Quickpic 5.0.0 [better]

The ability to hide or exclude folders from other gallery apps, protected by a password.

QuickPic 5.0.0 wins on raw speed and tiny footprint. It loses on video codec support (no HEVC/AV1 hardware decoding) and modern folder encryption. quickpic 5.0.0

Even in its compromised state, QuickPic 5.0.0 had features that Google Photos still lacks eight years later: The ability to hide or exclude folders from

In the early days of Android, the native gallery apps were notoriously slow and bloated. A developer named Nanling Zheng changed everything by creating QuickPic. It was a masterpiece of software design: file size Blazing fast load times for thousands of photos Zero ads and zero unnecessary permissions Powerful privacy tools to hide sensitive folders Even in its compromised state, QuickPic 5

The app introduced "Discovery" or "News" features. These were essentially in-app browsers serving content-heavy web pages. While presented as a feature, they functioned as tracking pixels and click-bait generators.