Samsung Gallery alternative
As of 17 Oct 2026, 13 Android apps can replace Samsung Gallery as your default. They read the same photos, so nothing moves. Start with Piktures.
Same photos. New gallery
A fast gallery that opens with a swipe, edits photos and videos, and keeps private shots in a Secret Space. Works the same on every Android phone, Samsung or not.
Free with a few ads. One-time or monthly plans remove them and unlock every feature. Hand-checked 17 Oct 2026.
The things people use Samsung Gallery for, and which alternatives do them today. Hand-checked against each maker's own pages.
| Feature | Samsung Gallery | Piktures | Aves Libre | Fossify Gallery | Ente Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browse the photos on your phone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit photos | ✓ | ✓ | Basic | ✓ | Basic |
| Hide private photos | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| OneDrive photos in the gallery | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Your own server or NAS | — | ✓ | — | — | Self-host |
| Automatic backup | ✓ | Paid plans | — | — | ✓ |
| Works without an account | Samsung phones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Source: each maker's website, read by a person on 17 Oct 2026. "—" means not offered, as far as the maker says.
13 apps that can be your default gallery on a Galaxy phone. Sort by any column.
| App ▲ | What it does | Price | Updated ▼ | Min Android ▼ | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PikturesGallery for phone, cloud and NAS |
Same photos. New gallery | Freemium | Hand-checked 17 Oct 2026 | Android 11+ | Google Play |
Aves LibreThibault Deckers |
Gallery and metadata explorer | Free | 4 Oct 2026 | Android 7.0+ | F-Droid |
Ente Photosente |
Ente Photos is an photos app, that provides end-to-end encrypted bac | Free | 12 Oct 2026 | Android 8.0+ | F-Droid |
Fossify GalleryFossify |
Gallery with Photo editor. No Ads, Private. No strings attached | Free | 14 Oct 2026 | Android 8.0+ | F-Droid |
Iris GalleryMohamad Oday |
Fast, private, 100% offline gallery with photo editor and EXIF inspector | Free | 15 Oct 2026 | Android 8.0+ | F-Droid |
Lavender Photoskaii-lb |
A no non-sense, stylish, and performant gallery app | Free | 31 Aug 2026 | Android 11+ | F-Droid |
MA PhotosVayun Mathur |
A photos app with a full editor and on-device AI search | Free | 15 Oct 2026 | Android 12+ | F-Droid |
PhotokLeon Latsch |
Private Photo Vault, Hide Photos & Videos | Free | 15 Oct 2026 | Android 9+ | F-Droid |
Prism GallerySoretake |
A private, offline photo gallery with four beautiful, animated design styles | Free | 12 Oct 2026 | Android 10+ | F-Droid |
ReFraIacobIonut |
A modern, media gallery | Free | 2 Sept 2026 | Android 10+ | F-Droid |
Tulsi GalleryAKS Labs |
A sweet looking photos gallery app for android! | Free | 1 Jun 2025 | Android 11+ | F-Droid |
ValvArctosoft AB |
An encrypted gallery vault for Android devices | Free | 14 Apr 2026 | Android 9+ | F-Droid |
Wolf GalleryWolf Project |
Encrypted, offline photo & video vault with a comfortable gallery | Free | 19 Aug 2026 | Android 9+ | F-Droid |
Nothing to copy. A new gallery reads the same folders Samsung Gallery does.
Pick one from the table. Keep Samsung Gallery for now.
Open the new app and allow Photos and videos. Your albums appear on their own.
Settings, Apps, Choose default apps. Then live with it for a week.
For a gallery that also opens your clouds and your NAS, start with Piktures. For something small and offline, Fossify Gallery or Aves Libre. All of them read the same photos Samsung Gallery does.
Usually not, because it ships with the phone. You don't need to. Set another gallery as the default and Samsung Gallery stays out of the way.
No. They stay in the same folders on your phone. A new gallery reads them in place, so there is nothing to copy and nothing to undo.
Piktures opens OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and more, next to the photos on your phone.
Piktures has a Secret Space behind a PIN. Vault apps such as Photok, Valv and Wolf Gallery encrypt what you put in them.
