Shotwell vs Apple Photos : Which is Better?

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Shotwell

Shotwell is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop environment. Developed by Yorba

License: Open Source

Apps available for Linux

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Apple Photos

Photos is a photo management and editing application. Developed by Apple Inc.

License: Free

Apps available for Mac OS X Online iPhone iPad

Shotwell VS Apple Photos Feature comparision

Feature Shotwell Apple Photos
File Tagging
Lightweight
Photo Organization
Photo Sharing
Batch Editing
Sorting by tags
Batch conversion
Batch rename files
Raw editing
Duplicate image finder
Facial recognition
Batch processing
Raw Photo processing
Built-in Photo editor
Built-in Image viewer
Support for 4K
Image browser
Image Editing
Slide Show
File keyword
Support for Batch Mode
Access Control
Watermark images
Support for Themes
Animation editor
GIF support
Animation
Digital Scrapbook
Drag n drop
Sync with Dropbox
Non destructive editing
3rd-party filters
Geotagged Photos
Raw converter
Unlimited storage
Cloud Storage
Image sorting
Fullscreen support
Minimalistic
Portable
QT Based
Explorer-like
Support for Layers
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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