Comparison

ImmichTV vs Pixels

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

Head to head
About

ImmichTV

Display your self-hosted photo and video library on your TV. Enjoy stunning slideshows of your albums and use smart search to find specific memories. Your media remains private and secure on your own server.

Highlights
  • Beautiful slideshows
  • Smart search functionality
  • Self-hosted and private
  • Connects to Immich server
  • High-resolution display
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ImmichTV brings your entire photo and video library to the big screen! Seamlessly connect to your self-hosted Immich server and enjoy a stunning slideshow of your albums, reliving your favorite moments in high resolution. - Beautiful Slideshows – Select any album and watch your memories come to life. - Smart Search – Instantly find specific photos using advanced search across your entire library. - Self-Hosted & Private – Your media stays secure on your own Immich server (https://immich.app). Turn your Apple TV into a personal digital gallery with ImmichTV! Easy Setup: Simply enter your Immich server URL and API key in the app settings. The API key can be generated in the Immich client for secure access. Privacy & Security Notice This app communicates only with immich-server in your local network. No personal data is stored externally. Disclaimer ImmichTV is an independent application and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Immich-App. Use at your own risk. The developer is not responsible for any changes or any potential damages resulting from app usage. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pixels

Access and manage your self-hosted photo and video library with a native iOS client. Enjoy familiar gestures, automatic backups, smart albums, and home screen widgets. Edit photos and videos directly within the app.

Highlights
  • Native iOS/iPadOS/macOS experience
  • Familiar Apple Photos gestures
  • Automatic backup to Immich server
  • Smart albums and self-organizing collections
  • Home Screen widgets for quick access
  • In-app photo and video editing
  • Offline browsing of library
Features
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Pixels is a beautifully native way to enjoy your Immich photo and video library on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Built to feel at home on iOS, Pixels brings familiar interactions from Apple Photos to your Immich library. Long press to preview photos and videos, scrub through thumbnails at a glance and pinch your timeline to change how much you see. YOUR LIBRARY, BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED Scroll through years of photos, videos and Live Photos in a fast, fluid timeline. Open anything edge to edge and keep browsing even when you're offline. COLLECTIONS, YOUR WAY Pin the albums you love so they always stay on top. Memories, albums, people, places and the photos your partners share live together in Collections, in the order you choose. Choose a person, place, year, camera, favorite or another rule and Pixels builds a Smart Album for you. PHOTO MAP Explore your photos on a map. Tap any location to relive the moments captured there. BEST OF Discover the standout photos of your month or year, featuring your favorite people and places. Save your highlights as an album with one tap. SEARCH THE WAY YOU REMEMBER Search with everyday words like beach sunset or birthday cake. Describe what you remember: Mom at the beach last summer. Pixels picks the person, the place and the dates for you. Tap a filter to narrow by people, places, dates, cameras and more. LOOK UP, LIVE TEXT AND TRANSLATE Identify plants, pets and landmarks, scan QR codes, recognize text in documents and more, right from your photos. Select text in a photo to copy it, call phone numbers, open addresses and follow links, or translate it into your language, right on the image. TITLES AND CAPTIONS Give albums and memories a personal touch with titles, descriptions and captions generated from your photos, right on your device. A PRO EDITOR IN YOUR POCKET Adjust light and color, apply filters, crop and straighten, mark up your photos and trim your videos. PIXELS LOOKS Love how a photo turned out? Save your edit as a Look and apply it to any photo with one tap, or to a whole selection at once. Share your Looks with friends on Pixels and they land right in their Filters. SMART PHOTO REVIEW Took a dozen shots of the same moment? Smart Photo Review groups them, picks the best one and shows you why. Swipe to keep or delete and the rest stay neatly tucked behind your favorite. Review Duplicates finds the copies in your library and suggests the best one to keep. COLLAGES AND STICKERS Turn moments into stories with custom grid layouts or a free canvas. Add your own text and choose from 275 stickers, some of them animated. IMPORT FROM YOUR CAMERA Connect a camera or memory card, look through your shots and keep only the ones you love. Pixels backs them up and lets you know when your card is safe to erase. AUTOMATIC BACKUP Pixels backs up your photos and videos to Immich automatically, at home or away. Once they are safely on your server, Free Up Space removes the copies on your device and gives you back your storage. PEOPLE SHARING Share the people you've named with your family in one step and choose who sees them. They get names and birth dates, never your photos. Needs Immich 3.3. PRIVATE WHEN YOU NEED IT Keep photos and videos in a Locked Folder behind Face ID or your PIN. STAY IN THE LOOP Hear about new shared albums and the photos added to them, On This Day and birthdays, and know if a backup stops. THE SAME ON EVERY DEVICE Your theme, accent color, layout, pins and Smart Albums follow you to every device on the same iCloud account. Add the Photos, Today or Memories widget to see your library without opening the app. MADE FOR APPLE. BUILT FOR IMMICH. Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, and available on Apple silicon Macs. Your photos and videos. Your server. Your memories. Requires an Immich server. Some features need Apple Intelligence. Pixels is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Immich or FUTO.

Screenshots

ImmichTV4 screens
Pixels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixels at 100% against ImmichTV's 18%. Pixels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). ImmichTV's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. ImmichTV sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pixels sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ImmichTV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixels's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ImmichTV ships an update every 4 weeks, Pixels every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ImmichTV versus Pixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImmichTVPixels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid LüthiJerrell Mardis

Customer experience

ImmichTV

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative63.6%

Pixels

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ImmichTV

One-time2
  • 2-Days TrialFree
  • Lifetime Unlock$2.99
5 purchases

Pixels

One-time5
  • 7-Day TrialFree
  • Nice Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$2.99
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  • Unlock Pixels$4.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99

Questions

Is ImmichTV free?
ImmichTV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixels free?
Pixels is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ImmichTV or Pixels?
Pixels is rated higher. ImmichTV averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pixels averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do ImmichTV or Pixels have ads?
Neither ImmichTV nor Pixels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ImmichTV or Pixels?
ImmichTV ships an update every 4 weeks, and Pixels every 2 weeks. Most recently, ImmichTV was updated on November 4, 2026 and Pixels on November 9, 2026.

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