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24 alternatives to OldNYC

Mapping historical photos from the NYPL

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OldNYC launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fragment▲115

   Prismatic Photos

   2013 · pixiteapps.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Grandpa's Photos▲10

   Crowdsourcing information on a vintage photo collection

   2014 · grandpas-photos.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PhotoPills▲68

   Shoot legendary photos

   2014 · photopills.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   YAKiT▲128

   Make any photo talk

   2014 · freakngenius.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Chronicle▲61

   Visualize historical word usage in The New York Times

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Phonto▲71

   Text on Photos

   2015 · phon.to · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rinse▲80

   Telling Stories Behind Photography

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   cite▲142

   Beautiful textshots made easy

   2015 · myprogress.in · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Dear Photograph▲123

   Pictures of pictures in the past in the present

   2015 · dearphotograph.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Surfkoll▲88

    Insights into your browsing history

    2014 · surfkoll.se · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Atlas Obscura▲110

    A guide to wondrous and curious places

    2014 · atlasobscura.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    New Old Stock▲14

    Vintage photos from public archives

    2014 · nos.twnsnd.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Lumy▲81

    Track photographic times for the magic hour

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sense▲65

    Tell your story with photos

    2013 · senseapp.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Picfair▲101

    Marketplace for amazing photos

    2014 · picfair.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Picography▲7

    Free hi-resolution photos

    2016 · picography.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Photo Investigator▲77

    Easily discover a photo's metadata

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Compfight▲76

    A Flickr photo search engine

    2014 · vecteezy.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Vhoto▲83

    Photos from Video

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PDFy▲84

    Imgur for PDF

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The New York Public Library Digital Collections▲136

    67K+ tems digitized from The NY Public Library's collections

    2016 · digitalcollections.nypl.org · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Luff▲81

    Manual photography made easy

    2014 · luff.io · its alternatives →

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    Fresc▲59

    Image collaboration done right

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Visual.ly▲118

    Marketplace for Infographics and Other Visual Content

    2014 · visual.ly · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →