The app is free to install. The Pro version can be purchased in-app. A 48 hour free trial of the Pro version is also available in-app. The Pro version license can be used on up to 10 devices that you own or share.
Many features are available in the free version. The Pro version has the following additional features.
The thumbnail view can be toggled on/off, there's a choice of grid, sidebar or bottom bar, the size can be customized and metadata can be displayed.
A choice of transition effects is available in the app settings, including cross-face, slide, wipe, zoom and flip.
Can play many common video formats, integrate videos into the slideshow, zoom and pan videos etc, and export them at different sizes etc.
Additional effects are available such as saturation, levels, curves, blend with texture, and more. Effects can be grouped and saved to a list or a file for future use.
An image inspector is available (accessed via right-click or Tools) containing an image histogram, an eye dropper allowing you to pick colors from the image, and a coordinate picker.
First ensure you have installed Pictureflect Photo Viewer and tested that it works, then do one of the following.
The upgrade purchase is handled either by the Microsoft Store, or by our reseller Paddle.Com (depending on which purchase option you choose), and none of your card details are visible to the app.
If you have already purchased the Pro version, any new installs or reinstalls of the app should be automatically upgraded to the Pro version provided you are signed in using the Microsoft account which you used to purchased it (if you purchased from the Store). If you purchased from Pictureflect, you can add a license to a new device via main menu > 'More' > 'Manage licenses' > 'Add license' > 'Use a license registered to my email address'.
Pictureflect Photo Viewer is a free image viewing app for Windows 10/11 with an optional Pro upgrade, developed in the UK.
Pictureflect Photo Viewer was initially developed in October 2015 under the name BasicPhotoViewer to provide a way of manually going through photos in full screen mode in Windows 10, without any clutter on the screen. (The built in Photos app didn't used to allow this, and has now improved, but still has other problems like a lack of customization). The other obvious settings to include were the ability to control the slideshow interval, and to change the background color to allow viewing of transparent mostly black PNGs. It was released to the Windows Store in November 2015, but mainly just as an experiment.
Despite a lack of development or promotion over the next year, the app was downloaded around 5 times a day and got a few good reviews. So in October 2016, development resumed and the app was renamed from BasicPhotoViewer to Basic Photo Viewer (yes, Windows Store search is not very intelligent!), plus a couple of extra keywords were added to the Windows Store listing, and downloads went up to around 100 per day.
Since October 2016, features and improvements have been steadily added, notably faster image loading, rotate, print and export functions, among others. A Pro addon upgrade supporting a thumbnail view, tranisiton effects and playing videos was released in May 2017.
In March 2019, version 2.0 was released and the name was changed from Basic Photo Viewer to Pictureflect Photo Viewer, since it was no longer so basic!
The Pictureflect Photo Viewer logo is based on a photo of the Matterhorn taken from the Stellisee near Zermatt in Switzerland in 2014.