Comparison

Flickr vs Loop

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

Head to head
About

Flickr

Connect with a global community of photographers to upload, edit, and share your images. Discover inspiration, organize your work effortlessly, and enhance your photos with creative tools. This platform is designed for both casual users and professional photographers.

Highlights
  • Global photography community
  • Photo uploading and sharing
  • Creative editing tools
  • Photo organization
  • Inspiration discovery
  • Millions of photo groups
Features
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Join the largest, most influential community of photographers in the world. Upload, edit, and share your photos from any device, anytime. • Find your inspiration, find your people. Flickr is home to billions of photos and millions of groups of passionate photographers. • Organization and sharing made simple. Browse with ease, select and organize hundreds of photos with one gesture, and share in seconds. • Unleash your creativity. Edit your photos, add filters, crop images, and more! Flickr and SmugMug are Awesome. Learn more at www.awesome.co We’re committed to making Flickr a better place to grow, and we’d like to hear your feedback. Let us know your thoughts here: https://help.flickr.com/contact/contact-us-rkBc7roJQ Terms of Use: https://www.flickr.com/help/terms

About

Loop

Easily share photos and videos privately with friends and family in real-time. Create dedicated streams for events, control who can view or upload, and moderate content for a secure, intimate experience.

Highlights
  • Private photo and video streams
  • Real-time uploads
  • Role-based permissions (admin, member, viewer)
  • Content moderation (approve uploads)
  • Commenting and liking
  • Stream locking and date/time restrictions
Features
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Loop Photostream was inspired by own need to create an easy way to share photos and videos with friends and family that we didn't want to share on social media. Loop focuses on bringing you a private, secure, intimate and simple way to share photos and videos in real time with the people who matter most to you. Choose to make anyone you invite to a stream either an admin, member, or viewer. You have the ability to approve any photo uploaded before it is published into a stream making our app trust worthy and family friendly. How It Works: • Create a stream for any event, adventure or outing in your life.   • Add family and friends to your streams.  • Watch the stream as photos show up within seconds as your circle uploads their photos.   Perfect for: • Great for new moms that want to capture those special moments and share with family • Great for group trips where everyone is capturing photos and can share them easily in one single place • Perfect for weddings. No need for those disposable cameras on reception tables. Just share your invite code and let your guests create an album for you. • Capture images of your youth sports leagues and share with other parents Other Fun Features: • Members of your stream can like and comment on your stream in a simple and clean single threaded conversation • Create a stream and invite others as viewers only if you want to share your adventure or event with them without allowing them to add photos. • Require moderation. As the owner, you can require that you approve photos/videos that get uploaded before they show up for everyone else. • Lock your stream when you don't want to allow any more uploads • Set a start/end date time to only allow uploads during that period Auto-Renewing Subscription: – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://faredgestudio.com/loop-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://faredgestudio.com/loop-terms-conditions.html

Screenshots

Flickr4 screens
Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Flickr at free with in-app purchases against Loop's subscription. Flickr also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 22) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). Loop's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, 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. Flickr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month and Loop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Flickr's written reviews are positive against 100% of Loop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flickr ships an update fortnightly, Loop every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Flickr versus Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickrLoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15K ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better22
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#165 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFlickr, Inc.Far Edge Studio LLC

Customer experience

Flickr

All ratings14,890 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews1,245 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative24.1%

Loop

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flickr

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Unreliable photo uploads
  • Inconsistent account management
  • Inaccurate photo metadata display
  • Glitches in group and album features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved mobile app functionality
  • Better photo editing and management tools
  • Easier sharing and collaboration options
  • Expanded free account capabilities
  • More responsive customer support

Loop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flickr

Subscriptions2
  • MONTHLY PLAN$11.001 Month
  • ANNUAL PLAN$82.001 Year
4 purchases

Loop

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • kith Paid Stream$1.99
  • Individual$24.99

Questions

Is Flickr free?
Flickr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flickr or Loop?
Loop is rated higher. Flickr averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Loop averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Flickr or Loop have ads?
Neither Flickr nor Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flickr or Loop?
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, and Loop every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flickr was updated on November 13, 2026 and Loop on November 2, 2026.

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