Comparison

Flickr vs Mosaic

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 share and discover billions of images. Easily organize, edit, and upload your photos from any device. Find inspiration and connect with like-minded individuals.

Highlights
  • Photo uploading and sharing
  • Photo editing tools
  • Discover inspiration
  • Join photography groups
  • Organize photos easily
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

Mosaic

Explore billions of photos and videos from Flickr with this app. View full-screen HD content, customize your grid, and navigate with intuitive gestures. Unlock advanced features with a one-time in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Full Screen HD Photo & Video Gallery
  • Customizable grid view
  • Multiple gestures for navigation
  • Pre-loads photos for fast browsing
  • Search and explore Flickr content
  • View EXIF data and photo details
Features
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Mosaic turns Flickr into a beautiful, fluid gallery. Every day millions of photos are shared on Flickr; Mosaic brings the very best of them to you in a full-screen mosaic that fits each photo's shape, so nothing is cropped and everything flows. EXPLORE • Today's Interesting: Flickr's most interesting photos of the day, laid out edge to edge • Explore by Date (Pro): jump to any day and see what caught everyone's eye • The Commons (Pro): photos from the world's museums, libraries and archives, with no known copyright restrictions • Recent Uploads: the latest photos from around the world • Photo Map: find photos taken near you or anywhere in your country, then open a whole area as a stream • Search the way you think: "Show me photos of mountain lakes from everyone, most interesting first" DIVE DEEPER • Tap any photo for the full story: description, tags, comments and where it was taken • Follow a photo into the albums and groups it belongs to, or the photographer who took it • A browsing trail remembers where you've been, so you can wander freely and always find your way back MADE TO BE ENJOYED • Smooth zoom from the grid into each photo, and swipe through at full size • Slideshows with a gentle Ken Burns effect, or simple fades, at the pace you choose • Video playback, with picture in picture • Pinch the mosaic to make photos bigger or smaller • On iPhone, follow any stream as a feed, one photo at a time, with the mosaic a tap away • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, including a photo frame YOUR FLICKR Sign in with your Flickr account to see your photostream and contacts, comment on photos and join group discussions. You sign in on flickr.com in a secure window; Mosaic never sees your password. MOSAIC PRO Mosaic is free to explore, with a few limits: the first 50 photos of every stream, five searches and five Photo Map searches a day (within your own country), the streams you've opened today, and widgets of Today's Interesting and photos of sunset. Try everything in Pro free for 14 days, or upgrade to Mosaic Pro with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock: • Unlimited photos in every stream • Unlimited searches, with every filter • Unlimited Photo Map searches, anywhere in the world • Albums, groups and galleries • The Commons: every institution's collection • Explore by Date: Interesting from any day • Every stream you've opened, not just today's • Favouriting photos, and saving them to your device where the owner allows • Full-size photos, from 1600 px to the original • Camera details: when each photo was taken, and with what • Adding tags and contacts, and following photographers • Widgets of any search, and of your own photos and favourites • Activity & Stats: who faved and commented on your photos, and their views • Comments without the "via Mosaic" line MOSAIC PRO STUDIO A subscription for looking after your own photos on Flickr, with a 14-day free trial on the yearly plan: Auto-Upload sends new photos to Flickr by your rules (which albums, private or public, places kept private, albums by month), upload and edit photos (replacing the original on Flickr needs Flickr Pro), share photos to Flickr from any app or with Shortcuts, change titles, tags, visibility and location for many at once, organise albums, and add photos to groups and galleries. Studio is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mosaic.devedup.com/privacy/ Mosaic uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr. Flickr is a trademark of SmugMug, Inc.

Screenshots

Flickr4 screens
Mosaic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flickr at 70% against Mosaic's 0%. Flickr also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 6) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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 Mosaic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flickr holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 6, 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 0% of Mosaic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flickr ships an update fortnightly, Mosaic every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Flickr versus Mosaic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickrMosaic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15K ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better6
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.7
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB47 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperFlickr, Inc.DevedUp Limited

Customer experience

Flickr

All ratings14,868 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews1,216 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative24.5%

Mosaic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Mosaic

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

Mosaic

Subscriptions2
  • Mosaic Pro Studio$2.991 Month
  • Mosaic Pro Studio14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • PRO package$9.99

Questions

Is Flickr free?
Flickr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mosaic free?
Mosaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flickr or Mosaic?
Flickr is rated higher. Flickr averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Mosaic averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Flickr or Mosaic have ads?
Neither Flickr nor Mosaic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flickr or Mosaic?
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, and Mosaic every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flickr was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mosaic on November 1, 2026.

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