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Lavender Photos vs Iris Gallery: catalog facts
Lavender Photos	Iris Gallery
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Android	Android
Smooth date-separated timeline of photos and videos Albums you choose rather than a forced selection	No internet permission at all Live detection of new photos and downloads
Android only Local gallery without cloud backup	Android only Local viewer with no cloud backup or sync
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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