Souvenirs vs Tulsi Gallery
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Souvenirs
Make photo albums, add text, video, sound and handwritten annotations. Support for photosphere image format in viewer. Upload your albums on a Nextcloud server and share them with family and friends. To upload an album to a Nextcloud instance, you will need: the Nextcloud Souvenir application installed on the instance the Nextcloud Android client installed and configured on your Android device with at least one working account. Synchronisation with your Nextcloud account is done via this app on your device : on Souvenirs app, go to settings and select your Nextcloud account. Yet an other gallery app Old school paper albums are not just a collection of time ordered photos, they are visuals and texts organised to tell a story, make you remember a moment in the past. The goal of this app is to mimic a full photo album though image spacial organisation, text and hand drawings, giving you the tools to express and store your memories ("souvenirs" in french). With a touch of more modern items such as video and sound. Well, at least trying to do it that way with my amateur android programming skills... Album structure Album are composed of several pages where you can include image or text blocs. Images and text blocs are organised in tiles fully covering the page. You can pan/zoom each images and handwritten annotations over them. You can also manually resize the tiles for a more custom layout. Permission explained : the application need the following permissions : "INTERNET" : used exclusively to upload/download albums from the nextcloud server. "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" : optional, used only if you want to export your album in a PDF file. "RECORD_AUDIO" : optional, only used if you want to insert sound from your microphone. The following third party libraries are used by this app : The media loading library Glide The Nextcloud Single Sign On library The retrofit http client The photo sphere viewer javascript library
Tulsi Gallery
✨ TULSI GALLERY - ELEGANCE MEETS PRIVACY ✨ Tulsi Gallery is a beautiful, feature-rich photo gallery app that respects your privacy. With zero data collection, no ads, and thoughtful design, it's the gallery app your memories deserve. 🔒 COMPLETE PRIVACY • No data collection or transmission • No internet required (except for Google Lens) • No ads or tracking • Open source and transparent 🎨 BEAUTIFUL DESIGN • Elegant floating interface with perfect rounded corners • Smooth animations and transitions • Thoughtful spacing and layout • Customizable viewing experience 📱 POWERFUL FEATURES • Integrated Google Lens for instant visual search • Toggle between grid and date-grouped views • Intuitive photo selection and management • Secure folder with strong encryption • Advanced search by name, date, or content • Full editing capabilities without internet • Trash bin for recovering deleted photos • Detailed photo information and metadata 🗂️ SMART ORGANIZATION • Create and customize albums your way • Intelligent screenshot management • Favorites system for quick access • Intuitive navigation with optimized tab order ⚡ PERFORMANCE FOCUSED • Fast loading and smooth scrolling • Optimized for battery efficiency • Works on a wide range of devices Tulsi Gallery is a fork of LavenderPhotos, enhanced with additional features and UI improvements. This app is open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. The complete source code is available at: https://github.com/AKS-Labs/Tulsi
| Feature | Souvenirs | Tulsi Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerGalleryVideo | Media PlayerGalleryVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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