Camera Folder vs Immich
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Camera Folder
When "Camera Folder" is installed, any Android app that can open jpg files can also take a photo from camera. Note that "Camera Folder" has no user interface and no start icon of its own. The app is super tiny: 0.16 MB
Immich
This is a client app for the self-hostable Immich Server (which can be found with the app's source repo). You will need to run/manage the server on your own in order to use the app. Once set up, this app can be used as photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone. Features: * Upload and view assets(videos/images). * Multi-user supported. * Quick navigation with drag scroll bar. * Auto Backup. * Support HEIC/HEIF Backup. * Extract and display EXIF info. * Real-time render from multi-device upload event. * Image Tagging/Classification based on ImageNet dataset * Object detection based on COCO SSD. * Search assets based on tags and exif data (lens, make, model, orientation) * Upload assets from your local computer/server using immich cli tools * Reverse geocoding from image exif data * Show asset's location information on map (OpenStreetMap). * Show curated places on the search page * Show curated objects on the search page
| Feature | Camera Folder | Immich |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityMedia PlayerGalleryVideo | ProductivityMedia PlayerCloud StorageVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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