Comparison

Piwigo vs zenphoto

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

zenphoto

Easily share your photos and videos from a self-hosted ZenPhoto gallery. Manage your media, post comments, and organize albums directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Photo uploading
  • Save and delete photos
  • Sharing options
  • Post comments on photos
  • Create and edit albums
  • Media website management
Features
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App for ZenPhoto (http://www.zenphoto.org/) using RPC-API. Sharing your photos and videos easily. Requirement Zenphoto installed on your server and a special plugin to enable!! For detail, visit Support Site!! Features - Photo Uploading - Save and Delete photo - Sharing Option (Open in other app, AirDrop, etc.) - Show and Post Comments on photo - Create Album - Swipe to Edit Album (Edit, Rename, Delete) - from ZenPhoto Features - Easy Media website management! Zenphoto is a CMS for selfhosted, gallery focused websites. Our focus lies on being easy to use and having all the features there when you need them (but out of the way if you don't). Zenphoto features support for images, video and audio formats, and the Zenpage CMS plugin provides a fully integrated news section (blog) and custom pages to run entire websites. This makes Zenphoto the ideal CMS for personal websites of illustrators, artists, designers, photographers, film makers and musicians.

Screenshots

Piwigo4 screens
zenphoto1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piwigo at 69% against zenphoto's 0%. Piwigo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (182 vs 2). zenphoto's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.5). 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

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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piwigo has 182 ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of zenphoto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, zenphoto monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piwigo versus zenphoto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiwigozenphoto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (182 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings182 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.58.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPigolabsSachiko Miyamoto

Customer experience

Piwigo

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

zenphoto

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
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

zenphoto

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Piwigo

No in-app purchases

None

zenphoto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piwigo free?
Piwigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is zenphoto free?
zenphoto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piwigo or zenphoto?
Piwigo is rated higher. Piwigo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 182 ratings, while zenphoto averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Piwigo or zenphoto have ads?
Neither Piwigo nor zenphoto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piwigo or zenphoto?
Piwigo ships an update every 3 weeks, and zenphoto monthly. Most recently, Piwigo was updated on October 23, 2026 and zenphoto on October 14, 2026.

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