Null Black Wallpaper vs PhotoChiotte
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Null Black Wallpaper
Use a blank pattern as "live wallpaper". A black wallpaper for battery and performance tweakers! It saves your battery by two ways: * The best screens doesn't need energy to paint black pixels * This live wallpaper actually does nothing. Nothing is nothing. Not "loading a black image". The back it's blank, so your CPU will be thinking in other things, increasing your phone performance and decreasing the battery drain.
PhotoChiotte
Featured tutorial Set up your own secure online media server in 5 minutes menu->help->readme. Features - browse and display media at the same time - instant jump to any media even in huge collections (graphical representation of your directory structure) - split screen to compare pictures, draw, play videos or minigames, read comics... all at the same time - integrated multiple video player (mpv, optional) - create collections, favorites - display and manage your apache/nginx online media server, upload selections directly from app - resize, crop & filter pictures and videos (using ffmpeg filters) - minigames using your pictures (puzzle, swap tiles, tilt device, ...) - draw, on top of pictures, cut/edit/comment them, and with stylus support - slideshow - zapping mode - animated wallpaper/lockscreen with your own picture selection - comic reading mode - automatic background music player - seamlessly browse forum pictures bypassing ads and crap - display pictures directly from inside archives - root screenshot and screenrecord commands - howto and online readme buttons (direct link to codeberg) for issues/suggestions - minimal power consumption (no useless redraws) - AndroidTV, Watch (Wear OS), ChromeOS, AndroidAuto support Libraries - mpv : embedded video player, filmstrips & thumbnails, resize crop & filter pictures - tor : discover service (will be released in v2) Permissions - Internet : access your online server, browse forum pictures, tor discover service - Android 10- : write external storage : only used to copy/move/delete your selections - Android 11+ : manage external storage : only used to copy/move/delete your selections - Boot : on AndroidTV the music player will restart if running when shut down
| Feature | Null Black Wallpaper | PhotoChiotte |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | LauncherMedia PlayerVideo | LauncherMedia PlayerPhoto EditingGalleryVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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