

It is accessible from the left menu and works similarly. QuickPic has an identical feature named Moments. The best thing about this is that you can track all the photos taken a specific date. Simply tap on the little Calendar icon at the top-right corner. It’s a pictorial way of representing the dates when did you take a particular photo (or a group of pictures). Calendar ViewĬalendar View is a nifty feature of Piktures. This translates into an additional image editor for basic things such as correcting the warmth or the brightness of the image. There are no additional editing tools to adjust the contrast, sharpness or shadows More importantly, you won’t find any photo filters or tools to trim and cut videos. There are no additional editing tools to adjust the contrast, sharpness or shadows. The built-in editing suite is quite basic with options to crop and rotate.
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Built-in Image Editorįew gallery apps have a full editing suite, and these two apps are also no exception.

Of course, both the methods do the same thing, and it’s the process which is different. To conceal pictures and images in QuickPic, you’d have to go to the Settings > Browser and enter the folder path. Now, tap on the tiny icon to make albums disappear. All you have to do is pull out the left-menu and tap on the little Edit icon at the top. For instance, you can keep irrelevant folders such as WhatsApp GIFs and Instagram uploads from cluttering your photos feed.Īgain, Piktures has an easy-to-understand method to exclude folders, thanks to it UI. Do note that this feature merely renders a folder invisible from the app interface so that the interface does not look cluttered. Exclude FoldersĪnother common feature is the Exclude Folders feature.


The makers of Pictures claim that the secret photos are stored locally in the phone. You need to make sure to delete the actual copy from the root folder. You can add multiple albums or pictures to this.Īll you need to do is select the pictures from the root folder, and they will be encrypted and locked. Interestingly, Piktures has a secret vault locked by fingerprint or a PIN. So, if there’s someone who knows their way around QuickPic, getting their hands on your secret images will be a child’s play.Ī simple command for ‘Show hidden file’ will display all the hidden files However, this step can be simply skirted by re-installing the app. However, it isn’t a foolproof method to keep images and pictures away from prying eyes.Ī simple command for ‘Show hidden file’ will display all the hidden files unless you lock the files with a pattern - an option which is hidden deep in the settings. nomedia extension that spares the folder from being scanned. QuickPic features a method named Hide, which adds a. Hide Files with a PIN-code protection?īoth the apps come with a dedicated feature to hide private files, though the execution is different. QuickPic weighs 8.69MB while Piktures has an app size of about 30.3MB after installation. As suggestive of its name, it displays all the photos captured within a thirty-day timeline.Īside from the interface, both the apps feature the basic features such as gestures, sorting, copy, video playing options, rename, move, create folders, among others. However, a feature which we loved was Recent Photos. Plus, it has an odd pink font which lends a weird theme to the interface. Piktures sports an incredibly beautiful and straightforward UI which is fluid and responds quickly.Īs opposed to the above, QuickPic has a dated and plain interface and is no different from other gallery apps or your stock gallery app. Both the apps are fast, have no ads and work as advertised.īut when it comes to the interface, there’s a stark difference between the two. QuickPic has a larger user base with more than 10 million downloads.
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Piktures & QuickPic: A Briefīoth Piktures and QuickPic are popular Android gallery apps with over a million downloads. Like most comparisons that we do here in Guiding Tech, we’ve divided the features into two sets Common and Uncommon, to make it easy for you.
