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Memories vs Google Photos: catalog facts
MemoriesGoogle Photos
Free

Free and open source.

Freemium

Every Google Account includes up to 15 GB of storage shared across Google Photos, Gmail…

Android, Web, Self-hosted Web, Android, iOS
  • Fast timeline for very large libraries
  • Face and keyword tagging through Nextcloud apps
  • Automatic backup from Android and iOS in Original quality or compressed Storage saver quality
  • Natural-language search plus face groups, places and things; AI editing tools such as Magic Eraser and Photo Unblur
  • Requires a Nextcloud server
  • Face and object tagging depend on separate Nextcloud apps
  • Storage saver resizes photos above 16 MP and videos above 1080p, and since June 1, 2021 still counts…
  • Content may be deleted after 2 years of inactivity or 2 years over the storage quota
Self-hosted Hosted service, Web application, Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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