Is there a good app for back up photos to the cloud?
Too Expensive: 7 apps already serve this, and 24 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
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 photos to the cloud, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| photo transfer and cloud backup behind paywall | price | 1 | I wish I didn't have pay for my photos to transfer or to be put in the cloud |
| forced cloud storage of all images | missing-feature | 1 | all images are put into the Cloud in addition to being stored on my iPhone |
| no cloud recovery of deleted photos | missing-feature | 1 | you can’t get back deleted photos. I wish they had a cloud so you can access deleted old photos |
| photos not backing up | bug | 1 | a lot of mine are not backing up for some reason |
| background photo backup | reliability | 1 | Photos are not backing up when the app is running in the background |
| cannot access cloud photos without full local access | ux | 1 | I can’t access my own cloud photos without giving the app full access to my local pictures? |
| slow photo upload to cloud | performance | 1 | Will sometimes take anywhere between 30 60 seconds |
| update lost thousands of cloud photos | reliability | 1 | they just lost thousands of my photos arbitrarily |
| Google Drive deletes iCloud photos | bug | 1 | trying to get Google Drive, to stop deleting, my iCloud photos |
| backed-up photos won't upload/restore | reliability | 1 | backed up picture from years ago and they don’t upload anymore even after backing them up |
| photos deleted from private cloud with no retrieval | reliability | 1 | how the hell can I retrieve some pictures that's deleted from the private cloud |
| photos don't all back up | bug | 1 | now my photos don't all back up |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup | 4.8 | 867,790 | Free |
| Google Photos: Backup & Edit | 4.8 | 1,443,196 | Free |
| Parachute Backup Mobile | 4.4 | 71 | $9.99 |
| PhotoSync-Backup your photos | 4.9 | 41 | $0.99 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 4.7 | 486,323 | Free |
| Amazon Photos: Photo & Video | 4.8 | 225,235 | Free |
| Google One | 4.7 | 22,885 | Free |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 55 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.
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