Gallerique

Gallerique turns your iPad into a fullscreen photo and video slideshow.

Pick an album, choose your settings, and tap "Begin Slideshow". Your photos fill the entire screen with smooth transitions between them. Videos play with sound. Live Photos animate. Everything stays out of the way so you can actually enjoy what you're looking at.

It started because every slideshow app I tried was either broken, bloated, or forgot that the whole point is to look at your photos.

HOW IT WORKS

Browse your albums in a clean grid. Select one (or use All Photos). Tap a button. The slideshow starts.

Photos display for as long as you want - from 2 to 30 seconds each. Videos always play to the end, so you never miss anything. Live Photos can animate or stay still, your call.

TRANSITIONS

Seven transition styles to pick from: crossfade, slide, zoom, blur dissolve, or Ken Burns (the slow cinematic pan-and-zoom you see in documentaries). You can also turn transitions off entirely if you prefer a clean cut.

BACKGROUND MUSIC

Gallerique respects whatever you're already listening to. If Spotify or Apple Music is playing, it keeps going. When a video with sound comes up, the music ducks down and comes back after. No fighting over the audio session.

AMBIENT DISPLAY

Turn on the clock overlay and your iPad becomes a bedside or desk display. The time floats in a small translucent pill - choose which corner it sits in. Enable auto-dim and the screen gradually lowers its brightness after a set number of minutes. Tap anywhere to wake it back up.

YOUR PHOTOS, YOUR RULES

• Show photos, videos, or both
• Pick any album or all of them
• Sort randomly, or by date added
• Choose aspect fill or aspect fit
• Animate Live Photos or keep them still
• Control video sound independently

DESIGNED FOR IPAD

Gallerique is built specifically for iPad and iPadOS 26. It supports both portrait and landscape, works in any window size, and keeps the screen awake during playback. The interface is dark by design - because the focus should be on your photos, not on chrome.

No ads. No subscription. No account. Just your photos on your screen.