matchboxbananasynergy imo AVES is a great gallery but severely limited for photo editing, there are no image editing features (contrast etc).

back to op, i have yet to find a robust open source solution

    I am in favour of Simple Gallery Pro on fdroid

    Thanks for the Aves recommandation, I've already tried it, and as it's a true nice app, there is no (ok let's say very very very minimal) edit function. Therefore do not fulfill me needs. Would very much hear for other recommandations.
    Simple Gallery Pro has same problem, a bit more edit option, but still not something usable as a standalone editor. Can't tilt image, contrast/colors/shadow light/ect.).

      arthurv Also regarding Aves app, I'am very surprised the map sdk used to show localisation of a geocoded picture is Google Maps. Don't know how this compromised security model of data protection.

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          For photo editing I haven't found anything better than Snapseed. It was bought couple of years ago by Google, but I haven't noticed any bad changes in the app. It doesn't need an account, any Google components, runs offline and it is like a little Photoshop, yet it is simple and quite intuitive, and fast.

          No intrusive permissions and no trackers:
          https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.niksoftware.snapseed/latest/

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            Making a comparison between offline photo app with no trackers and without list of permissions and with online Facebook privacy nightmare app seems strange. Facebook is notorious for bad privacy records, do you have at least one similar finding related to Snapseed? Or is it just that Google bought it?

            As for those zero trackers in Facebook app, with 75 very strange permissions requirement, Facebook doesn't need any more trackers when you are providing it your with all access.

            We can only speculate why Google bought this app. If they saw it as a way to compete with Instagram at the time, or if they could it's capacity use with their social network (Google+), they simply bought a great app, as for instance Apple bought Siri.

              arthurv I have Aves installed and denied network permission. Seems to work well without the permission so it's probably not able to communicate back (I also don't have Google Maps installed).

                  seanld444 ah strange, I thought I have the Github version and there is still Gmaps in it. Thank anyway

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                      arthurv you probably meant GAPPS but we hear you, okay

                          [deleted] no, the actual map showing the picture location, is based on Google Map.

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                            Could https://github.com/IacobIonut01/Gallery replace the Gallery app, once it has image editing support?

                            It uses the Apache license, so there should be no licencing issues there. And it's a modern and capable Gallery app.

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                            I just started using the pixel 7a camera and checking out the gos gallery app. The camera app is lame, and kinda buggy (it jutters around, can't focus well, tries to refocus when already focused, jutters again/skips around), and the gallery - unless it's just me - is quite lame. Maybe I can't figure it out...
                            I'm coming from a galaxy s7. I could long press a picture in gallery to select it, then drag over and/or select any other pictures I wanted to also select, then hit the menu button and do contextual things from there, such as move them to an album (one already existing OR create a new album on the fly, select its location, and move the selected pictures to it in one operation). I can't even create an album in the gos gallery. There's not even an option in the menu. How am I supposed to organize pictures, create folders, etc.?

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                            I just downloaded that Aves gallery to check it out. It's better than the gos gallery (not a difficult task) I guess. I downloaded open camera too, pfff wow. This is going to take some getting used to. So far, none of this very feels intuitive at all. Eg: In the camera app with the viewer/preview screen open and aimed at something, I tape the area of the screen where the object I want to focus on is, to make it autofocus on that, and it just doesn't. Trying to take a picture of a screw (where you put the screwdriver bit) I tap on the screen where the screw's "interface" is (where you put the square, or phillips bit, etc.) to try and bring it into focus, and the phone/app doesn't even appear to attempt to focus on it.
                            I can zoom on it though... weird.

                            I don't know if this is a pixel 7a thing, or a gos thing, or the app, or a combo of all of them. But I often like to take my phone out, double tap to open camera, and take a quick picture (sometimes that would require a quick tap on an area to focus there), with my gs7. The most simplest of tasks for a phone camera? I'm struggling. I hope it's just me. I feel like a moron right about now, hah.