I’m assuming it happened a few weeks ago. Little dude’s working’s fine tbh

Hi r/macapps,

A while ago I shared Contact Sheet here: a lightweight macOS image browser I built because Finder, Quick Look, and full photo libraries can all feel surprisingly clunky when all you want to do is review a folder of images quickly.

Sometimes I do not want to import files, create albums, wait for indexing, sync to a cloud service, or maintain a giant catalog.

I just want to open a local folder, visually scan everything inside it, find the right image, and move on.

That is still the core idea behind Contact Sheet, but version 1.1.0 makes the app feel much more complete.

What is new in 1.1.0

This update focuses on making Contact Sheet better for real image-review workflows, not just basic folder browsing.

You can now save Favorites, create custom Collections, and add custom tags from the photo information panel. That means you can keep track of selects, references, client options, or useful assets without moving files around or changing your folder structure.

Search has also been moved into the sidebar and now fits more naturally into the browsing flow. It works across the library, folders, collections, favorites, and tags, so finding an image inside a large local folder is much faster.

The app also has a more native macOS feel now: sidebar vibrancy, native-style SF Symbols icons, a cleaner lightbox toolbar, better spacing, and a more polished visual language overall.

Better image support

Contact Sheet now supports HEIC and HEIF files, and the photo info panel can show image resolution and aspect ratio when available.

There is also an appearance option to show thumbnails using each photo’s real aspect ratio instead of forcing everything into square crops, which makes visual review feel much more natural for mixed image sets.

The photo viewer opens more smoothly now, and the lightbox header has better contrast so controls stay readable over bright images.

More local-first polish

Contact Sheet is still designed around local folders.

It does not upload your images, create an online catalog, or require an account. Your files stay where they are.

One small but important improvement: Contact Sheet now skips iCloud-only image files during scans, so opening a folder does not automatically force cloud-stored photos to download.

Comparison

Compared with Finder + Quick Look, Contact Sheet gives you a much denser and faster image-review workflow. You get a real contact sheet, folder filtering, search, sorting, fullscreen previews, metadata, and keyboard navigation all in one focused workspace.

Compared with FlowVision, Contact Sheet is more structured around folder review. FlowVision is a waterfall-style image browser, while Contact Sheet is built for working through real project folders: keeping subfolders visible, narrowing large sets quickly, marking selects, and finding the right image without changing how your files are organized.

Compared with Phiewer, Contact Sheet is more focused. Phiewer is a broader media viewer for images, videos, audio, slideshows, and general preview workflows. Contact Sheet stays centered on one workflow: open a local image folder, scan it visually, organize the promising files, inspect the details, and move on.

Compared with Photos, Lightroom, or Capture One, Contact Sheet is intentionally tiny in scope.

That is the point.

Those apps are fantastic for editing, presets, albums, syncing, and long-term asset management.

Contact Sheet is for the in-between task: your files already exist on disk, and you just want to fly through them without importing, syncing, reorganizing, or turning the folder into a managed library.

Pricing

Contact Sheet is normally $8.99 as a lifetime purchase.

For the r/macapps community, you can use code MACAPPS50 for 50% off.

If you regularly work with screenshots, exports, design assets, photography folders, or large collections of local images, Contact Sheet is built to make that workflow much faster.

You can purchase Contact Sheet here: contact-sheet.vecho.me

Links

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vecho/
• Portfolio: https://vecho.me
• GitHub Profile: https://github.com/StefanoVe

Problem

I built Contact Sheet because Finder, Quick Look, and full photo libraries can all feel surprisingly clunky when all you want to do is review a folder of images quickly.

Sometimes I do not want to import files, create albums, wait for indexing, sync to a cloud service, or maintain a giant catalog.

I just want to:

• open a local folder
• visually scan everything inside it
• find the right image
• move on

So I made a tool focused entirely on that workflow.

Contact Sheet is a lightweight macOS image browser built for fast, local-first image review. Point it at a folder and instantly get a clean contact sheet with searchable thumbnails, folder navigation, fullscreen previews, metadata inspection, and quick keyboard-driven browsing.

No friction. No library management. No “project setup” moment.

Just folders and images.

Features

• Recursive folder scanning
• Fast thumbnail grid built for large folders
• Persistent folder sidebar and filtering
• Search and sorting
• Original-image lightbox viewer
• Keyboard shortcuts and navigation
• File and camera metadata when available
• Reveal files in Finder
• Open images in external editors
• Optional RAW file support groups
• Move unwanted photos directly to Trash

Everything stays local on your Mac.

No cloud account.
No uploads.
No catalog.
No lock-in.

Comparison

Compared with Finder + Quick Look, Contact Sheet gives you a much denser and faster image-review workflow. You get thumbnails, folder filtering, search, sorting, fullscreen previews, and keyboard navigation all in one place.

Compared with Photos, Lightroom, or Capture One, Contact Sheet is intentionally tiny in scope.

Those apps are fantastic for editing, presets, albums, syncing, and long-term asset management.

Contact Sheet is for the in-between task: your files already exist on disk, and you just want to fly through them without turning the folder into a managed library.

Pricing

Contact Sheet is normally $8.99 as a lifetime purchase.

For the r/macapps community, you can use code MACAPPS50 for 50% off.

If you regularly work with screenshots, exports, design assets, photography folders, or large collections of local images, Contact Sheet is built to make that workflow dramatically faster.

If you're interested, you can purchase Contact Sheet at: contact-sheet.vecho.me

Links

• 🚀 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vecho/
• 🧑‍💻 Portfolio: https://vecho.me
• ⚙️ GitHub Profile: https://github.com/Stefano

EDIT: I've added a demo download on the bottom of the gumroad page to try out the app, everything's unlocked but it only displays up to 50 images