Comparison

Piwigo vs Cinelocal

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

Cinelocal

Organize and watch your local movie collection with this app. It transforms your video files into a visually appealing library with rich metadata and offline playback. Enjoy features like watch parties and local streaming without cloud uploads.

Highlights
  • Import movies from local sources
  • Organize into a cinematic poster wall
  • Offline playback
  • Watch together on local Wi-Fi
  • Stream movies locally
  • Customizable library layouts
Features
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CineLocal is your private movie library for the video files you keep on your device. Import movies from the Files app, USB storage, iCloud Drive, or other local sources. CineLocal turns your collection into a cinematic poster wall, with artwork, ratings, descriptions, genres, runtime, collections, playlists, and offline playback. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR DEVICE • Import one file or an entire folder at once • Keep your movies private and available offline • No accounts, sign-ins, or cloud uploads required • Resume playback right where you left off A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE LIBRARY • Poster Grid, Compact, List, Cinematic, Shelf, and Carousel layouts • Metadata matching from clear filenames • Collections, playlists, and a Continue Watching row • Custom skins and physical-media case styles WATCH, SHARE, AND STREAM LOCALLY • Watch together with another nearby device on the same Wi-Fi network • Transfer movies directly between devices • Stream a movie locally without uploading it to a cloud service • Connect to SMB shares on your NAS or home server CineLocal includes a full 24-hour free trial. Afterward, unlock the complete app forever with a one-time in-app purchase—no ads and no subscriptions. For best matching, use filenames such as Inception (2010).mp4 or Dune 2021.mkv.

Screenshots

Piwigo4 screens
Cinelocal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piwigo at none against Cinelocal's 1. Piwigo also leads on ratings volume (182 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.5). Cinelocal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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. Cinelocal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piwigo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cinelocal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piwigo has 182 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Piwigo versus Cinelocal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiwigoCinelocal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (182 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings182 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPigolabsJimmy Mullins

Customer experience

Piwigo

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

Cinelocal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Cinelocal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piwigo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cinelocal

One-time1
  • CineLocal Lifetime Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Piwigo free?
Piwigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cinelocal free?
Cinelocal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piwigo or Cinelocal?
Cinelocal is rated higher. Piwigo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 182 ratings, while Cinelocal averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Piwigo or Cinelocal have ads?
Neither Piwigo nor Cinelocal shows ads.

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