Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Privacy-Focused and Open Source Alternative for Google Photos launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Memoir 2.0 ▲99

   Predictive photo sharing with iOS 8

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Unseen▲80

   Anonymous photo-sharing for college students

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Open-source full camera pipeline replacement for Android▲6

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4PP
   Privacy preserving notes and journal webapp with personal analytics▲7

   2020 · poplar.one · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Secure Photo Viewer▲3

   A simple way to control what others see on your phone

   2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6UG
   Using Google Face API to “Trumpify” Your Selfies in Realtime▲8

   2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7LA
   Linbox – a free, open-source Google Inbox alternative▲8

   2019 · linbox.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AS
   A Serverless Photo Gallery with ZetaPush▲6

   2016 · blog.zetapush.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Recall▲3

   Best alternative to Google Photos

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10JA
    Jp3g: a fast private bulk image to JPEG/WebP converter▲5

    2024 · jp3g.org · its alternatives →

11. 11AS
    A Simple Imgur Alternative▲5

    2019 · imgrpost.com · its alternatives →

12. 12SS
    Snappy, Secure, On-Device OCR for macOS▲9

    2020 · frankbyte.com · its alternatives →

13. 13GE
    GroupSnapp – Event based photo sharing▲6

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PI
    Photo Investigator iOS8 Extension▲6

    Explorations with Photo Metadata

    2014 · photoinvestigator.co · its alternatives →

15. 15AP
    A privacy-focused JSON pretty printer▲8

    2018 · nicejson.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    TechCrunch: A Better Image Gallery▲6

    2011 · mschade.me · its alternatives →

17. 17BA
    Birdcries, a pure-privacy tweet viewer▲7

    2019 · birdcries.net · its alternatives →

18. 18SP
    Side project turned startup - Online Privacy via Client-side encryption▲5

    2011 · socialfortress.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Signal – Simple, beautiful and privacy oriented open source analytics▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20PS
    Private Search – Decoupled identity and search, no Google/Bing▲5

    2020 · private.sh · its alternatives →

21. 21PT
    Photoranker – Tinder Photo Attractiveness Analyzer (100+ Users)▲8

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    KeeNotes - a Privacy-First Personal Knowledgebase Tool▲8

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23DS
    Dense – Scale images to the different Android densities▲7

    2016 · destiner.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24TV
    Tappy – Visual private messaging app with gestural camera and chat▲7

    2014 · trytappy.com · 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 →