Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Recall
Best alternative to Google Photos
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Recall launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hello HN, Over the last year we've been building ente[1], a privacy-friendly, easy-to-use alternative to Google Photos. We've so far built Android[2][3], iOS[4], web[5] apps that encrypt your files and back them up in the background. You can access these across your devices, and share them with other ente users, end-to-end encrypted. You can also use our electron app[6] to maintain a local copy of your backed up files. We've built a fault-tolerant data replication layer that replicates your data to two different storage providers in the EU. We will be providing additional replicas as an…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Memories is a FOSS Google Photos alternative that you can self-host (it runs as a Nextcloud plugin). Website: https://memories.gallery/ GitHub: https://github.com/pulsejet/memories Demo Server: https://demo.memories.gallery/apps/memories/ (demo runs in San Francisco on a free-tier cloud vm) Memories has been built ground-up for high performance and is extremely fast when configured correctly. In our testing environment, it can load a timeline view with 100k photos in under 500ms, including query and rendering time! Some features to…
2024 · memories.gallery · its alternatives →
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End-to-end encrypted photo storage 📸
2018 · encryptmyphotos.com · its alternatives →
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Google Photos▲664Automatic backup and unlimited storage for all your photos
2015 · workspaceupdates.googleblog.com · its alternatives →
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Encrypted vault, keep your photos & videos in a safe place
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Free storage & automatic organization for all your memories
2016 · google.com · its alternatives →
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PixelUnion.eu▲107A Google Photos alternative in Europe, based on Immich
2025 · pixelunion.eu · its alternatives →
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Last week SWYX nerd-sniped me into building an Open-source Dropbox. Here is Locker: the ultimate open-source Google Drive/box/Dropbox alternative - Provider agnostic (S3, R2, vercel blob, local) - BYOB (Bring your own bucket) - Virtual file system - QMD Search plugin
Apr 2026 · locker.dev · its alternatives →
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A fast, helpful way to organize your photos offline
2019 · google.com · its alternatives →
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Safe Pixel▲73Keep your images in a secure vault and share securely.
2019 · safepixel.app · its alternatives →
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2019 · photos.arcaneoffice.com · its alternatives →
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I’m working on a privacy-focused photo backup concept. Instead of syncing to cloud services like iCloud or Google, the idea is to let you back up photos directly to your own: PC or laptop HDD or NAS Private cloud or VPS It will use a secure peer-to-peer approach (similar to Tailscale) so your data stays in your control. I’m still validating the idea — would love feedback! If you're interested, join the waitlist: https://myphoto-vault.netlify.app
2025 · myphoto-vault.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Keep your photos and videos in a safe place.
2021 · photovault.2stable.com · its alternatives →
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Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google that don
2018 · nomoregoogle.com · its alternatives →
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Encrypt every photo you take, store your photos securely
2023 · its alternatives →
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