Comparison

PhotoCircle vs Filio

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

Head to head
About

PhotoCircle

Securely share photos, videos, and documents in private, invite-only albums. Perfect for families, friends, and organizations of all sizes, offering robust privacy controls and organizational tools.

Highlights
  • Invite-only albums
  • Secure photo and video sharing
  • Document sharing
  • Custom branding
  • Admin console
  • Canva integration
Features
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PhotoCircle is a private photo-sharing app trusted by families, friends, social groups, individual professionals, schools, nonprofits, and businesses. Create invite-only albums to connect, share, and organize photos, videos, and documents — all in one simple, secure, and easy-to-use app. WHY 10M+ USERS CHOOSE PHOTOCIRCLE - Simple & Intuitive: Easy for everyone — no technical skills required. - Perfect for All Occasions: From personal memories to managing organizational media, PhotoCircle scales to your needs. - Private & Secure: Share in secure, invite-only albums with full control over who can access your content — backed by SOC 2 Type II compliance, GDPR, and US Data Privacy standards. - Scalable for Organizations: Purchase a premium plan tailored for your school, nonprofit, or business. Explore all features and plans directly on the PhotoCircle website. PERFECT FOR EVERY MOMENT - Family Albums: Share birthdays, holidays, graduations, vacations or special events and everyday moments with loved ones. - Weddings & Events: Create private spaces for weddings, reunions, and celebrations, and let guests upload their memories. - Professionals & Consultants: Keep your projects, clients, and colleagues’ communication and marketing materials organized. - Schools & Groups: Securely share classroom moments, school events, clubs, and campus activities. - Nonprofit & Community: Capture and share events, projects, and community gatherings with ease. - Businesses and Teams: Improve collaboration and securely share your content with team photo-sharing and collaborative albums for small teams and Fortune 500 enterprises alike. FEATURES THAT FIT YOUR NEEDS - For Friends & Families (Free & Ad-Supported Plan): • Privacy First: Only invited members can access your albums and contribute content. • Video Clips: Share video clips up to 1 minute long. • Download Media: Save selected files directly to your device. Upgrade to PhotoCircle+ for more features, starting at $1.29/month or $9.99/year. Manage your subscription via the App Store. - For Schools, Nonprofits, Professionals & Consultants, and Businesses (Premium Plans Only): • Canva Integration: Connect your PhotoCircle account to Canva for easy design and content creation. • Powerful Search: Quickly find photos and videos with advanced search tools. • Custom Branding: Personalize albums with unique group or organization branding. • Admin Console & Moderation: Easily manage users, permissions, and content. • Data Recovery: Retrieve deleted content for up to 90 days. • Account Ownership: Full organizational control over all accounts and content. For the full list of features and plan details, check our website. JOIN MILLIONS OF HAPPY USERS - "A perfect app for sharing family moments, even across long distances!" - Trinity L. - "This is become my favorite app. It is so easy for all of our friends and family to upload picture and share with each other” - MessyJessie1111 - "With PhotoCircle we never miss an opportunity to share our events with our community." - St. Matthew’s House Member DOWNLOAD PHOTOCIRCLE FOR FREE TODAY! Get started with PhotoCircle, the trusted app for secure, private photo sharing. Keep your memories safe, organized, and always accessible — no matter where you are. TERMS & PRIVACY PhotoCircle is designed for schools, families, and communities. While we welcome younger users, current privacy regulations require that accounts be created and managed by users aged 13 and older. Terms of Use: https://www.photocircleapp.com/legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.photocircleapp.com/legal/privacy/ Support: support@photocircleapp.com, +1 949-228-9310

About

Filio

This AI-powered platform simplifies construction documentation with geotagged photos, videos, and scans. It organizes jobsite records with AI captions and metadata, enabling efficient progress tracking, inspections, and reporting.

Highlights
  • AI-powered construction documentation
  • Geotagged photo and video capture
  • Document on plan sheets and maps
  • Searchable media with AI captions and metadata
  • Offline-friendly capture and sync
  • Professional PDF and Word report generation
Features
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Filio is an AI-powered construction photo documentation and field reporting platform for contractors, inspectors, and engineering teams. Capture geotagged photos, videos, scans, annotations, measured visuals, and 360 media on plan sheets, blueprints, or maps, then turn them into searchable, report-ready jobsite records. Filio preserves the field context that matters, including GPS location, date and time, bearing, elevation, weather, and captured-by details. Use Filio for progress tracking, inspections, QA/QC, closeouts, punch lists, engineering observations, and evidence packages. AI captions, AI labels, tags, and custom fields make project media easier to organize, search, and retrieve when it matters most. With Filio, teams can: - Capture jobsite media in the mobile Field Data Collector app - Document directly on plan sheets and map views - Keep records searchable with AI captions, AI labels, tags, and metadata - Review projects by media library, map, plan sheet, and timeline - Manage teams, projects, groups, offices, stakeholders, and permissions in the Web Console - Generate professional PDF and Word reports with repeatable templates Built for real field workflows, Filio supports offline-friendly capture and reliable sync so teams can keep working even when connectivity is limited. Replace scattered camera rolls, folders, and manual reporting with a faster, more defensible jobsite documentation system.

Screenshots

PhotoCircle4 screens
Filio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Filio at none against PhotoCircle's 2. Filio also leads on ads (none vs shown). PhotoCircle's advantage is ratings volume (128K vs 58) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. PhotoCircle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Filio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoCircle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhotoCircle has 128K ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of PhotoCircle's written reviews are positive against 83% of Filio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoCircle ships an update fortnightly, Filio every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
PhotoCircle versus Filio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoCircleFilio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (128K ratings) — better4.6 (58 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings128K — better58
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#13 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB244 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPhotoCircle, Inc.Filiocorp

Customer experience

PhotoCircle

All ratings126,646 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews629 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative16.1%

Filio

All ratings58 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

PhotoCircle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Photos not uploading in chronological order
  • Inability to download multiple photos at once
  • App crashing after recent updates
  • Ads continuing to play after being closed

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to sort photos by date, creator, etc.
  • Implement a search function for albums
  • Allow users to set a cover photo for albums
  • Add option to mute/filter notifications from specific users or groups
  • Extend video length limit beyond 10 seconds

Filio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PhotoCircle

Subscriptions2
  • PhotoCircle Pro Monthly$1.291 Month
  • PhotoCircle Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Filio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotoCircle free?
PhotoCircle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Filio free?
Filio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PhotoCircle or Filio?
PhotoCircle is rated higher. PhotoCircle averages 4.9 out of 5 from 128K ratings, while Filio averages 4.6 from 58 ratings.
Do PhotoCircle or Filio have ads?
PhotoCircle shows ads; Filio does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoCircle or Filio?
PhotoCircle ships an update fortnightly, and Filio every 10 days. Most recently, PhotoCircle was updated on November 8, 2026 and Filio on November 6, 2026.

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