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Top 20 Image Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 16 Apr 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, 63.12% have integrated Glide. This accounts for 66.43% 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
643.27k
Google Play
App Share
63.12%
Google Play
Apps
630.77k
Games
12.50k
Total Downloads
686.92b
Google Play
Download Share
66.43%
Google Play
App Downloads
642.94b
Game Downloads
43.98b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 27.70% have integrated Facebook Fresco. This accounts for 13.00% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
282.30k
Google Play
App Share
27.70%
Google Play
Apps
279.14k
Games
3.16k
Total Downloads
134.46b
Google Play
Download Share
13.00%
Google Play
App Downloads
128.10b
Game Downloads
6.36b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 24.46% have integrated Picasso. This accounts for 35.70% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
249.30k
Google Play
App Share
24.46%
Google Play
Apps
216.21k
Games
33.09k
Total Downloads
369.18b
Google Play
Download Share
35.70%
Google Play
App Downloads
194.90b
Game Downloads
174.28b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 15.76% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 21.27% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
160.59k
Google Play
App Share
15.76%
Google Play
Apps
160.14k
Games
446
Total Downloads
219.95b
Google Play
Download Share
21.27%
Google Play
App Downloads
218.18b
Game Downloads
1.77b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 13.36% have integrated uCrop. This accounts for 4.75% 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
136.15k
Google Play
App Share
13.36%
Google Play
Apps
135.06k
Games
1.09k
Total Downloads
49.08b
Google Play
Download Share
4.75%
Google Play
App Downloads
46.36b
Game Downloads
2.72b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 11.26% have integrated React Native Vector Icons by Oblador. This accounts for 1.10% 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
114.72k
Google Play
App Share
11.26%
Google Play
Apps
113.94k
Games
785
Total Downloads
11.35b
Google Play
Download Share
1.10%
Google Play
App Downloads
11.11b
Game Downloads
234.02m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 9.94% have integrated Coil. This accounts for 20.33% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
101.28k
Google Play
App Share
9.94%
Google Play
Apps
94.72k
Games
6.56k
Total Downloads
210.27b
Google Play
Download Share
20.33%
Google Play
App Downloads
137.92b
Game Downloads
72.35b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 8.49% have integrated PhotoView. This accounts for 8.65% 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
86.53k
Google Play
App Share
8.49%
Google Play
Apps
86.14k
Games
391
Total Downloads
89.48b
Google Play
Download Share
8.65%
Google Play
App Downloads
87.93b
Game Downloads
1.54b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.79% have integrated Android-Image-Cropper. This accounts for 2.52% 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
69.15k
Google Play
App Share
6.79%
Google Play
Apps
68.95k
Games
192
Total Downloads
26.06b
Google Play
Download Share
2.52%
Google Play
App Downloads
25.70b
Game Downloads
355.89m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.58% have integrated Universal Image Loader. This accounts for 2.58% 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
67.09k
Google Play
App Share
6.58%
Google Play
Apps
66.15k
Games
939
Total Downloads
26.64b
Google Play
Download Share
2.58%
Google Play
App Downloads
23.10b
Game Downloads
3.53b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 6.07% have integrated AndroidSVG. This accounts for 16.62% 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
61.89k
Google Play
App Share
6.07%
Google Play
Apps
52.41k
Games
9.48k
Total Downloads
171.86b
Google Play
Download Share
16.62%
Google Play
App Downloads
122.57b
Game Downloads
49.29b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 5.27% have integrated android-gif-drawable. This accounts for 6.54% 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
53.72k
Google Play
App Share
5.27%
Google Play
Apps
52.18k
Games
1.54k
Total Downloads
67.64b
Google Play
Download Share
6.54%
Google Play
App Downloads
63.16b
Game Downloads
4.48b

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 4.12% have integrated Cloudinary. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

Total Apps
41.98k
Google Play
App Share
4.12%
Google Play
Apps
41.95k
Games
23
Total Downloads
645.17m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
641.21m
Game Downloads
3.96m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 4.12% have integrated Glide Transformations. This accounts for 3.24% 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
41.95k
Google Play
App Share
4.12%
Google Play
Apps
41.59k
Games
360
Total Downloads
33.53b
Google Play
Download Share
3.24%
Google Play
App Downloads
33.18b
Game Downloads
350.60m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.66% have integrated Subsampling Scale Image View. This accounts for 3.64% 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
16.91k
Google Play
App Share
1.66%
Google Play
Apps
16.78k
Games
127
Total Downloads
37.59b
Google Play
Download Share
3.64%
Google Play
App Downloads
37.23b
Game Downloads
359.29m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.46% 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
14.87k
Google Play
App Share
1.46%
Google Play
Apps
14.76k
Games
105
Total Downloads
3.75b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.66b
Game Downloads
96.89m

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

Among all apps utilizing image processing SDKs, 1.03% 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
10.55k
Google Play
App Share
1.03%
Google Play
Apps
10.48k
Games
71
Total Downloads
3.12b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.60b
Game Downloads
517.69m

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 1.70% of app downloads within the image processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
9.24k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
9.21k
Games
31
Total Downloads
17.62b
Google Play
Download Share
1.70%
Google Play
App Downloads
17.49b
Game Downloads
129.06m

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
8.77k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
8.75k
Games
20
Total Downloads
3.70b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.68b
Game Downloads
17.65m

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 1.44% 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
8.01k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
7.96k
Games
58
Total Downloads
14.93b
Google Play
Download Share
1.44%
Google Play
App Downloads
14.86b
Game Downloads
75.46m

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

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