Comparison

Noodle Gallery vs Refav Gallery

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

Head to head
About

Noodle Gallery

This app automatically backs up your photos and videos to your own server, offering powerful search capabilities and secure sharing options. Organize your library with albums, tags, and face recognition, all while maintaining full control over your data.

Highlights
  • Automatic photo and video backup
  • AI-powered smart search
  • Secure shared spaces with permissions
  • Face recognition for photo grouping
  • Map view of photo locations
  • Organize with albums, tags, and ratings
  • Duplicate detection and handling
Features
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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

About

Refav Gallery

Features
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Refav Gallery turns the posts you liked and bookmarked on X into your own private gallery to revisit anytime. ■ Import Open your Likes in the in-app browser and scroll — the posts you see are imported automatically. There is no automated browsing. Only what you scroll through yourself is imported. ■ Revisit Browse your imported images, videos, text, and linked articles in a timeline or shuffled gallery. Open any image to get recommendations for similar images right there. ■ Filter View everything from one creator together, or look back at what you liked at a particular time. ■ Plans The Free plan lets you view 50 images per day. Basic (Monthly) gives you unlimited viewing. Importing is unlimited and free on every plan. Basic (Monthly) is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. ■ Terms & Privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service Terms: https://x-fav-gellery.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://x-fav-gellery.com/privacy Refav Gallery is an independent app and is not affiliated with X Corp.

Screenshots

Noodle Gallery4 screens
Refav Gallery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noodle Gallery at none against Refav Gallery's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Refav Gallery sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Noodle Gallery asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noodle Gallery ships an update weekly, Refav Gallery every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Noodle Gallery versus Refav Gallery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoodle GalleryRefav Gallery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB28 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid Pierre Maraisnaoya takimoto

In-app purchases

None

Noodle Gallery

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Refav Gallery

Subscriptions1
  • Basic (Monthly)$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Noodle Gallery free?
Noodle Gallery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Refav Gallery free?
Refav Gallery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Noodle Gallery or Refav Gallery have ads?
Neither Noodle Gallery nor Refav Gallery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noodle Gallery or Refav Gallery?
Noodle Gallery ships an update weekly, and Refav Gallery every 8 days. Most recently, Noodle Gallery was updated on November 13, 2026 and Refav Gallery on November 10, 2026.

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