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FastStone Image Viewer

Apple Photos is an app native to the macOS and iOS eco system. The application comes pre-installed with all Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPads. With Apple Photos you can manage, store and browse all your photos in a neat application.

Back up unlimited photos and videos for free, up to 16MP and 1080p HD with Google Photos. The application and service is provided by Google and works on your phone, tablet or computer.

With Phototheca you can simplify the management of your digital assets, be it photos or videos. Phototheca is an media viewer and management tool used by professionals and hobbyists alike. Phototheca offers a plethora of features including photo editing tools, password protected safe-boxes, metadata support, instant search, and much more.

IrfanView is a commercial image viewer and editor that can be used to orginize and convert images for Microsoft Windows. The application can handle video and audio files, while providing basic image editing capabilities. IrfanView is free for non-commercial use, while commercial use requires payment.

A versatile and powerful photo viewer, image management, image resize developed by XnSoft. The XnView MP image viewer is a free software for macOS, Linux and Windows. The software consist of a photo viewer and a photo editor. With the photo viewer you can view browse photos in thumbnail, fullscreen and filmstrip view and compare images and manage EXIF, IPTC, XMP meta data. The photo editor can be used to resize, rotate and crop photos or adjust brightness, contrast and color while applying filters and effects to images. 

ImageGlass is a lightweight, versatile image viewing application that is designed for viewing images in a clean and intuitive working environment. It share many similarities with Windows Photo Viewer that shipped with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. ImageGlass provides tools that can be used to conver images to different formats, invluding BMP, EMF, EXIF, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG, TIFF, WMV and BaseString.