IrfanView 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

IrfanView

4.6

(11)

Pricing

Starting at $12.00 one time

About IrfanView

IrfanView is a Windows-based graphic design and photo editing solution that helps individuals and businesses view, convert, optimize and print images on a centralized platform. It allows professionals to utilize the built-in paint option to draw circles, arrows, and lines, among other shapes.

IrfanView allows employees to insert overlay text, create watermarks, sharpen images, and add effects to edit images based on individual preferences. It enables users to insert speech and thinking bubbles with custom colors, fonts, size, and shape. It also lets team members preview imagws, create slideshows, capture screens, change color depth, pixelate images, resize photos, and from within a unified platform.

IrfanView allows staff members to manage batch conversion and scanning operations by processing multiple images at once. It is available for free and support is extended via FAQs, community forum, email and other online measures.

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IrfanView Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $12.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$12.00

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

IrfanView Features

Popular features found in Graphic Design
Collaboration Tools
Content Library
Custom Fonts
Design Management
Pattern, Color & Art Storage
More features of IrfanView
Commenting/Notes
Image Editing
Multi-Language
Text Editing

IrfanView User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

73%

18%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.4

Kevin T.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

Using Irfan View

I use Irfan View as my screen image capture tool of choice, allowing me to setup windows just as I need them and then capture the layout perfectly. I can then edit the captured images, adding text and callouts, highlighting areas with boxes and annotations, and then scale and save each image in one of a myriad of file formats. I have never found a bitmap file type that this program does not support. It also has a great batch processor that can convert, re-size, rotate and generally manipulate the images in a number of really useful ways.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The screen capture capability of this program is truly awesome, with so many different types of capture available.

Cons:

The out of the box functionality allows you to step through all of the images in a folder displaying each one in sequence using the pc's arrow keys, however when the last image has been displayed if the arrow key is depressed again the program kind of falls off the end and there is no easy way of getting back to where you were. There needs to be a warning that you are on the last image in the folder and there are no more images to view.

Benjamin M.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Way easier than Photoshop

It's an awsome product, simple to use and Free so whats's not to love! I think everyone can use this product and love it the way I do.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I was referred by a friend after fighting to understand Photoshop. This is SOOOOO easy my 8 y/o grandson uses it often also. I've used Irfanview as a photo editor for at least 10 years now and ZERO complaints. Did I mention it was FREE. I recommend this app to ppl all the time.

Cons:

NONE noted. I cannot think of anything I don't like about Irfanview. It literally does everything I want out of a photo editor by simply clicking buttons.

Reasons for switching to IrfanView

Photoshop was way too complicated for me...I just needed a simple to use phot editor and once I learned about Irfanview I abandoned Photoshop and other programs I was spending hours trying to figure out. I opened the program and it was pretty self explanatory with lots of cool features to use.

Roger H.

Verified reviewer

Business Supplies and Equipment

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Problem customer

Difficulty

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Not much. I am confused and wish to remove the product.

Cons:

Please make contact. I am having great difficulty operating the site

David H.

Verified reviewer

Professional Training & Coaching

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

THE image editor for Windows

All the power I need and more, and the price is awesome!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Fully functional image editing. I've used Irfanview on literally dozens of PCs and deployed it for my companies and my home school. It has functions I've only scratched the surface of and capability to handle all the images and figure out and open some corrupt files that other image viewers & editors cannot "see". The thumbnail feature is an awesome way to find that needle in a haystack, and the batch converter is an invaluable asset for cross-platform image display such as web development.

Cons:

There are so many features and capabilities that there is a bit of a learning curve to get into the swing of basic operations, and operating is menu-driven - while you get to see image updates as you apply filters and effects, finding and applying those things means finding them in textual menus.

Reasons for choosing IrfanView

Lower cost. Far, far lower cost. After learning how Adobe/Oracle farms me and uses and sells my information, I am truly glad I've gotten away from their products.

Reasons for switching to IrfanView

So much more capability and, feature-for-feature, more user-friendly.

Bruno L.

Verified reviewer

Design

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

I use IrfanView based on an image viewer. So when I want to quickly see images on my pc especially i

I have been working with this program for several years as an image viewer. Using it I don't need to depend on the windows viewer or Bridge in Photoshop. The best benefit is the preview of images, and the effects browser that quickly shows how the photos will look, that is, the final result of the edited photo and also the feature of including slideshow.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

First I would like to highlight the best feature: the speed with which the images are opened and displayed on the PC. Its usability is good in the image sample requirement. It integrates very easily into my flow work, because I need to visualize images quickly and this software does that, helping me to find photos and follows up on image editing.

Cons:

One of the features I wish was easier is editing images using the palette in photo editing. Even to insert texts I found it difficult to use compared to others programs on the market. The usage navigation I find a little complicated because the effects paths We have to search carefully to find it. But even so, it integrates very well because it is fast and It has time-saving image effects.

Reasons for choosing IrfanView

It is a lightweight program that fulfills the purpose of Image Preview and other features involved in image editing.

Verified

Reviewer

Oil & Energy

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

IrfanView

La experiencia en general es muy buena con este programa, somos varios los que lo utilizamos en la empresa

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

IrfanView es fácil de usar, incluso para usuarios inexpertos. Su interfaz de usuario es simple y bien organizada, lo que facilita la navegación y la realización de tareas de edición de imágenes.Me gusta es que es compatible con una amplia variedad de formatos de imagen, incluyendo JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, es importante que puedo ver archivos PSD sin tener que usar Photoshop. Es ideal para cuando tengo muchas imágenes y no conozco su contenido. También es importante para mí que está traducido a muchos idiomas y tiene una curva de aprendizaje baja. IrfanView es una herramienta de edición de imágenes fácil de usar y versátil que ofrece una amplia variedad de funciones y opciones de personalización. Su tamaño reducido, amplia compatibilidad y comunidad de usuarios activa son algunas de las principales ventajas de su uso.

Cons:

al nivel que lo utilizo, no encuentro cosas que no me hayan gustado

Reasons for switching to IrfanView

por la facilidad que tiene el programa para su uso y la cantidad de tipos formatos de imágenes que muestra

Verified

Reviewer

Insurance

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Fast And Simple

I've been using Irfanview for more years than I remember. It's saved me countless hours resizing and converting images as well as made basic single image editing a snap.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Batch conversion and resizing of images is insanely fast, flexible, and easy. Out of the box it comes with pretty much anything a lightweight user could need but also offers numerous plugins for the more serious and trained editors.

Cons:

Hard to come up any real "con" for the product. The interface is a little on the tired/old side, but so am I so it's pretty intuitive.

Miroslav B.

Verified reviewer

Machinery

51-200 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Nice simle free oldviewer

I have been using IrfanView for many years. I mostly use it as a simple image viewer and editor for changing resolution, color spectrum, sharpen, brightness, filter and other effects. IrfanView can (very limited) replace other advanced specialized (and expensive) programs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

For simple use (viewer, thumbnails) it is very easy. IrfanView has many editing functions: resizing, sharpening, brightness, color spectrum, histogram and more.

Cons:

Using some advanced functions (panorama, collage, labels) is not intuitive. The program has an outdated design. And the outdated design may turn some users off (but not me).

Paola A.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Software editing i use every day

Great experience,i used It for many years to do Quick image editing

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's very Easy to install and givea you basic image editing tools that i use almost every week

Cons:

Some functions are difficult to know and use

Alon C.

Verified reviewer

Computer Hardware

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Imaging Editor

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Previously 5

Customer support

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

Free and great software very nice and easy to use

Cons:

Old GUI but very easy and simple program to use

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