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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 24 Sep 2023 CET
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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Image Processing SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

Image Processing SDKs enable app developers to add image processing, editing, and manipulation functionalities to their mobile apps. These SDKs typically include features like image recognition, image filtering, image enhancement, and other image such capabilities.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Apple App Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Image Processing SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 99.24% have integrated Apple Core Graphics. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
1.38m
App Store
App Share
99.24%
App Store
Apps
1.19m
Games
184.26k
Total Downloads
330.54b
App Store
Download Share
99.91%
App Store
App Downloads
251.99b
Game Downloads
78.56b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apple Core Graphics.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 24.47% have integrated SDWebImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

SDWebImage is an asynchronous image downloader with cache support as a UIImageView category.

Total Apps
354.98k
App Store
App Share
24.47%
App Store
Apps
350.46k
Games
4.52k
Total Downloads
93.31b
App Store
Download Share
28.20%
App Store
App Downloads
87.04b
Game Downloads
6.27b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SDWebImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 3.96% have integrated Kingfisher. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Kingfisher is a powerful, pure-Swift library SDK for downloading and caching images from the web. It provides you a chance to use a pure-Swift way to work with remote images in your next app.

Total Apps
67.23k
App Store
App Share
3.96%
App Store
Apps
66.85k
Games
379
Total Downloads
17.71b
App Store
Download Share
5.35%
App Store
App Downloads
17.40b
Game Downloads
304.04m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Kingfisher.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 3.16% have integrated TOCropViewController. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

TOCropViewController is an open-source UIViewController subclass SDK for cropping out sections of UIImage objects, as well as performing basic rotations.

Total Apps
64.09k
App Store
App Share
3.16%
App Store
Apps
63.80k
Games
287
Total Downloads
10.83b
App Store
Download Share
3.27%
App Store
App Downloads
10.31b
Game Downloads
523.49m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use TOCropViewController.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 4.17% have integrated FLAnimatedImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

FLAnimatedImage is a performant animated GIF engine SDK for iOS.

Total Apps
62.60k
App Store
App Share
4.17%
App Store
Apps
61.95k
Games
648
Total Downloads
29.68b
App Store
Download Share
8.97%
App Store
App Downloads
28.45b
Game Downloads
1.23b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use FLAnimatedImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 2.23% have integrated QBImagePicker. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The QBImagePicker SDK is a clone of UIImagePickerController with multiple selection support.

Total Apps
44.22k
App Store
App Share
2.23%
App Store
Apps
44.07k
Games
153
Total Downloads
4.03b
App Store
Download Share
1.22%
App Store
App Downloads
3.30b
Game Downloads
730.28m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use QBImagePicker.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.69% have integrated SwiftyGif. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
37.26k
App Store
App Share
1.69%
App Store
Apps
37.10k
Games
157
Total Downloads
3.50b
App Store
Download Share
1.06%
App Store
App Downloads
3.48b
Game Downloads
12.42m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SwiftyGif.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.37% have integrated DKImagePickerController. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

DKImagePickerController is a highly customizable, pure-Swift library SDK.

Total Apps
30.91k
App Store
App Share
1.37%
App Store
Apps
30.84k
Games
79
Total Downloads
1.63b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.62b
Game Downloads
3.41m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use DKImagePickerController.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.88% have integrated AlamofireImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

AlamofireImage is an image component library SDK for Alamofire.

Total Apps
29.87k
App Store
App Share
1.88%
App Store
Apps
29.71k
Games
155
Total Downloads
6.75b
App Store
Download Share
2.04%
App Store
App Downloads
6.70b
Game Downloads
46.39m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use AlamofireImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.44% have integrated Webp. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

WebP is a modern image format that provides superior, lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using the WebP SDK, webmasters and web developers can create smaller, richer images that make the web faster.

Total Apps
28.67k
App Store
App Share
1.44%
App Store
Apps
28.53k
Games
144
Total Downloads
10.95b
App Store
Download Share
3.31%
App Store
App Downloads
10.73b
Game Downloads
222.66m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Webp.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.41% have integrated GPUImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The GPUImage framework is a BSD-licensed iOS library SDK that lets you apply GPU-accelerated filters and other effects to images, live camera video, and movies.

Total Apps
19.27k
App Store
App Share
1.41%
App Store
Apps
19.14k
Games
133
Total Downloads
12.75b
App Store
Download Share
3.85%
App Store
App Downloads
12.45b
Game Downloads
297.50m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use GPUImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.09% have integrated RSKImageCropper. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

RSKImageCropper is an image cropper / photo cropper SDK for iOS, similar to the Contacts app, with support for landscape orientation.

Total Apps
15.24k
App Store
App Share
1.09%
App Store
Apps
15.17k
Games
68
Total Downloads
4.22b
App Store
Download Share
1.28%
App Store
App Downloads
4.19b
Game Downloads
29.75m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use RSKImageCropper.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated MWPhotoBrowser. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The MWPhotoBrowser SDK offers a simple iOS photo and video browser with optional grid view, captions, and selections.

Total Apps
11.86k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
11.69k
Games
166
Total Downloads
2.57b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.98b
Game Downloads
583.87m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MWPhotoBrowser.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated ImageSlideshow. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

ImageSlideshow is a customizable Swift image slideshow SDK. It facilitates circular scrolling and has both a timer mechanism and a full screen viewer.

Total Apps
10.21k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
10.19k
Games
28
Total Downloads
1.47b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.47b
Game Downloads
1.38m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ImageSlideshow.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated PINRemoteImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

PINRemoteImage is an SDK that offers a fast, non-deadlocking parallel image downloader and cache for iOS.

Total Apps
9.93k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
9.90k
Games
29
Total Downloads
6.17b
App Store
Download Share
1.86%
App Store
App Downloads
6.16b
Game Downloads
8.48m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PINRemoteImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated YYWebImage. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The YYWebImage SDK is an asynchronous image loading framework (a component of YYKit).

Total Apps
8.96k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
8.81k
Games
143
Total Downloads
8.27b
App Store
Download Share
2.50%
App Store
App Downloads
7.29b
Game Downloads
973.41m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use YYWebImage.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Nuke. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The Nuke SDK is a powerful image loading and caching system. Nuke provides a simple and efficient way to download and display images in your app.

Total Apps
7.32k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
7.28k
Games
36
Total Downloads
2.82b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
2.60b
Game Downloads
214.79m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Nuke.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated NYTPhotoViewer. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The NYTPhotoViewer SDK is a slideshow and image viewer that includes double-tap to zoom, captions, support for multiple images, interactive flick to dismiss, animated zooming presentation, and more.

Total Apps
6.01k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
6.01k
Games
2
Total Downloads
479.54m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
473.58m
Game Downloads
5.97m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use NYTPhotoViewer.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated ELCImagePickerController. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The ELCImagePickerController SDK is a clone of the UIImagePickerController using the Assets Library Framework allowing for multiple asset selection.

Total Apps
5.83k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
5.72k
Games
109
Total Downloads
768.76m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
588.64m
Game Downloads
180.12m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ELCImagePickerController.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated SKPhotoBrowser. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

SKPhotoBrowser is an SDK that offers a simple PhotoBrowser/Viewer, inspired by the Facebook and Twitter photo browsers, written in swift.

Total Apps
5.77k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
5.75k
Games
11
Total Downloads
1.33b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
1.33b
Game Downloads
555.00k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SKPhotoBrowser.

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