1. Google Photos
Chances are, you already have Google Photos installed on your Android smartphone and if you indeed have, you certainly have the most intelligent and advanced Gallery app out there. The official Gallery app for Android packs in features like visual search, which lets you search for photos with the things associated with them. You can type something to search or you can even enter an emoji to search for a picture. It also lets you create cool albums, collages, animations and movies. Also, the app automatically categorizes pictures based on place, common things, and people.
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Google Photos also lets you store high quality pictures in Google Drive, so there’s that. I also love the new sharing feature on Google Photos which allows users to securely share photos. Then there’s the built-in basic photo editing features that allows users to quickly edit their photos. Overall, there’s a lot to like here and I think this is one of the best if not the best Android gallery apps that you can use.
Install: (Free)
2. Simple Gallery Pro
After Google Photos, Simple Gallery Pro is my pick for the best Gallery app on Android. As the name suggests, it’s a simple and neat looking app with all the popular features packed into one. If you remember Quick Pic from the heydays, it’s strikingly similar to that, but minus any ad or bloatware. You can organize your albums, protect and hide photos, recover deleted files and a lot more. Apart from that, the app also has some great tools including crop, rotate, filters, resize and more. You can also view many types of photos and videos like RAW, SVG, panoramic, GIF, etc. All in all, it’s a great and simple app and worth the extra bucks. If you want the free version of this app, it’s available on the Play Store, but it’s not longer in development. Anyway, if you want a lightweight Gallery app, Simple Gallery Pro is the one to get.
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3. Memoria
Memoria is another excellent gallery app on Android that you must try. It’s filled with interesting features and the UI is pretty great. For comparison, it looks like your dashboard on Instagram. The photos are organized in both album and photos mode in separate tabs so you can easily find what you are looking for. The best part about this app is that it supports gestures to pull out details, rotate images, and hide photos. There is also a hidden vault in case you want to protect your photos and albums. Having said that, what I love about Memoria is its design and overall UI experience. It follows the design principle of Material Theme and also supports true AMOLED black for users who love dark mode. To sum it up, Memoria is an excellent example of an app that has both form and function. And in case, if you want more features, you can get the Pro version of the app.
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4. Focus Go
Focus Go is a new Gallery app by Francisco Franco who had developed the popular Focus app. Now, he is no longer developing the old gallery app and instead, bringing new and exciting changes to Focus Go. In my testing, it seemed the best-designed gallery app on Android that comes with a card-like interface. The principle behind Focus Go is simple: provide a big canvas to view photos with only necessary details. It’s not cluttered with countless features, but offers photos in chronological order and loads up different types of images instantly. So the bottom line is, if you liked Focus from earlier days, the new Focus Go app will make the experience even better.
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Install: Focus Go (Free)
5. Gallery
Gallery, as it’s aptly named is a well-designed Gallery app for Android smartphones. The distinctive feature of this app, apart from being simple and easy to use is that it’s completely ad-free and there is no bloatware whatsoever. That’s simply great, right? It does not use network data for what it’s worth and there is no cloud integration in the app. The developer has tried to create an offline gallery app that just works. With that said, you still get advanced features like face and scene recognition similar to Google Photos; a stories-like feature called happy moments and more. I would say Gallery is among my favorites because of its neat UI and no ads philosophy. You should definitely check out this gallery app.
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Install: Gallery (Free)
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