Kliche
Comparison
Kliche or an iCloud Shared Album for photos with friends?
With iOS 27, iCloud Shared Albums open up to friends without an iPhone and move to full resolution. They also gain emoji reactions and an activity log. They remain a great place to keep a group’s photos. Kliche aims at another moment: getting together to watch them.
iCloud information checked on on Apple’s Shared Albums help page and its limits page. iOS 27 additions per MacRumors.
| Criterion | Kliche | iCloud Shared Album |
|---|---|---|
| The idea | Gather the group’s photos, then watch them together, live | A shared album everyone browses on their own |
| Guests without an Apple device | Yes: everything happens in the browser | Since iOS 27, they can join the album and add photos on the web, without an Apple Account |
| Account | None to watch; an account to create and send | Apple Account for the owner; not for web guests since iOS 27 |
| Quality | Original quality (HEIC converted to JPEG, GPS position removed) | Full resolution since iOS 27; before, the downloaded copy may differ from the original |
| Watching together | Same photo at the same moment for everyone, cursors, laser, drawing, built-in call, TV mode | Not mentioned on the help page |
| Lifetime | Erased 3 days after creation | Until deleted; temporary albums deleted after 30 days (iOS 27) |
| Size | 10 people, 700 photos and 3 GB per album (beta) | 100 participants; 5,000 items for a temporary album |
| Reacting | Hearts, emotes, captions and drawings during the viewing, seen live by everyone | Reactions with any emoji and a recent activity log (iOS 27) |
| Sorting | Place, Day, Person, Outing, Moment, map | Photos or videos filter (iOS 27) |
Keep iCloud if…
you want an album that lasts, most of the group is on iPhone, or there are many of you: up to 100 participants.
Open a Kliche album if…
you want a real viewing: everyone in front of the same photo at the same moment, each from home or in front of the TV, with everyone’s cursors and a built-in call. Then nothing lingers online: the album is erased after 3 days.
Try Kliche for your next photo night.
One album, one link, and you watch together.
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