FlicPic vs Noodle Gallery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlicPic
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FlicPic makes organizing your camera roll fast and easy. Just swipe left to delete an image or swipe right to keep it. That’s it. No clutter, no complicated menus — just a simple, satisfying way to clean up your photos in seconds.
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 iOS requirement: Noodle Gallery at 15.0 against FlicPic's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | FlicPic | Noodle Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cody Ranney | David Pierre Marais |
In-app purchases
FlicPic
No in-app purchases
Noodle Gallery
No in-app purchases
