Comparison

Mosaic vs FlickrAlbums

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

Head to head
About

Mosaic

Explore billions of photos and videos from Flickr with this app. View full-screen HD content, customize your grid, and navigate with intuitive gestures. Unlock advanced features with a one-time in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Full Screen HD Photo & Video Gallery
  • Customizable grid view
  • Multiple gestures for navigation
  • Pre-loads photos for fast browsing
  • Search and explore Flickr content
  • View EXIF data and photo details
Features
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Mosaic turns Flickr into a beautiful, fluid gallery. Every day millions of photos are shared on Flickr; Mosaic brings the very best of them to you in a full-screen mosaic that fits each photo's shape, so nothing is cropped and everything flows. EXPLORE • Today's Interesting: Flickr's most interesting photos of the day, laid out edge to edge • Explore by Date (Pro): jump to any day and see what caught everyone's eye • The Commons (Pro): photos from the world's museums, libraries and archives, with no known copyright restrictions • Recent Uploads: the latest photos from around the world • Photo Map: find photos taken near you or anywhere in your country, then open a whole area as a stream • Search the way you think: "Show me photos of mountain lakes from everyone, most interesting first" DIVE DEEPER • Tap any photo for the full story: description, tags, comments and where it was taken • Follow a photo into the albums and groups it belongs to, or the photographer who took it • A browsing trail remembers where you've been, so you can wander freely and always find your way back MADE TO BE ENJOYED • Smooth zoom from the grid into each photo, and swipe through at full size • Slideshows with a gentle Ken Burns effect, or simple fades, at the pace you choose • Video playback, with picture in picture • Pinch the mosaic to make photos bigger or smaller • On iPhone, follow any stream as a feed, one photo at a time, with the mosaic a tap away • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, including a photo frame YOUR FLICKR Sign in with your Flickr account to see your photostream and contacts, comment on photos and join group discussions. You sign in on flickr.com in a secure window; Mosaic never sees your password. MOSAIC PRO Mosaic is free to explore, with a few limits: the first 50 photos of every stream, five searches and five Photo Map searches a day (within your own country), the streams you've opened today, and widgets of Today's Interesting and photos of sunset. Upgrade to Mosaic Pro with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock: • Unlimited photos in every stream • Unlimited searches, with every filter • Unlimited Photo Map searches, anywhere in the world • Albums, groups and galleries • The Commons: every institution's collection • Explore by Date: Interesting from any day • Every stream you've opened, not just today's • Favouriting photos, and saving them to your device where the owner allows • Full-size photos, from 1600 px to the original • Camera details: when each photo was taken, and with what • Adding tags and contacts, and following photographers • Widgets of any search, and of your own photos and favourites • Activity & Stats: who faved and commented on your photos, and their views • Comments without the "via Mosaic" line MOSAIC PRO STUDIO A subscription for looking after your own photos on Flickr, with a 7-day free trial: Auto-Upload sends new photos to Flickr by your rules (which albums, private or public, places kept private, albums by month), upload and edit photos (replacing the original on Flickr needs Flickr Pro), share photos to Flickr from any app or with Shortcuts, change titles, tags, visibility and location for many at once, organise albums, and add photos to groups and galleries. Studio is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mosaic.devedup.com/privacy/ Mosaic uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr. Flickr is a trademark of SmugMug, Inc.

About

FlickrAlbums

Easily view images from Flickr albums. This app provides a straightforward way to browse photos organized into albums for any Flickr user.

Highlights
  • View Flickr albums
  • Browse user photos
  • Simple image viewing
  • Quick access to albums
Features
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A simple picture viewer for Flickr Albums. Allows very quick and simple viewing of images based on Flickr's Albums for a given Flickr user.

Screenshots

Mosaic4 screens
FlickrAlbums1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mosaic at 4.3 against FlickrAlbums's 3.7. Mosaic also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 30 months). FlickrAlbums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Mosaic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlickrAlbums asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mosaic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosaic ships an update every 3 weeks, FlickrAlbums every 30 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mosaic versus FlickrAlbums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosaicFlickrAlbums
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.79.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDevedUp LimitedBrian Pfister

Customer experience

Mosaic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FlickrAlbums

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mosaic

One-time1
  • PRO package$9.99
None

FlickrAlbums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosaic free?
Mosaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlickrAlbums free?
FlickrAlbums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosaic or FlickrAlbums?
Mosaic is rated higher. Mosaic averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while FlickrAlbums averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Mosaic or FlickrAlbums have ads?
Neither Mosaic nor FlickrAlbums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosaic or FlickrAlbums?
Mosaic ships an update every 3 weeks, and FlickrAlbums every 30 months. Most recently, Mosaic was updated on October 24, 2026 and FlickrAlbums on October 24, 2026.

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