Colli vs Noodle Gallery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colli
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Colli is the perfect app for curating all the pictures you love — now more powerful and elegant than ever with V2.0. Whether you’re collecting images for inspiration, creating a visual journal, or building your dream photo library, Colli makes it easy, flexible, and enjoyable. Explore your collections effortlessly with the new Home View, which lets you browse by Favorites, Recents, Untagged, or All. Use the enhanced Multi-Tag Filter System to quickly find exactly what you’re looking for — no matter how many images you have. Manage your Spaces with a completely redesigned interface that makes organizing collections faster and more intuitive. The upgraded Search helps you find items by name or notes with precision and speed. Every detail is now wrapped in a cleaner, more refined Details View that’s simple, stylish, and easier on the eyes. Plus, when you add artwork by your favorite artists, you can jump directly to their social media pages with a tap. And with seamless iCloud sync, your collections stay up-to-date across all your devices. Download Colli and enjoy the art of collecting — beautifully. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3iHVTIOgbX2eZ3hPpJngVNzHDiZcEvBYUbVMqrjR48/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1moTEf_kvYlE-3_JLr7Eip6hj9Q7u2sAPEBoQux9TLD0/edit?usp=sharing If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to email us at takemeintoyouripod@gmail.com. We’re here to help!
Noodle Gallery
This app automatically backs up your photos and videos to your own server, offering powerful AI-driven search and organized sharing options. It provides full control over your data and privacy, with no ads or cloud storage.
- Automatic photo and video backup
- AI-powered smart search
- Create shared spaces with permissions
- Face recognition for photo grouping
- Map view of photo locations
- Organize with albums and tags
- Deduplication of uploads
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• Automatic Backup Photos and videos from your phone back up automatically to your Gallery server. Works in the background, resumes on interruption, and never duplicates. • Powerful Search Find any photo instantly. Search by location, date, people, camera, tags, or even what's in the image using AI-powered smart search. • Shared Spaces Share photos with family, friends, or co-workers. Create spaces with different members, each with their own permissions. Activity log shows who added what. • Face Recognition Gallery automatically groups photos by person. Name the people you know and find all their photos instantly. • Map View See where your photos were taken on an interactive world map. • Albums & Tags Organise your library your way with albums, tags, favourites, and ratings. • Deduplication Never worry about duplicate uploads. Gallery detects and handles them automatically (photos and videos). • External Libraries Connect existing photo collections from network drives or disks without importing. • Full Control Every feature runs on your own server. No data leaves your network unless you explicitly share it. REQUIRES A GALLERY SERVER Gallery is a self-hosted solution. You need to run the Gallery server on your own hardware. Setup takes about 5 minutes using Docker. Learn more and get started at https://opennoodle.de OPEN SOURCE Gallery is free and open source, forked from Immich with additional features focused on shared spaces and privacy. Source code is available on GitHub. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No analytics or tracking • No ads, ever • No cloud storage - your server, your data • End-to-end control over who sees what
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noodle Gallery at none against Colli's 3. Noodle Gallery also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Colli sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Noodle Gallery asks for nothing beyond the download.
Colli ships an update every 2 months, Noodle Gallery weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colli | Noodle Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晨 杨 | David Pierre Marais |
In-app purchases
Colli
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$4.991 Year
- LifeTimePurchase$9.99
Noodle Gallery
No in-app purchases









