Comparison

Piwigo vs AiFoto

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

AiFoto

Organize and back up your photos with smart albums, timelines, and keyword search. Share photos securely with encrypted links and manage transfers easily. Free up device space after backing up.

Highlights
  • Smart albums and folders
  • Timeline view
  • Instant auto-upload
  • Customized share links
  • Optional encryption for shared albums
  • Real-time backup
  • Keyword search
Features
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*Must be used in conjunction with Photo Gallery The all new AiFoto has been revamped and brings a variety of new features to make photo organization easier than ever. New features for AiFoto include, but are not limited to timelines, smart albums and folders. Instant auto-upload, performance enhancements, and customized share links make for an even better photo viewing and sharing experience. — Needless to worry about other users seeing your photo. Just create NAS accounts for every user. — Quickly find and view photos from a specific date in AiFoto’s timeline. — AiFoto sorts your photos in a smarter way. Smart albums found in AiFoto include places, videos, recently added and favorites. — Supports two methods to share photos, share links to other NAS users or to friends and family. All shared albums have optional encryption to protect sensitive information. — Automatically back up photos from your phone in real-time. — Automatic logins make viewing and backups easy. — Download and upload task monitoring makes controlling your transfers easy. — Easily understand photo metadata as well as edit photo descriptions to make photo identification easier. — Easily find photos by keyword search. — Free up space function after backup — Backup destination feature, which allows you to back up photos from your mobile device to a specified shared folder. (Required Photo Gallery - version 3.2.5.r743.) — Facial recognition feature (Beta, Required Photo Gallery - version 4.0.0.r879.) Learn more: https://www.asustor.com/

Screenshots

Piwigo4 screens
AiFoto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piwigo at 69% against AiFoto's 11%. Piwigo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piwigo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piwigo has 182 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Piwigo's written reviews are positive against 11% of AiFoto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, AiFoto every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piwigo versus AiFoto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiwigoAiFoto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (182 ratings) — better2.5 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better10.6% of reviews
Number of ratings182 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPigolabsASUSTOR Inc.

Customer experience

Piwigo

All ratings182 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative18.9%

AiFoto

All ratings26 ratings
Positive15.4%
Neutral34.6%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive10.6%
Neutral27.3%
Negative62.1%

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

AiFoto

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piwigo

No in-app purchases

None

AiFoto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piwigo free?
Piwigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AiFoto free?
AiFoto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piwigo or AiFoto?
Piwigo is rated higher. Piwigo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 182 ratings, while AiFoto averages 2.5 from 26 ratings.
Do Piwigo or AiFoto have ads?
Neither Piwigo nor AiFoto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piwigo or AiFoto?
Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, and AiFoto every 2 months. Most recently, Piwigo was updated on September 24, 2026 and AiFoto on July 31, 2026.

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