Is there a good app for back up photos to the cloud?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
60
Opportunity /100
74
Demand /100
44
Competition /100
82
Execution gap /100
3
Apps serving it
13
Mined complaints
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 |
| redundantly stores Photos copies | ux | 1 | Why does it store every photo I already have in Photos? Redundant and uses up memory |
| 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? |
| 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 |
| no iCloud backup for scans | missing-feature | 1 | they were not stored on iCloud backup |
| 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★ | 843,889 | Free |
| Google Photos: Backup & Edit | 4.8★ | 1,351,429 | Free |
| Google Drive | 4.8★ | 7,586,679 | Free |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 60 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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