FastStone Image Viewer vs Image Eye
FastStone Image Viewer
faststone.orgImage Eye
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| Figure | FastStone Image Viewer | Image Eye |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Photo Viewer Software | 8.3 (#5) | 7.6 (#16) |
| Formats | It supports major graphic formats and popular camera RAW formats, including HEIC, WEBP, PDF, SVG, and JPEG XL. | It reads formats including AVIF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, TIFF, and WebP, and supports animated GIF, PNG, WebP, and AVIF. |
| Portable use | A portable version can run from removable storage. | Image Eye can run from a USB drive; when run on a computer where it is not installed, it does not store settings in the registry. |
| Support | FastStone lists technical support by email at [email protected]. | The maker invites users to contact it for information about contributing translations. |
Plans
FastStone Image Viewer
- Personal and educationalPrice not published
- Commercial lifetime license$34.95 a month
- FastStone Image Viewer (personal and educational use)Free
- FastStone Image Viewer (commercial license)$34.95, paid once
In their own words
FastStone Image Viewer
FastStone Image Viewer is a Windows image browser, converter, and editor for individual images and collections. Editing tools include resizing, rotation, cropping, color adjustment, sharpening, blur, Clone Stamp, and Healing Brush. It supports major graphic formats and popular camera RAW formats, including HEIC, WEBP, PDF, SVG, and JPEG XL. The Compare Images feature displays up to four pictures side by side, while batch tools convert and rename collections. Slideshows offer more than 150 transition effects and music. The program can acquire images from scanners and batch scan to PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG. Users can launch external editors from within Image Viewer, and a portable version can run from removable storage. FastStone lists personal and educational use as free and a commercial lifetime license at $34.95 as a one-time purchase, with upgrades free. Another plan listing gives a price of $34.95 a month, so the commercial license terms should be confirmed before purchase. The product is listed for Windows, and FastStone provides technical support by email.