Photos to Albums vs Shotwell

Struggling to choose between Photos to Albums and Shotwell? Both products offer unique advantages, making it a tough decision.

Photos to Albums is a Photos & Graphics solution with tags like photo, album, organize, facial-recognition, location-tracking.

It boasts features such as Facial recognition to auto-tag people, Location tracking to group photos by place, Bulk photo editing tools, Templates to make professional-looking albums and pros including Makes organizing large photo libraries easy, Saves time tagging photos, Allows creating visually appealing albums, Good for sharing albums with friends/family.

On the other hand, Shotwell is a Photos & Graphics product tagged with photo, organizer, editor, import, export.

Its standout features include Import photos from camera, Organize photos into events and tags, Basic photo editing tools, Export/share photos to social media and sites, and it shines with pros like Free and open source, Easy to use interface, Supports many image formats, Allows basic edits like crop, rotate, red-eye, Integrates with desktop environment.

Feature	Photos to Albums	Shotwell
Overall Score	N/A	N/A
Primary Category	Photos & Graphics	Photos & Graphics

Product Overview

Photos to Albums

Description: Photos to Albums is a photo organizing software that helps users easily sort and arrange their digital photos into photo albums. It has features like facial recognition to auto-tag people, location tracking to group photos by place, bulk photo editing tools, and templates to quickly make professional-looking albums.

Shotwell

Description: 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.

Key Features Comparison

Photos to Albums Features

• Facial recognition to auto-tag people
• Location tracking to group photos by place
• Bulk photo editing tools
• Templates to make professional-looking albums

Shotwell Features

• Import photos from camera
• Organize photos into events and tags
• Basic photo editing tools
• Export/share photos to social media and sites

Pros & Cons Analysis

Photos to Albums

Pros

• Makes organizing large photo libraries easy
• Saves time tagging photos
• Allows creating visually appealing albums
• Good for sharing albums with friends/family

Cons

• Requires uploading all photos to the cloud service
• Limited free storage space, paid plans can get expensive
• May miss some faces when auto-tagging
• Album templates can feel generic

Shotwell

Pros

• Free and open source
• Easy to use interface
• Supports many image formats
• Allows basic edits like crop, rotate, red-eye
• Integrates with desktop environment

Cons

• Limited editing capabilities
• Fewer features than paid options
• Linux only, no Windows/Mac version
• Lacks advanced organization tools

Pricing Comparison

Photos to Albums

• Freemium

Shotwell

• Open Source