Flickr vs Smiler Photographer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Global photography community
- Photo uploading and sharing
- Creative editing tools
- Photo organization
- Inspiration discovery
- Millions of photo groups
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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
Smiler Photographer
This app allows photographers to manage customer photoshoots, track earnings, and explore new opportunities. Log customer details, redeem vouchers, and manage your schedule directly from your mobile device.
- Capture customer photoshoots
- Log customer details and redeem vouchers
- Explore photography opportunities
- Manage schedule and applications
- Track earnings and sales
- Direct messaging with support
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Smiler Photographer is the app for photographers who shoot with Smiler and run their own photography business. Bookings • Get new booking requests in your city and claim them with one tap, straight from the notification • See every shoot with time, meeting point, package and client details • Check in clients on the day by scanning their booking code Clients and messages • Chat with clients before the shoot and reply right from the notification • Answer inquiries from your own profile and send custom offers Galleries • Upload photos and deliver a private online gallery to your client • Clients can download, mark favourites and buy extra photos Earnings • Track what you've earned, what's coming in your next payout and what's already been paid Your own business • Your profile and booking page, services and prices, calendar and time off, all in one place Need help? The photographer guide and support are one tap away inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flickr at 70% against Smiler Photographer's 33%. Flickr also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Smiler Photographer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, 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. Flickr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month. Smiler Photographer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smiler Photographer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Flickr's written reviews are positive against 33% of Smiler Photographer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, Smiler Photographer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flickr | Smiler Photographer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #165 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flickr, Inc. | Smiler BV |
Customer experience
Flickr
Smiler Photographer
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
Smiler Photographer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flickr
- MONTHLY PLAN$11.001 Month
- ANNUAL PLAN$82.001 Year
Smiler Photographer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Flickr free?
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