(-Yathish MJ)
If there's always been one stock app that most of the people are obsessed with, it's the gallery. For those users who are dissatisfied with the native image browser on their Android gadget, QuickPic is just meant for them.
INTERFACE:
Instead of the slick pictures which the stock gallery app gives you, QuickPic has a very simple interface, with not much of bells or whistles. As its name states it displays images quickly without any hassle. QuickPic's clear photo displays and sorting categories makes viewing experience a lot smoother, quicker, and more enjoyable. It provides smooth experience which one witnesses in iPhone.
The images are grouped in the main opening window by category, including camera files(DCIM), downloads, Whatsapp images, received files, UC downloads and images from other programs. Each category also has preview images to show the user which photos are in the grouping. You can include or exclude the specified folders to make more efficient scanning.
The user can change the overview of the albums by changing the view mode to stack, grid, list and explorer.
It also has a camera button for easy access of camera.
QuickPic also allows them to be uploaded to social media. The share button gives you easy access to the sharing world. You can share images via whatsapp, email, Bluetooth and many other photo editing apps.
[DISCLAIMER: This application was exploited on a Motorola Atrix 2, Nexus 7, and all available features were used for the testing period of 15 days (more in this case).
Also all pictures are screenshots presented by the developer in the Google Play Store.
The Writer or the The Company 'Do Not' own any of the images uploaded for this article ]
FUNCTIONALITY:
The albums as well as the images can be sorted by name, date and by path, whichever the user wishes to.
A Click on each group, gets you the insight of the album where thumbnails are displayed. Individual photos can be viewed by clicking on them. The main menu provides options like sort, add, and show hidden. Long pressing on a gallery from the main menu gives you the option to see a slideshow, hide the gallery, exclude it, delete it, link to desktop or rename it. You also can see the exact location of the gallery from the main menu. You can hide any album by just long pressing on it and selecting the option “hide album”(with or without password). After which any hidden album cannot be viewed in any other gallery- application . Similarly Long pressing on an image gives you the options to edit, delete, rename, copy to and see its details. The same applies to batch of images. Editing, of course is basic level.
Once you have opened a picture, the scrolling is like butter from a left or right swipe, and a double tap will give you not just one but two levels of zoom. A third tap will give you back your original size pic. There's also pinch-to-zoom.
It has a basic photo editing capability. Photo editing apps like aviary, snapseed etc. can be availed directly from the app using edit options. One can also set the images as one’s Whatsapp profile pic, make contact pic, and as wallpaper.
GREAT FEATURES:
It has the ability to rotate photos which most image browsers fail to provide. For devices with low internal memory, this app is a boon. Not to forget it can display animated-GIFs unlike other apps. For me the coolest thing about this app is its size (which is too less when compared to the apps of these kind) without compromising the need of every user. QuickPic interface works in landscape if you have automatic rotation enabled.
CONCLUSION:
It is a wonderful replacement to many of the lazy gallery browsers which are spread out in Play store. Also QuickPic is available for free in the Android Market. The best part about this app is the speed and its size which is obtained by optimizing the graphics. QuickPic aims to be the ultimate gallery replacement when compared to the stock gallery app. It is free and no ads with great overall performance.
Review Score: 4.3/5
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Yathish MJ for SahRckrTech Weekly.
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