Gallery app problem - Alternative?

itsjpb

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

Harald

I am in favour of Simple Gallery Pro on fdroid

arthurv

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

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.

Kottonballs

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).

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Have you tried Amaze Utilities? It isn't a standalone gallery app but works as a great add-on to your file manager. Has some image editing tools other apps don't have + much more.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.amaze.fileutilities

IzzyOnDroid repo (for FDroid):

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=3bf0d6abfeae2f401707b6d966be743bf0eee49c2561b9ba39073711f628937a

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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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[deleted] It was bought by Google, right? When I look at this
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.facebook.katana/latest/
I also believe FB doesn't track me. Out of scope of discussion but had to say it.

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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.

seanld444

Kottonballs there's a libre version on F-Droid without the Google Maps stuff: https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/deckers.thibault.aves.libre/

arthurv

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

[deleted]

arthurv you probably meant GAPPS but we hear you, okay

arthurv

[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.