLR-like)
  • Full manual camera controls
  • Photo and Night modes
  • Super-resolution for zoom
  • Macro mode
  • Live viewfinder with histogram and zebra striping
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Welcome to Project Indigo, a new camera experience from Adobe Labs. With a custom computational photography pipeline, a natural image look, and full set of manual camera controls, it offers something for professional and casual photographers alike. Also with new controls for computational cameras and a glimpse into the future of AI image processing on our Tech Previews page. Available for iPhone 12 and 13 Pro/Pro Max, and all 14, 15, 16, or 17-series devices, and initial support for iPads. For best experience we recommend using iPhone 15 Pro or newer. A COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA Instead of capturing a single photo, for every shutter press Indigo captures a burst of photos and combines them together to produce a high-quality photo with lower noise and higher dynamic range. PHOTO MODE VS NIGHT MODE Photo mode is intended for everyday use in good lighting and has zero shutter lag, meaning it captures the moment you wanted. Night mode is intended for use in low light. In this mode images are captured after you press the shutter button, but use longer exposure times, further reducing noise. NATURAL LOOK Photos produced by Indigo employ computational photography and AI to produce a natural (SLR-like) look for your photos, including special (but gentle) treatment of subjects and skies. This look is applied when generating JPEG images and is embedded as a rendering suggestion in raw DNG files (if enabled). All raw pixels remain intact – the look does not alter them. PRO CONTROLS Take full control of how Indigo captures the image: manually specify focus, exposure time and ISO, exposure compensation, or white balance. Includes an optional magnified loupe for setting precise focus, and white balance control allows you to tap on an object known to be neutral gray. Unique to Indigo’s Night mode is manual control over the number of frames aligned and merged into a final photo. More frames result in lower noise but longer capture time. There is also a Long Exposure mode: if the phone is on a tripod, this allows the capture of synthetic long exposure effects like “water-into-silk" with infinite number of frames where the camera captures and merges images until stopped. SUPER-RESOLUTION FOR ZOOM Using pinch-to-zoom in any camera app often results in image quality loss. To recover the image Indigo employs multi-frame super-resolution which can restore much of the lost quality. ‘SR’ indicator on the zoom buttons shows when it is active. MACRO MODE Enable Macro from the viewfinder and capture stunning close-up shots. VIEWFINDER Provides a view of the camera parameters that will be used for capture, a live histogram of the scene, zebra striping that shows you where there are over-exposed areas in the image, and a level to help you capture straight images. LIGHTROOM INTEGRATION Adobe Lightroom for mobile is the most powerful photo editor in the App Store. Indigo filmstrip allows you to send an image directly to Lightroom mobile app for editing. In addition, our raw DNG files provide maximum compatibility with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS Technology Previews will be a place where we will offer an early look at technologies that may eventually be deployed in Adobe’s flagship products, or that already appear in these products in a slightly different form: - AI Denoise is a variant of the AI-based denoising from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a new DNG to your camera roll. - Remove Reflections is a variant of the technology from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a medium-resolution JPEG to your camera roll. It tries to remove reflections when shooting through plate glass windows covering most of the camera field of view. - Face Dewarp corrects warp on faces near the edge of images captured using wide-angle lenses. It uses DNG or JPEG as input and saves a JPEG to your camera roll.

Screenshots

Immich4 screens
Project Indigo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Immich at 4.8 against Project Indigo's 3.8. Immich also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Immich holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 778 and 702 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Immich's written reviews are positive against 45% of Project Indigo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Immich ships an update every 5 days, Project Indigo every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Immich versus Project Indigo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImmichProject Indigo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (778 ratings) — better3.8 (702 ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings778 — better702
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#209 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB347 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFUTO ComputingAdobe Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Immich

All ratings778 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative15.1%

Project Indigo

All ratings702 ratings
Positive64.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews1,189 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral15.7%
Negative39.0%

User reviews

Immich

From 778 App Store ratings

What we love

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

Room to improve

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

Project Indigo

From 702 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent image quality
  • 🚀 Powerful processing algorithms
  • 🔍 Impressive zoom and detail enhancement

Room to improve

  • 🔥 Overheating issues
  • 🔋 Battery drain
  • 🐛 Focusing problems
  • 🚫 Incompatible with some regions/devices

Bugs and requests

Immich

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to log in on latest update
  • Frequent timeline rebuilds
  • Inconsistent behavior with HDR photos
  • Scrolling issues in the app
  • Unreliable background sync

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to remove photos from device after backup
  • Support for 360-degree photos and videos
  • Improved family/user sharing capabilities
  • Better integration with third-party tools
  • Clearer cache management

Project Indigo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Shutter sound cannot be disabled
  • AI-based features causing loss of detail

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for higher resolution photos
  • Improved tap-to-focus functionality
  • Better optimization for battery and thermal performance

In-app purchases

None

Immich

No in-app purchases

None

Project Indigo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Immich free?
Immich is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project Indigo free?
Project Indigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Immich or Project Indigo?
Immich is rated higher. Immich averages 4.8 out of 5 from 778 ratings, while Project Indigo averages 3.8 from 702 ratings.
Do Immich or Project Indigo have ads?
Neither Immich nor Project Indigo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Immich or Project Indigo?
Immich ships an update every 5 days, and Project Indigo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Immich was updated on October 17, 2026 and Project Indigo on October 17, 2026.

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