Comparison

Flickr vs Deviant Art

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

Deviant Art

Transform your words and photos into unique AI-generated images. Explore a vast gallery of digital art for inspiration, connect with artists, and manage your content with robust privacy controls.

Highlights
  • AI image generation from text and photos
  • Customizable image quality and resolution
  • Inspiration feed from followed artists
  • Full-screen art viewer with zoom
  • Content filtering and blocking
  • Privacy-focused with no analytics or tracking
Features
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Deva turns your words and photos into new images — and gives you a fast, dark gallery of digital art to get inspired by. CREATE WITH AI • Describe what you want and get it: a photorealistic shot, an illustration, a poster or a logo. • Attach up to six of your own photos to edit them — a new background, style or lighting — or to use them as a reference for something new. • Choose Fast or Pro quality, 1, 2 or 4 variants at once, the aspect ratio and a resolution of up to 4K. • Your ideas are kept as chats: come back to any of them and try again. • Save to Photos or share in a tap. Your chats and images stay on your device. GET INSPIRED Deva is also an independent iPhone client for DeviantArt. • Watch — everything new from the artists you follow, in one feed. • Daily picks, and search by keyword or topic. • A full-screen viewer that opens instantly: pinch to zoom, swipe from one work to the next. • Add work to your Favourites and collections, leave comments, watch artists, and catch up on your activity from the bell on Home. A FEED YOU CONTROL • Mature content is filtered out for everyone in this version. • Block an artist and their work disappears from every feed on your device. • Report anything that doesn't belong — it goes to DeviantArt's own moderators. PRIVACY No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. When you create an image, your prompt and any photos you attach are sent to our server and our image model provider to make it — we don't store them. Generated images stay on your device. Browsing goes directly from your device to DeviantArt. DEVA PRO Creating images requires Deva Pro: 20 images per 30 days on any plan • Weekly • Monthly • Yearly Prices are in US dollars; your local price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that date. You can manage or cancel a subscription in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deva is an unofficial, independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by DeviantArt or Wix. All artwork, comments and profiles belong to their authors. You must be 17 or older to use this app. Terms of Use: https://devaaiimageapp.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://devaaiimageapp.uk/privacy

Screenshots

Flickr4 screens
Deviant Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flickr at 70% against Deviant Art's 20%. Flickr also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (15K vs 34). Deviant Art's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Deviant Art sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 34, 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 20% of Deviant Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flickr ships an update fortnightly, Deviant Art every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Flickr versus Deviant Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickrDeviant Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15K ratings) — better3.8 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better34
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB22 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFlickr, Inc.Anatoli Remenets

Customer experience

Flickr

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

Deviant Art

All ratings33 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

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

Deviant Art

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

Deviant Art

Subscriptions4
  • Booster$4.997 Days
  • Unlock Premium$6.997 Days
  • Unlock Premium$19.991 Month
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  • Unlock Premium$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Flickr free?
Flickr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deviant Art free?
Deviant Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flickr or Deviant Art?
Flickr is rated higher. Flickr averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Deviant Art averages 3.8 from 34 ratings.
Do Flickr or Deviant Art have ads?
Neither Flickr nor Deviant Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flickr or Deviant Art?
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, and Deviant Art every 3 days. Most recently, Flickr was updated on October 26, 2026 and Deviant Art on October 26, 2026.

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