ApolloOne vs Photo Mechanic
ApolloOne
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Photo Mechanic
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| Figure | ApolloOne | Photo Mechanic |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.25/mo | $12.42/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 6 |
| Spec score · Photo Viewer Software | 9.1 (#1) | 7.9 (#10) |
| Integrations | The product page says ApolloOne can work with any external image editor chosen by the user. | It can upload directly to PhotoShelter, Zenfolio, Amazon S3, Flickr, SmugMug, and other online services. |
| Metadata | ApolloOne includes EXIF tools for managing keywords and metadata in files. | It supports captions, copyright, keywords, IPTC metadata, variables, structured keyword lists, and code replacements. |
| Support | The maker offers support through a contact form and provides an FAQ, recovery guide, and tutorials. | Camera Bits provides a knowledge base, contact support, and user forums where users can ask Photo Mechanic developers and support staff questions. |
| What it does | ApolloOne is a Mac image viewer and digital asset manager that browses files directly without importing them into a database. | Photo Mechanic is a fast media browser for viewing, organizing, managing, and exporting digital photos. |
Plans
ApolloOne
- Free editionFree
- Free versionFree
- Max Edition 14-Day TrialFree
- 1-Year Standard Subscription$14.99 a year
- 1-Year Pro Subscription$23.99 a year
- Pro Edition perpetual upgrade$23.99, paid once
- Standard Edition perpetual license$35.99, paid once
- Standard Edition Perpetual License$35.99, paid once
- Pro Edition perpetual license$59.99, paid once
- Pro Edition Perpetual License$59.99, paid once
Photo Mechanic
- Photo Mechanic$14.99 a month
- Photo Mechanic Plus$24.99 a month
- Photo Mechanic$149 a year
- Photo Mechanic Plus$249 a year
- Photo Mechanic$299, paid once
- Photo Mechanic Plus$399, paid once
In their own words
ApolloOne
ApolloOne is a photo and video viewer for Mac that lets photographers browse and cull images without placing camera RAW files in a proprietary database. Its EXIF tools manage keywords and metadata, which users can search alongside files, with optional regular-expression support. For image inspection, it can show camera autofocus points over a photo at 100% magnification. Interactive Apple and Google Maps support GPS location editing by dragging and dropping. Slideshows can play music from iTunes playlists, and the app can work with an external image editor. Pro Edition adds batch resizing and format conversion, batch export including RAW-to-JPEG conversion, and memory-card import with Auto Resume. ApolloOne supports RAW images, side-by-side comparison, contact sheets, color management, and metadata viewing. It runs only on macOS, and the App Store listing requires macOS 12.0 or later. A free version is available indefinitely, with a purchase reminder after 14 days; a 14-day trial is also listed. Paid options include subscriptions and perpetual licenses.
Photo Mechanic
Photo Mechanic is a media browser for viewing, organizing, managing, and exporting digital photos on macOS and Windows. During ingest from memory cards, users can view thumbnails, cull, rate, and tag pictures while copying them. Metadata features include captions, copyright, keywords, IPTC fields, variables, structured keyword lists, and code replacements. Batch editing can copy, delete, tag, watermark, rename, resize, or add IPTC metadata to multiple images.
The software can apply saved GPS tracking logs and add city, state, and country names to photo metadata. It uploads directly to services including PhotoShelter, Zenfolio, Amazon S3, Flickr, and SmugMug, can send files through an existing SMTP email server, and can make web galleries from templates. Photo Mechanic Plus adds an image database for cataloging pictures across storage locations.