Is there a good app for back up files to the cloud?
Lacks Features: 4 apps already serve this, and 8 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to back up files to the cloud, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| automatic cloud backup | missing-feature | 2 | Samsung Smartswitch hat die App-Daten nicht gesichert! Da waren die Daten von 6 Monaten weg |
| cloud backup | missing-feature | 1 | add an option to backup data to Google drive or ... some other cloud service |
| no non-iCloud backup (Google Drive/Outlook) | missing-feature | 1 | I wish there was way to save and backup to a non-iCloud storage option like Google Drive or Outlook |
| files not accessible in cloud | reliability | 1 | I have to download them to my Computer which totally defeats the purpose of a cloud based file system |
| cloud storage lost documents | reliability | 1 | Cloud-Speicher hat Dokumente gefressen, die Dokumente sind einfach verschwunden |
| no iCloud backup for scans | missing-feature | 1 | they were not stored on iCloud backup |
| mandatory cloud upload | missing-feature | 1 | mandatory upload to adobe |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup | 4.8 | 867,790 | Free |
| Parachute Backup Mobile | 4.4 | 71 | $9.99 |
| Google One | 4.7 | 22,885 | Free |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 4.7 | 486,323 | Free |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 23 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
4 attempts, 3 stale; one 583-star project dominates while the rest died—a single incumbent, weak long tail.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| outdoorbits/little-backup-box | active | 583 | Python |
| GoogleAppsBackup/Google-Apps-Backup-Software | stale | 9 | |
| dajames/Admin-Backup-Buddy | stale | 7 | Batchfile |
| valexa/Files | stale | 7 | Objective-C |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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