A real gallery, not a shared album.

As a personal photo library, Google Photos is close to unbeatable: automatic backup from every phone, search that finds “beach 2023”, and 15 GB of free pooled storage.

Sharing finished photography is where it pinches. Shared albums apply lossy recompression to images even when they were uploaded at original quality, shared 4K video is reduced to 1080p, the album lives at a Google-branded link, and while anyone can view, saving and commenting nudge people toward a Google account (all as of June 2026). Nippy approaches the same job as publishing: drop the photo folder and it becomes a gallery page at an address like shoots.nippy.site — thumbnails are generated for fast browsing, but every download serves the exact file that was uploaded, full resolution, and paid plans add passwords and a custom domain.

The honest trade: Google Photos is free at a scale Nippy’s 25 MB free plan doesn’t pretend to match, albums can hold thousands of items, and friends can add their own photos — so for casual family sharing and as a library, keep it. For delivering photography that should arrive at full quality, at an address that looks like yours, a gallery page wins.