Photos (for Nextcloud)

Name: Photos (for Nextcloud)
Rating: 3.8181818 (300 reviews)
Author: nkming2

By: nkming2

Easily manage photos and videos on your Nextcloud server

Features & Capabilities

Photos (for Nextcloud) adds deep metadata support and client-side photo management to your Nextcloud server. It reads metadata from a wide range of image formats (including HEIC and JPEG XL with an Exiv2-backed reader), supports video metadata, and lets you create better albums with memos, maps, customizable covers, and custom sorting. The app also provides simple image editing tools for color adjustments and effects, plus a built-in JPEG XL decoder.

It’s open source under the GPL, with an ad-supported version that offers the same feature set as the paid variant. Features include AI image enhancement models, face grouping via Recognize or a Face Recognition app, shared albums, and support for multiple formats (JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, JPEG XL, MP4, WebM). See the repo for bug reports and contributions.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Photography Open Source AI Data

By:

nkming2

Downloads:

28,686 34

Rating:

3.82

(300) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.89.0 Last updated: 2026-06-06

Version code:

89002

Creation date:

2021-04-10

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION High risk
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES High risk
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO High risk
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk

Size:

97.86MB

Email:

nk*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

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Developed by:

nkming2

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nkming.nc_photos

Email:

nk*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://nc-photos.web.app

User Reviews

Photos (for Nextcloud) is praised as a solid, user-friendly alternative to Google Photos with fast browsing and good integration. However, users commonly report slow startup times, missing thumbnails (especially for videos), occasional lag on high refresh rate devices, and some feature gaps such as tagging, easier folder navigation, and automatic uploads. Background activity can drain battery. Overall, it is favored by Nextcloud users needing dedicated photo management despite some usability and performance issues.

Pros

Great alternative to Google Photos for Nextcloud users
Fast scrolling through photos and dates
Modern, well-integrated UI with features like EXIF data display
Supports face recognition integration with Nextcloud
Open source and well-maintained with active development

Cons

Slow app startup especially when not in RAM, causing delays
Missing thumbnails for videos and sometimes for screenshots or some images
Lags and is not smooth on high refresh rate (e.g., 120Hz) phones
Lacks certain features like tagging, folder view, and automatic upload support
Background rescanning consumes battery heavily without sufficient control options

Recent reviews

Overall solid app. Couple issues that I'facing are: videos and screenshots thumbs are not visible, some images can not be opened, some images need much time for opening.

Ji*****, 2025-01-16

Quite good but it does not show all my photos from nextcloud, some photos are just black empty picture and when you download in gallery it is shown but in photos still empty frame