Comparison

Piwigo vs SyncFolder Photos

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

Head to head
About

Piwigo

Manage your cloud-based photo gallery from your mobile device. Organize albums, edit photos and videos, upload new media with detailed metadata, and share your creations. This app complements the web-based Piwigo software for a seamless photo management experience.

Highlights
  • Browse and manage albums
  • Edit, download, and delete photos/videos
  • Upload media with metadata
  • Organize photos into albums
  • Share photos and videos
  • Set album cover images
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Piwigo for iPhone/iPad/iPod supplements the photo gallery software in the cloud Piwigo (v12.0 or higher): • Browse your albums, • Create, delete, move and rename albums, • Search, edit, download and delete photos and videos, • Copy and move photos and videos between albums, • Add and remove photos and videos from your favorites, • Set a photo as album image, • Upload photos and videos: - of modifiable size and quality, - with description, author, tags, EXIF metadata, - with or without GPS metadata. • Share albums, photos and videos. Piwigo empowers you to create your own photo gallery on the web. It includes many powerful features such as albums, tags, geolocation, many levels of customization, upload by visitors, privacy, calendar or statistics. Piwigo is free and opensource. Piwigo is also compatible with the following extensions: - Community: allows users to create albums and add photos - rotateImage: enables you to rotate images - Share Album: allows to share private albums with people who do not have an account - piwigo-two_factor: adds two-factor authentication (2FA) - piwigo-videojs: adds video support Feedback or questions ? Piwigo offers free support at https://piwigo.org/forum and we'd love to hear from you.

About

SyncFolder Photos

Easily upload photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to a Windows 10 computer over WiFi. Browse and select media directly on your device, choose target folders, and optionally delete originals after transfer. Secure connection established via auto-discovery or QR code scanning.

Highlights
  • Wireless photo and video upload
  • Browse and select media on device
  • Choose target folders on PC
  • Optional deletion of originals
  • Secure WiFi connection
  • Auto-discovery and QR code connection
Features
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"SyncFolder Photos" allows you to easily upload all of your photos and videos to a Windows 10 computer that is connected to the same WiFi network. The app works together with the Windows Store "SyncFolder" app that must be installed on your computer app. Instead of traditional USB-cable solutions where selecting candidate photos and videos for upload all happen on the PC, with SyncFolder Photos you use the iPhone and iPad to browse and select your items. Upload occurs over WiFi using a secure network connection between your device and the PC. You can establish this connection in 2 ways: - Semi-automatically by letting your iphone/iPad discover computers in the WiFi network. The SyncFolder app on the PC will then first give you the possibility to accept the access request after which you can accept the computer on your mobile device. - By scanning a QR code on the PC. This method comes at rescue when auto-discovery is not allowed by your WiFi router. Before the upload of the photos and videos that you have selected is taking place, you have the possibility to select the target folder on the PC. You can even first create a new folder if you want. With each upload you can also indicate whether you want to delete the copied photos and videos on your device after the upload took place.

Screenshots

Piwigo4 screens
SyncFolder Photos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piwigo at 69% against SyncFolder Photos's 0%. Piwigo also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 32 months). SyncFolder Photos's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, SyncFolder Photos every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piwigo versus SyncFolder Photos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiwigoSyncFolder Photos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (182 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings182 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPigolabsJos Huybrighs

Customer experience

Piwigo

All ratings182 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative18.7%

SyncFolder Photos

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Piwigo

Reported bugs

35 issues
  • iPad app connection issues
  • Uploaded photos not showing
  • B&W images render blurry on iPad/iPhone
  • Pictures only display momentarily
  • Uploads have stopped
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  • Severe bug: deleted photo reappears
  • Live Photos not uploaded with 'live' portion
  • .MOV files fail to upload
  • Images stuck uploading for hours
  • Auto-download toggle deactivates
  • Crashes constantly on iPad
  • Permission errors on iPad
  • App needs auto upload camera roll
  • Users cannot delete their photos
  • Images no longer load
  • Cannot download original size photo via iOS app
  • Uploads hanging after update
  • Doesn't connect to custom domains
  • Crashing since last update
  • Album images layout issues
  • Thumbnail size adjustment ineffective
  • Uploading from cloud photos problematic
  • Uploads fail or resize to tiny images
  • Interface bugs, selection issues
  • Not compatible with iOS 8
  • Freezes on password entry
  • Cannot see existing albums
  • Album creation silently fails
  • Cannot upload photos
  • App not updated, upload issues
  • Stopped allowing photo uploads
  • Cannot select multiple pics at once
  • Freezes during upload
  • Uploads freeze after first photo
  • Doesn't upload geo info from exif

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to browse in Photos and open in Piwigo to upload
  • Double tap to zoom
  • Auto upload camera roll
  • Search capability
  • Support for multiple accounts
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  • Better album image layout
  • Ability to see and add comments
  • Video support
  • Nextcloud integration
  • Download original size photo via iOS app
  • Support tag editing on upload
  • Cache photo galleries for offline viewing
  • Upload geo info from exif data

SyncFolder Photos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piwigo

No in-app purchases

None

SyncFolder Photos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piwigo free?
Piwigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SyncFolder Photos free?
SyncFolder Photos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piwigo or SyncFolder Photos have ads?
Neither Piwigo nor SyncFolder Photos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piwigo or SyncFolder Photos?
Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, and SyncFolder Photos every 32 months. Most recently, Piwigo was updated on September 29, 2026 and SyncFolder Photos on September 24, 2026.

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