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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 18 Sep 2023 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, 57.21% have integrated Glide. This accounts for 88% 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
988.82k
Google Play
App Share
57.21%
Google Play
Apps
965.08k
Games
23.74k
Total Downloads
510.73b
Google Play
Download Share
65.88%
Google Play
App Downloads
482.01b
Game Downloads
28.72b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 44.10% have integrated Picasso. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
538.30k
Google Play
App Share
44.10%
Google Play
Apps
493.16k
Games
45.13k
Total Downloads
287.29b
Google Play
Download Share
37.06%
Google Play
App Downloads
163.65b
Game Downloads
123.63b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 15.27% have integrated Facebook Fresco. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
352.52k
Google Play
App Share
15.27%
Google Play
Apps
347.06k
Games
5.46k
Total Downloads
106.22b
Google Play
Download Share
13.70%
Google Play
App Downloads
100.94b
Game Downloads
5.28b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 10.43% have integrated PhotoView. This accounts for 88% 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
168.68k
Google Play
App Share
10.43%
Google Play
Apps
167.97k
Games
700
Total Downloads
65.11b
Google Play
Download Share
8.40%
Google Play
App Downloads
63.91b
Game Downloads
1.20b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 5.25% have integrated React Native Vector Icons by Oblador. This accounts for 88% 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
149.35k
Google Play
App Share
5.25%
Google Play
Apps
148.09k
Games
1.26k
Total Downloads
8.42b
Google Play
Download Share
1.09%
Google Play
App Downloads
8.25b
Game Downloads
168.18m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.06% have integrated uCrop. This accounts for 88% 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
148.94k
Google Play
App Share
6.06%
Google Play
Apps
147.75k
Games
1.18k
Total Downloads
33.39b
Google Play
Download Share
4.31%
Google Play
App Downloads
31.24b
Game Downloads
2.15b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 7.50% have integrated Android-Image-Cropper. This accounts for 88% 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
145.38k
Google Play
App Share
7.50%
Google Play
Apps
143.74k
Games
1.64k
Total Downloads
25.34b
Google Play
Download Share
3.27%
Google Play
App Downloads
25.00b
Game Downloads
344.46m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 8.40% have integrated Universal Image Loader. This accounts for 88% 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
99.93k
Google Play
App Share
8.40%
Google Play
Apps
98.33k
Games
1.60k
Total Downloads
23.91b
Google Play
Download Share
3.08%
Google Play
App Downloads
20.78b
Game Downloads
3.13b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.20% have integrated android-gif-drawable. This accounts for 88% 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
96.81k
Google Play
App Share
6.20%
Google Play
Apps
92.56k
Games
4.25k
Total Downloads
55.79b
Google Play
Download Share
7.20%
Google Play
App Downloads
52.57b
Game Downloads
3.22b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 2.05% have integrated Coil. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
67.48k
Google Play
App Share
2.05%
Google Play
Apps
66.73k
Games
748
Total Downloads
70.96b
Google Play
Download Share
9.15%
Google Play
App Downloads
62.10b
Game Downloads
8.86b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 2.53% have integrated Shape Image View. This accounts for 88% 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
59.53k
Google Play
App Share
2.53%
Google Play
Apps
59.38k
Games
159
Total Downloads
2.68b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.15b
Game Downloads
526.11m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.92% have integrated Glide Transformations. This accounts for 88% 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
38.10k
Google Play
App Share
1.92%
Google Play
Apps
37.70k
Games
399
Total Downloads
20.77b
Google Play
Download Share
2.68%
Google Play
App Downloads
20.28b
Game Downloads
483.46m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.46% have integrated AndroidSVG. This accounts for 88% 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
36.77k
Google Play
App Share
1.46%
Google Play
Apps
36.17k
Games
595
Total Downloads
69.53b
Google Play
Download Share
8.97%
Google Play
App Downloads
64.73b
Game Downloads
4.80b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 2.22% have integrated CircularImageView. This accounts for 88% 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
33.65k
Google Play
App Share
2.22%
Google Play
Apps
33.27k
Games
371
Total Downloads
3.22b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.14b
Game Downloads
86.43m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.60% have integrated Subsampling Scale Image View. This accounts for 88% 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
28.63k
Google Play
App Share
1.60%
Google Play
Apps
28.41k
Games
220
Total Downloads
18.89b
Google Play
Download Share
2.44%
Google Play
App Downloads
18.62b
Game Downloads
275.81m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.06% have integrated Blurry. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Blurry is an easy blur library SDK for Android.

Total Apps
21.38k
Google Play
App Share
1.06%
Google Play
Apps
19.77k
Games
1.61k
Total Downloads
3.31b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.22b
Game Downloads
87.59m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.97% have integrated Android-Iconics. This accounts for 88% 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
20.30k
Google Play
App Share
1.97%
Google Play
Apps
20.21k
Games
89
Total Downloads
2.97b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.96b
Game Downloads
13.56m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.20% have integrated ImageViewZoom. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
17.46k
Google Play
App Share
1.20%
Google Play
Apps
17.39k
Games
69
Total Downloads
12.61b
Google Play
Download Share
1.63%
Google Play
App Downloads
12.47b
Game Downloads
133.07m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.14% have integrated PhotoDraweeView. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

PhotoDraweeView is a PhotoView SDK for Fresco.

Total Apps
16.07k
Google Play
App Share
1.14%
Google Play
Apps
16.01k
Games
52
Total Downloads
2.22b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.19b
Game Downloads
33.83m

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

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Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.24% have integrated Android Asynchronous Networking and Image Loading. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Ion is an android library SDK for asynchronous networking and image loading.

Total Apps
14.89k
Google Play
App Share
1.24%
Google Play
Apps
14.81k
Games
78
Total Downloads
1.89b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.68b
Game Downloads
213.15m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Android Asynchronous Networking and Image Loading.

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