NasV vs Photocean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NasV
Organize and view your photos, videos, and files from various sources, including NAS devices. Offers multiple viewing modes for different needs, from slideshows to detailed editing.
- Multiple viewing modes (Classic, Living Room Frame, Travel Replay, Editor Review)
- Browse local files, authorized folders, and SMB/WebDAV NAS libraries
- Search, sort, and filter content
- Adjust playback speed, audio, and subtitles
- Rate photos (1-5 stars)
- Offline downloads (Pro feature)
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Your photos, videos, folders and NAS — viewed your way. Each of the four modes has its own Home and player: Living Room Frame feels like a photo wall, Travel Replay revisits your journeys by year, and Editor Review is built for picking the best takes. NasV brings Photos, authorized folders and SMB / WebDAV libraries into one browsing and playback experience. Resume from Home, find content in Library and adjust your preferences in Settings. FOUR MODES, READY WHEN YOU ARE Classic: Full playback controls for photos and videos, with adjustable intervals, speed and sleep timer. Living Room Frame: A 10-second photo interval and sequential playback by default, gentle photo motion, a clock and date, and controls revealed with a double-tap. Videos start muted; sound can be enabled at any time. Travel Replay: Filter by year, revisit previous items in a fixed shuffle queue, scrub through the queue and reshuffle after each loop. Editor Review: Jump between nearby items using the filmstrip, rate photos from 1 to 5 stars, switch between fit and fill, and access favorites, downloads and file information. Pause a video to use small seek steps for inspection. Choose a viewing mode from Home, the player or Settings. Changes apply immediately, without restarting. More playback options remain available in the player menu. YOUR LOCAL AND NETWORK LIBRARY Open Photos, folders authorized through the system file picker, or your own SMB / WebDAV NAS. Search filenames, sort by name, date or size, filter photos, videos and files larger than 100 MB, and use recursive scanning, favorites, playlists, history and directory caching. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TOGETHER Adjust fit or fill, playback speed, audio, subtitles and the sleep timer. Support for MP4, MOV, MKV, TS and other files depends on codecs, source and device capabilities. Photo-rating filters affect the browsing grid only. Video ratings are not supported. YOUR CONTENT STAYS YOURS No NasV account or ads. Your device accesses the sources you choose directly, without routing media through a developer server. NAS credentials are stored in the system Keychain. Access only content you have the right to use. NASV PRO Unlock continuous slideshows and batch NAS scanning, plus offline downloads. PURCHASES AND RESTORE Directory browsing and complete playback of individual files are free. NasV Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions and a one-time lifetime unlock. Monthly and yearly plans provide the same benefits. Prices and purchase details are shown in the App Store. Restore Purchases is supported. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. A lifetime purchase does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Privacy: https://wind0o.github.io/nasv/#privacy Support: https://wind0o.github.io/nasv/#support Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Photocean
Consolidate your iPhone photos with your self-hosted server library. View all your memories in a single timeline, discover curated "Memories" and "Trips," and organize your collection with advanced search and backup features.
- Unified photo timeline
- AI-powered Memories & Trips
- Interactive photo gallery
- Instant photo sharing
- Advanced search and mapping
- Backup and free up space
- Private Hidden album
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Photocean is a multi-source photo library: it brings together the photos on your iPhone and the photos on your self-hosted server (Immich or MT Photos), so one app shows all your photos and memories. · Two places, one timeline Browse by Years, Months, or All. Each photo appears only once and none are left out. Everything you want to see is right here. · Memories and Trips On This Day, Trips, Big Days, Seasons, People and more are put together on your device, with the best photos picked for you. Play a memory full screen with music, or save it as a video to share. · Gallery A moving photo wall that brings still photos to life: your own exhibition, right here. You can also turn it into a video to share. · Instant Photo Sharing Share the photos you love, the way you love. Photos deserve a sense of occasion too. · Explore Your Library Thousands of photos, measured from many angles. We help you see your photography in numbers. · Back Up and Free Up Space Back up new photos from your iPhone to your own server. When space runs low, confirm the original is on the server, then remove it from your iPhone with confidence. · Search and Map Search by person, place, date, camera, description, or meaning, and go straight to it. You can also browse by place on a map. · Privacy Photos you'd rather keep to yourself can go in the Hidden album, opened with Face ID. Your photos travel only between your devices and your server, and we collect no data. In-App Purchases Browsing, organizing, searching, backing up, freeing up space, and On This Day are free. Memories & Trips, Gallery creation, and memory backup to iCloud need to be unlocked: buy Lifetime once, or subscribe Yearly or Monthly (each with a 1-month free trial). Subscriptions renew automatically and can be canceled anytime in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Immich and MT Photos are trademarks of their respective owners. Photocean is not affiliated with them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photocean at 5.0 against NasV's 3.0. NasV's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days) and device support (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. NasV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Photocean sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photocean holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
NasV ships an update every 3 days, Photocean every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | NasV | Photocean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 宏宇 孙 | 利 王 |
Customer experience
NasV
Photocean
In-app purchases
NasV
- NasV Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- NasV Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
- NasV Pro Lifetime$4.99
Photocean
- Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$17.99








