Phiewer (lite) – Fast, lightweight media viewer for Mac
Phiewer (lite) is the easiest way to browse, preview, and organize your images, videos, and audio on macOS. Designed for photographers, designers, and creative professionals.
Browse & Preview Media
+ Folder-based browsing with fast, responsive views
+ Smooth viewing of images, RAW files, and videos
+ Play slideshows with custom intervals and looping
Manage Your Workflow
+ Quickly open, and navigate your media
+ View file information and EXIF data
+ Lightweight interface designed for speed and simplicity
Upgrade to Phiewer PRO
Unlock advanced features like search, sort, multi-export, batch compression, QuickEdit history, tag & comment editing, advanced slideshow controls and animations, video speed control, and fully customizable shortcuts by upgrading to Phiewer PRO.
Supported Formats
+ Images: png, jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif, tiff, tif, heic, heif, webp, icns, avif, tga, targa, exr, hdr, pbm, pgm, ppm, pnm, sgi, rgb, pct, pict, mpo
+ Special Formats: pdf, svg, ico, jp2, jpx, psd, eps
+ RAW: 3fr, arw, cr2, cr3, dcr, erf, fff, hif, iiq, k25, kdc, mef, mos, mrw, nef, nrw, pef, raw, rwl, rw2, sr2, srf, srw, x3f, ari, bay, cap, crw, dcs, drf, eip, obm, orf, ptx, pxn, r3d, raf, rwz, dng
+ Videos: mp4, m4v, m4u, m4a, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg, 3gp, 3g2, qt, mts, m2ts, ts
+ Audio: wav, mp3, aiff, aif, aac, caf, ac3, flac
Phiewer keeps your media browsing simple, fast, and intuitive on Mac. Start using Phiewer today and experience a smooth, responsive way to manage and preview your images and videos.
Upgrade to Phiewer PRO to access all advanced tools and customization options for professional workflows.
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Culling
Jaymus
It has the potential to be very good for culling large quantities of photographs. I typically drop a camera card of files into a folder then go through that folder to delete what is unwanted. After a few tweaks this app looks like it could be useful except for one big frustration...when you have a folder of images open and you use the arrow keys to go through photos it scrolls through the list of photos in the side view but NOT actually switch photos. It is very frustrating. I would gladly drop $5 on Pro if there was a way to jump between photos in a list/folder instead of just scrolling through their names.
Deserves More Attention
BriVester
I am surprised to see some of the low ratings here, because this is a great viewer. Coming from Windows, there are not too many for Mac that can do what’s needed. It can view images and GIFs, and it can play videos and even audio. It has a slideshow option that allows you to change the duration and apply music, and it has different sorting options like ABC order or most recent. This really works for me, because all I needed was a viewer that could view all of my media files in order. I do animation, and I have several frames and video files for a single sequence, and now I can view them all like a flipbook (kind of). I don’t see what is to dislike about this viewer. It’s organized very nicely. It can take a little longer to load the first media type than other viewers, but it’s not that long. Phiewer even has a slick icon and interface. I’m not sure what I think of the name though. With the way the icon looks, Clover might be a good one.
Excellent piece of software probably the best photo viewer on the market.
GW.USAT
The free version has already all the functionality required for quickly viewing photos in folders. The sliding divider of the screen is extremely well designed. One can either make the window with the thumbnails bigger or enlarge the preview pane of the full photo frame. Thumbnails can be sized conveniently via a slider at the bottom. A dropdown menu allows photos to be sorted in all different ways possible. The Pro version is only $5 and adds additional functionaly such as a simple and quick photo editor. The slideshow function is also very easy to manage. Probably the best viewer on the market. (Disclaimer: I am a regular customer/user and I am not affiliated with the seller nor did I receive any goods in exchange for writing a review).
I appreciate a free solution for viewing photos' meta and exif information.
Jayammon
I'm doing some preliminary inquiries in to boosting my image capture and publishing capabilities, by looking in to some high quality photos that I'm coming across on the internet, for example, and looking at their Get Info data in macOS Finder. The Get Info option provides some more detailed information than the alt information or title information of the image, but I'd like to know more about the device that shot the image, so I'm looking for meta and exif info viewers. Thanks for making this freely available, at no cost, at this time.
New in version 6.1
+ Significantly faster loading thanks to prefetching
+ Support for many new formats:
Videos: qt, mts, m2ts, ts
Images: tga, targa, exr, hdr, pbm, pgm, ppm, pnm, sgi, rgb, pct, pict, mpo
+ Support for animated WebP files
+ Text in the info panel can now be selected and copied
+ General bug fixes and stability improvements
Version 6.1
The developer, Thomas Zinnbauer, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
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