Sync Photo vs Pixm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sync Photo
This app allows you to download and view images from your SmugMug account directly on your iOS device. It offers fast, efficient synchronization of selected galleries for local viewing, with options for high-resolution downloads and EXIF data display.
- Download SmugMug photos to iOS
- Local viewing of galleries
- High-resolution downloads
- EXIF data display
- Automatic photo rotation
- Zoom to fill screen
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Sync Photo downloads images from your SmugMug account to your IOS device so that the images can be viewed locally. Once you login to that account from SyncPhoto, it is a fast efficient way to copy selected galleries from your SmugMug account to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Photos can be quickly viewed much like a photo roll. There is no delay waiting for each photo to download since the photos have been downloaded during the synchronize step. Photos can be downloaded at higher resolutions to allow greater zooming-in on an image. Larger images are slower to flip from one to the next however. Image EXIF data such as exposure and ISO can be displayed per image. Photos can be automatically rotated to match the screen aspect ratio ensuring that they fill the screen to the fullest extent. Photos can also be zoomed to fill the screen so that there is no blank border area showing across the bottom or side of a photo. The home page view can show a list of top level folders ( Categories ) or a list of all Galleries downloaded. The app accesses a user's account on SmugMug.com which is a service. Content is provided by the user in the form of photographs that the user stores on the site. SyncPhoto does not have any ability to store photos on smugmug, it can only read/view/download photos from a users account. That account is typically paid for by the user. The cost of plans detailed on the smugmug site: https://www.smugmug.com/plans Sync Photo is not affiliated with or endorsed by SmugMug, Inc.
Pixm
Browse and view photos from popular photography platforms like Flickr, 500px, and Tumblr. This app is designed for photography enthusiasts who want a centralized place to discover and enjoy images.
- View photos from multiple services
- Supports Flickr, 500px, Tumblr
- Designed for photography lovers
- Centralized image browsing
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View Photos from various services like: Flickr, 500px, Tumblr, ... You like photography? You will like Pixm!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixm at 3.1 against Sync Photo's 2.7. Pixm also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 40%) and ratings volume (10 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixm holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Sync Photo's written reviews are positive against 57% of Pixm's.
Sync Photo ships an update every 3 months, Pixm every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Sync Photo | Pixm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 3.1 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | Do Tuan Anh |
Customer experience
Sync Photo
Pixm
In-app purchases
Sync Photo
No in-app purchases
Pixm
No in-app purchases
