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Google Photos vs Shotwell

A side-by-side look at Google Photos and Shotwell. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Google Photos

Google Photos

Photos & Graphics

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It offers unlimited free storage for photos up to 16MP and videos up to 1080p resolution. Google Photos includes features like search by people, places, or things, sharing albums, creating movies, photo books, collages, animations and more.

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Shotwell

Shotwell

Photos & Graphics

Shotwell is an open source image organizer and editor for Linux. It has basic photo editing tools and allows organizing images into events and tags. Shotwell has features to import photos from cameras and export to sharing sites.

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