Comparison

Piwigo vs AlbumBook

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

AlbumBook

Features
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AlbumBook is a Flutter-based mobile app designed for anyone using Nextcloud’s Memories app. It provides a convenient and intuitive way to view and upload photo albums to your personal Nextcloud server—perfect for preserving and revisiting life’s most meaningful moments. App Availability: AlbumBook is not restricted to a specific company, organization, or group of companies. It’s designed for general public use and is accessible to anyone who uses or hosts a Nextcloud instance with the Memories app enabled. Whether you’re an individual enthusiast, a family sharing memories, or part of a larger open community, AlbumBook adapts to your needs—no special affiliation or enterprise enrollment required. Access & Account Setup: AlbumBook does not create user accounts directly. Instead, users connect to their existing Nextcloud accounts by entering the credentials for their personal Nextcloud instance, where the free and open-source Memories app is already installed. This means any user with access to a compatible Nextcloud server can use AlbumBook immediately—there is no in-app registration process, account restriction, or company-based login system. General Public Features: Seamlessly browse albums and memories stored in your Nextcloud instance Upload new albums and photos directly from your mobile device Enjoy fast, private, and secure access to your media without third-party dependencies Cost & Hosting: AlbumBook is free to use and contains no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Users are expected to already have, or arrange, access to a Nextcloud server with the Memories app installed. Hosting costs (if any) depend on the provider chosen by the user and are not associated with AlbumBook. With AlbumBook, you hold the keys to your digital photo memories—completely under your control, totally private, and right in your pocket.

Screenshots

Piwigo4 screens
AlbumBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AlbumBook at 12.0 against Piwigo's 15.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Piwigo versus AlbumBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiwigoAlbumBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (182 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings182 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPigolabsMarshall Rawson

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

AlbumBook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piwigo

No in-app purchases

None

AlbumBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piwigo free?
Piwigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlbumBook free?
AlbumBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piwigo or AlbumBook have ads?
Neither Piwigo nor AlbumBook shows ads.

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