FastStone MaxView vs photo+

FastStone MaxView — FastStone MaxView is a free, lightweight image viewer and organizer. It has features like batch conversion, renaming, resizing and more. Useful for viewing and organizing photos and images.

photo+ — Photo+ is a free, open-source photo editor for Windows. It has basic editing features like cropping, resizing, red-eye removal, and color adjustments. Photo+ is lightweight and easy to use.

FastStone MaxView offers Supports many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, RAW, Allows viewing images in fullscreen slideshow mode, Has image editing tools like cropping, resizing, rotating, adjusting brightness/contrast, Allows adding text, shapes, watermarks to images, Can create panoramas by stitching images, while photo+ provides Basic photo editing tools, Cropping, Resizing, Red-eye removal, Color adjustments.

FastStone MaxView stands out for Free and open source, Lightweight and fast, Intuitive and easy to use; photo+ is known for Free and open source, Lightweight, Intuitive and easy to use interface.

Feature	FastStone MaxView	photo+
Overall Score	N/A	N/A
Primary Category	Photos & Graphics	Photos & Graphics

Product Overview

FastStone MaxView

Description: FastStone MaxView is a free, lightweight image viewer and organizer. It has features like batch conversion, renaming, resizing and more. Useful for viewing and organizing photos and images.

photo+

Description: Photo+ is a free, open-source photo editor for Windows. It has basic editing features like cropping, resizing, red-eye removal, and color adjustments. Photo+ is lightweight and easy to use.

Key Features Comparison

FastStone MaxView Features

• Supports many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, RAW
• Allows viewing images in fullscreen slideshow mode
• Has image editing tools like cropping, resizing, rotating, adjusting brightness/contrast
• Allows adding text, shapes, watermarks to images
• Can create panoramas by stitching images
• Has batch processing tools like rename, resize, convert format
• Allows sorting, rating, tagging images
• Supports EXIF data viewing
• Has customizable interface with skins
• Available in multiple languages

photo+ Features

• Basic photo editing tools
• Cropping
• Resizing
• Red-eye removal
• Color adjustments
• Filters
• Drawing tools
• Text tool
• Frames
• Stickers
• Collage maker
• Batch editing
• RAW file support
• Non-destructive editing
• Plugin support

Pros & Cons Analysis

FastStone MaxView

Pros

• Free and open source
• Lightweight and fast
• Intuitive and easy to use
• Lots of useful viewing, editing and organizing features
• Active development and updates

Cons

• Lacks some advanced editing features of paid software
• No cloud sync or mobile app
• Less third-party extension support compared to some alternatives

photo+

Pros

• Free and open source
• Lightweight
• Intuitive and easy to use interface
• Supports common image formats
• Good selection of basic editing tools
• Active development and updates

Cons

• Limited advanced editing capabilities
• Fewer features than paid alternatives
• Lacks some organization features like tagging
• No facial recognition
• No geotagging
• No lens correction
• No HDR merging
• No panorama stitching

Pricing Comparison

FastStone MaxView

• Free

photo+

• Free
• Open Source