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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 12 Jul 2025 CET
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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Image Processing SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android 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 Google Play 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, 62.87% have integrated Glide. This accounts for 65.55% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Glide is a fast and efficient image loading library SDK for Android focused on smooth scrolling. Glide offers an easy to use API, a performant and extensible resource decoding pipeline, and automatic resource pooling.

Total Apps
647.48k
Google Play
App Share
62.87%
Google Play
Apps
634.48k
Games
13.00k
Total Downloads
711.52b
Google Play
Download Share
65.55%
Google Play
App Downloads
665.96b
Game Downloads
45.56b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 28.40% have integrated Facebook Fresco. This accounts for 13.61% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Fresco is a powerful SDK for displaying images in Android applications.

Total Apps
292.44k
Google Play
App Share
28.40%
Google Play
Apps
289.07k
Games
3.37k
Total Downloads
147.72b
Google Play
Download Share
13.61%
Google Play
App Downloads
141.27b
Game Downloads
6.45b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 23.68% have integrated Picasso. This accounts for 35.19% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Picasso is a powerful image downloading and caching library SDK for Android.

Total Apps
243.88k
Google Play
App Share
23.68%
Google Play
Apps
209.37k
Games
34.51k
Total Downloads
382.04b
Google Play
Download Share
35.19%
Google Play
App Downloads
200.08b
Game Downloads
181.95b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 17.15% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 20.67% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
176.62k
Google Play
App Share
17.15%
Google Play
Apps
176.10k
Games
520
Total Downloads
224.33b
Google Play
Download Share
20.67%
Google Play
App Downloads
222.48b
Game Downloads
1.85b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ML Kit by Google.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 13.49% have integrated uCrop. This accounts for 4.70% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

uCrop is an image cropping library for Android. This SDK aims to provide an ultimate and flexible image cropping experience.

Total Apps
138.96k
Google Play
App Share
13.49%
Google Play
Apps
137.84k
Games
1.12k
Total Downloads
51.05b
Google Play
Download Share
4.70%
Google Play
App Downloads
48.48b
Game Downloads
2.57b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 11.39% have integrated React Native Vector Icons by Oblador. This accounts for 1.08% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The React Native Vector Icons SDK by Oblador offers customizable icons for React Native with support for NavBar/TabBar, image source, and full styling.

Total Apps
117.27k
Google Play
App Share
11.39%
Google Play
Apps
116.43k
Games
837
Total Downloads
11.75b
Google Play
Download Share
1.08%
Google Play
App Downloads
11.51b
Game Downloads
234.11m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use React Native Vector Icons by Oblador.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 10.36% have integrated Coil. This accounts for 22.21% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
106.70k
Google Play
App Share
10.36%
Google Play
Apps
98.56k
Games
8.14k
Total Downloads
241.08b
Google Play
Download Share
22.21%
Google Play
App Downloads
151.38b
Game Downloads
89.70b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 8.19% have integrated PhotoView. This accounts for 8.37% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

PhotoView is an SDK that aims to help produce an easily usable implementation of a zooming Android ImageView.

Total Apps
84.34k
Google Play
App Share
8.19%
Google Play
Apps
83.95k
Games
389
Total Downloads
90.85b
Google Play
Download Share
8.37%
Google Play
App Downloads
89.27b
Game Downloads
1.58b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.89% have integrated AndroidSVG. This accounts for 15.92% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

AndroidSVG is an SVG (scalable vector graphics) parser and renderer SDK for Android. It has almost complete support for the static visual elements of the SVG 1.1 and SVG 1.2 tiny specifications (except for filters).

Total Apps
71.00k
Google Play
App Share
6.89%
Google Play
Apps
59.99k
Games
11.01k
Total Downloads
172.76b
Google Play
Download Share
15.92%
Google Play
App Downloads
116.70b
Game Downloads
56.06b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.41% have integrated Universal Image Loader. This accounts for 2.48% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Universal Image Loader is a powerful and flexible library for loading, caching, and displaying images on Android.

Total Apps
66.01k
Google Play
App Share
6.41%
Google Play
Apps
65.08k
Games
933
Total Downloads
26.93b
Google Play
Download Share
2.48%
Google Play
App Downloads
23.38b
Game Downloads
3.55b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Universal Image Loader.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.33% have integrated Android-Image-Cropper. This accounts for 2.30% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

The Android-Image-Cropper SDK is an image cropping library for Android, optimized for camera and/or gallery.

Total Apps
65.16k
Google Play
App Share
6.33%
Google Play
Apps
65.00k
Games
159
Total Downloads
24.95b
Google Play
Download Share
2.30%
Google Play
App Downloads
24.65b
Game Downloads
297.43m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Android-Image-Cropper.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 5.18% have integrated android-gif-drawable. This accounts for 6.38% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

android-gif-drawable offers views and drawables needed for displaying animated GIFs on Android apps via SDK.

Total Apps
53.39k
Google Play
App Share
5.18%
Google Play
Apps
51.77k
Games
1.62k
Total Downloads
69.25b
Google Play
Download Share
6.38%
Google Play
App Downloads
64.66b
Game Downloads
4.59b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use android-gif-drawable.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 4.48% have integrated Glide Transformations. This accounts for 3.27% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Glide Transformations offers an Android transformation library SDK providing a variety of image transformations for Glide.

Total Apps
46.11k
Google Play
App Share
4.48%
Google Play
Apps
45.71k
Games
400
Total Downloads
35.47b
Google Play
Download Share
3.27%
Google Play
App Downloads
35.10b
Game Downloads
369.11m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 4.07% have integrated Cloudinary. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
41.92k
Google Play
App Share
4.07%
Google Play
Apps
41.90k
Games
22
Total Downloads
652.70m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
648.68m
Game Downloads
4.01m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.68% have integrated Subsampling Scale Image View. This accounts for 3.60% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Subsampling Scale Image View is an Android library (AAR) SDK. It's a highly configurable, easily extendable deep zoom view for displaying huge images without loss of detail. Perfect for photo galleries, maps, building plans etc.

Total Apps
17.27k
Google Play
App Share
1.68%
Google Play
Apps
17.14k
Games
131
Total Downloads
39.04b
Google Play
Download Share
3.60%
Google Play
App Downloads
38.66b
Game Downloads
372.90m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Subsampling Scale Image View.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.42% have integrated CircularImageView. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

CircularImageView is an Android project SDK facilitating circular image views in the simplest way possible.

Total Apps
14.63k
Google Play
App Share
1.42%
Google Play
Apps
14.53k
Games
100
Total Downloads
3.84b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.74b
Game Downloads
98.05m

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

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

Shape Image View is an SDK that provides a set of custom shaped android imageview components, and a framework to define more shapes. It implements both shader and bitmap mask based image views.

Total Apps
10.29k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
10.21k
Games
72
Total Downloads
3.17b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.65b
Game Downloads
521.25m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Shape Image View.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated ImageViewZoom. This accounts for 1.62% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

ImageViewZoom is an android ImageView SDK with zoom and pan capabilities.

Total Apps
8.80k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
8.77k
Games
31
Total Downloads
17.63b
Google Play
Download Share
1.62%
Google Play
App Downloads
17.50b
Game Downloads
131.61m

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

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

The Android-Iconics SDK allows you to include any icon font, with all its vector icons, in your project. You can scale with no limit, use any color at any time, provide a contour, and more.

Total Apps
8.36k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
8.34k
Games
18
Total Downloads
3.67b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.65b
Game Downloads
17.52m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Android-Iconics.

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, <1% have integrated OpenCV. This accounts for 1.42% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

OpenCV is an open source computer vision and machine learning SDK. OpenCV was built to provide a common infrastructure for computer vision applications and to accelerate the use of machine perception in the commercial products.

Total Apps
8.00k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
7.95k
Games
56
Total Downloads
15.36b
Google Play
Download Share
1.42%
Google Play
App Downloads
15.28b
Game Downloads
77.19m

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

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