--- title: Photos Reviews meta\_title: 'Photos Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 812 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Photos works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 812 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Photography url: https://www.g2.com/categories/photography --- # Photos Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Photos but has limited features. Are you part of the Photos team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Apple Photos is a comprehensive photo management and editing application developed by Apple Inc., designed to seamlessly integrate with macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. It serves as a centralized hub for users to store, organize, edit, and share their digital photographs and videos across all Apple devices. Key Features and Functionality: - Intelligent Organization: Photos automatically organizes your library into categories such as Years, Months, and Days, highlighting significant events and memories. It employs on-device machine learning to curate your best shots, reducing clutter by hiding duplicates, screenshots, and receipts. - Advanced Editing Tools: The app offers a suite of intuitive editing tools, including color correction, cropping, and filters. Users can enhance images with features like Portrait mode adjustments and Live Photo effects. - iCloud Photos Integration: With iCloud Photos, your entire photo and video library is stored securely in iCloud, ensuring that your media is up to date and accessible across all your Apple devices. - Memories and Sharing: The Memories feature curates collections of photos and videos into shareable movies, complete with music and transitions. Additionally, Photos suggests sharing options based on who appears in your images and the context of your interactions. Primary Value and User Solutions: Apple Photos simplifies the complexities of digital photo management by providing a unified platform that integrates storage, organization, editing, and sharing functionalities. Its intelligent features help users effortlessly relive cherished moments, enhance their images with professional-quality tools, and share their experiences with friends and family. By leveraging iCloud Photos, users benefit from seamless synchronization across devices, ensuring their media is always accessible and up to date. * * * Seller [Apple](https://www.g2.com/sellers/apple) Discussions [Photos Community](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by RS art (Freelance di Sugar Group Companies - Gulaku) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 11 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic") Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 4.6/5(898) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic/reviews) [ ![ACDSee](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ACDSee") ACDSee 4.4/5(282) ](https://www.g2.com/products/acdsee/reviews) [ ![Adobe Bridge](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Bridge") Adobe Bridge 4.3/5(349) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-bridge/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 812 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Photos Integrations (7) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Adobe Photoshop ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-photoshop/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Apple iOS ](https://www.g2.com/products/apple-ios/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Canva ](https://www.g2.com/products/canva/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Google Workspace ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft OneDrive for Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-onedrive-for-business/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Outlook ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft PowerPoint ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-powerpoint/reviews) Show More PE Perry E. Kitchen Assistant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/27/2024 "Best Photo Opp" 5/5 What do you like best about Photos? It's easy to access and the quality is superb. I can share photos with my co workers whenever we have a company event. The quality of the photos are excellent allowing us to share them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? There is really nothing that I dislike about Photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? I have not encountered any problems. Photos benefit us because we can saving and share important milestones within the company, and sharing the photos are streamlined and easily editable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Eliza G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eliza G.") EG Eliza G. Social media coordinator, editor, content creator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/8/2025 "Great service!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Photos? Easy to use, easy accessible. Would recommend to everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? It’s sometimes hard to locate something if it gets lost in database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? More editing tools makes it easy to navigate and create great edits! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Consulting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consulting") UC Verified User in Consulting Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/2/2025 "How I use the photos app" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Photos? Ease of Use. I believe Phots is a great app for beginners in photo editing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? It can be difficult to find phots sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Quick cropping of videos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Alicia C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alicia C.") AC Alicia C. Creative Director Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/15/2024 "Great for Novice + Experienced Editors" 5/5 What do you like best about Photos? The filters are very similar to what you would find in a professional photo editor like LightRoom. Their Auto tool is also very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? It would be ideal for Photos to have a backup cloud so that the app itself would take up less room. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? The retouching tool in Photos is great and the number of editing features is ideal. It is definitely inline with other professional photo editing apps, tools and services that we've used as an agency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite TP Thang P. Office Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/6/2024 "I love the memories compilations amongst other features" 5/5 What do you like best about Photos? My favorite feature about Photos is the memories photos/videos compilations and the option to go to photos based on the person (how they categorize by face) it's very cool and so easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? Nothing at all I love this application.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? It truly organizes all of my memories in a way that makes it more accesible and less cluttered. This is especially helpful having thousands of photos and videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ahmed S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ahmed S.") AS Ahmed S. Hardware Design Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/10/2025 "It recently become way better but there is more room for improvement." 4/5 What do you like best about Photos? The search tool is very good. Many features are nice. The layout is not bad. It's simple and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? The faces search tool needs to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Central place for all photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![sudhir m.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "sudhir m.") SM sudhir m. Lead Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/2/2024 "Best option to store photos and videos on cloud" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Photos? Photos provide feature to check photos based on people in photo, location, objects in photo, type of photo (screenshots, documents, selfies, group photos, natural photos, etc.). It provides one of the best tools for editing of photos and also provides AI based automatic updates in photos and also provides edited photos with albums. It also shows old good memories. It is also not much costly and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? It doesn't provide suggestions on editing photos how this app done automated changes to a photo. And also some more AI features needed like what changes can be done to a photo or video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? It is providing in-app photo editing and maintain quality of photo. It provides automatic changes in recent photos and videos and provides to see them and save them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/17/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/30/2025 "Till now the most perfect photo editing app used in a mobile." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Photos? The best thing is that it gives hig-level of editing with perfection in a mobile device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? For people who are new to iOS, or are not that highly-educational might face problems knowing how to, and might not able to explore all functionalities and features provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Well as a user, photos helps manage my pictures, based on people, groups custom and system generated along with high-level editing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/18/2024 "Ease of use" 5/5 What do you like best about Photos? There is categorisation years, months, people. Quick scrolling is possible. Deleted and hidden folder is very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? The video playback view should go back to the previous version. When you play videos its annoying to see the like button, info, edit, share option. Swipe up to view this was much better like in IOS 17. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Photo viewing with good ui. Decent editing options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/21/2025 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Photography](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Photography") UP Verified User in Photography Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2024 "Good on Mac & good on iPhone but new layout difficult to use" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Photos? Organisation of photos and search function useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Photos? New layout not user friendly, old layout much easier to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Organisation and storing of photos- search function easy to find. Can be used to edit photos too Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Photos? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Photos ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/discussions/new) ![Angie - C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Angie - C.") AC Angie - Clinical Specialist • Last activity about 4 years ago Are there any features i might not know about? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/are-there-any-features-i-might-not-know-about) GU Guest User • Last activity 4 months ago What is the best free photo organizing software? 1 Upvote 2 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-free-photo-organizing-software) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 11 months ### Average Discount 11% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/pricing) Photos Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_3276204a5745505903922e91550172bb/acdsee.jpeg "Product Avatar Image") ACDSee 4.4/5(282) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/acdsee-vs-photos) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_5310bf2a94ca281ed7aefe45d4179887/adobe-bridge.png "Product Avatar Image") Bridge 4.3/5(349) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/adobe-bridge-vs-photos) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_631289741aefb94562cf8cdf404fa7b6/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic.png "Product Avatar Image") Adobe Photoshop Lightroom... 4.6/5(898) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic-vs-photos) ##### ##### Photos Features Generative AI AI Text-to-Image AI Text-to-3D Agentic AI - Photo Management Multi-step Planning Cross-system Integration Agentic AI - Photo Editing Cross-system Integration [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Photo Editing](https://www.g2.com/categories/photo-editing)[Photo Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/photo-management) ##### Explore More [Which apparel business management and ERP software do fashion operations teams recommend based on user reviews?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-apparel-business-management-and-erp-software-do-fashion-operations-teams-recommend-based-on-user-reviews)[Contrast Security vs Imperva Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) for an AppSec team: which is worth adding to an existing stack?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/contrast-security-vs-imperva-runtime-application-self-protection-rasp-for-an-appsec-team-which-is-worth-adding-to-an-existing-stack)[Which HCM software integrates with recruiting tools?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-hcm-software-integrates-with-recruiting-tools) [Which PLM software keeps bill of materials accurate across multiple design revisions without engineers having to manually reconcile changes?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-plm-software-keeps-the-bill-of-materials-accurate-across-multiple-design-revisions-without-engineers-having-to-manually-reconcile-changes%20)[Which web font marketplace pricing models offer the best value for multiple font licenses across large teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-web-font-marketplace-pricing-models-offer-the-best-value-for-multiple-font-licenses-across-large-teams%20)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)