FastRawViewer vs ImageGlass
FastRawViewer
fastrawviewer.com
ImageGlass
imageglass.orgSide by side
| Figure | FastRawViewer | ImageGlass |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $9.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 6 |
| Spec score · Photo Viewer Software | 8.3 (#4) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Founded | 2008 | LinkedIn gives 2010 as the founding year. |
| Maker | LibRaw LLC says it was established in 2008 to provide software for digital photography and videography. | Creator Dương Diệu Pháp describes himself as a software engineer from Vietnam. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says downloads require no personal information and the site collects the download IP address for statistical evaluation. | The app states that it does not send images, filenames or folder paths, and has no account, advertising identifier or user profile. |
| Purpose | FastRawViewer is a desktop tool for quickly viewing, evaluating, culling, and preprocessing RAW images. | ImageGlass is a desktop image viewer for browsing and viewing image files. |
| Support | The contact page provides license-key recovery and FAQs, and says the maker will answer forum questions without requiring registration. | Classic lists community channels for support, while Pro Business includes priority support. |
| Trial | The maker offers a fully functional 30-day trial. | The site offers a free 14-day Business license to evaluate Pro features across an organization. |
Plans
ImageGlass
- ClassicFree
- Pro Business$9.99 a month
- Pro Individual$14.90, paid once
- Pro Team$69, paid once
- Pro Business$9,917 a year
- Pro Commercial Source LicensePriced on request
In their own words
FastRawViewer
FastRawViewer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
ImageGlass
ImageGlass is a desktop image viewer for browsing and viewing image files on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supports more than 90 formats, including WEBP, GIF, SVG, PNG, JXL, HEIC, and RAW. Viewing tools include slideshows, thumbnails, color picking, hardware-accelerated rendering, and EXIF information through ExifGlass. Built-in edits cover rotation, flipping, cropping, lossless compression, and resizing. Pro adds an HDR Tone Mapper, free and margin panning, File Watcher, custom mouse clicks, and settings and feature locks. The app can associate external editing apps, use custom hotkeys with them, and accept extensions built with its SDK. ImageGlass says it does not scan image libraries for analytics or send images, filenames, or folder paths elsewhere. Classic is free. Pro Individual is $14.90, paid once purchase; Pro Team is $69, paid once purchase. Pro Business is $9,917 a year. The 14-day Business trial requires no account, online activation, or device lock for local license verification.