Ente Photos vs PhoneCopy

Ente Photos is an end-to-end encrypted photo service for backing up and accessing images across devices. Its apps encrypt photos and metadata on the device before upload, and can back up new photos in the background. On-device AI recognizes faces and photo elements to support natural-language search. Users can revisit curated memories and share encrypted albums or browser links, with password and expiry options for links. Album owners can allow others to contribute photos, including people without an Ente account. Ente documents imports from Google Photos, Apple Photos, Amazon Photos, and local storage; its desktop app supports incremental export. The Free plan includes 10 GB and one replica. Paid plans start with Starter at $2.49 a month, which includes 50 GB. Paid subscribers can share storage with up to five family members, each with a private space. Ente says it stores three encrypted copies across providers and EU locations. It also says it cannot recover an account or data if a user loses both the password and recovery key while logged out of all devices.

PhoneCopy backs up, stores, restores, and synchronizes personal data between mobile devices and the cloud. It handles contacts, calendars, SMS messages, photos, and videos from mobile devices, and can back up documents from PC and Mac. Users can send data to the cloud, restore it to a device, or synchronize in both directions. PhoneCopy says photos and videos retain their original resolution and quality. The service lists Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and web platforms, and says it supports more than 11,000 devices. Basic includes 500 contacts, calendar events, tasks, and notes each, two devices, and a 1 GB media pack. Premium costs €1.99 per month and includes unlimited listed data items and devices, a 2.5 GB media pack, a one-year deleted-data archive, and priority support. Larger media-pack options range from 50 GB for €2.99 per month to 1000 GB for €9.99 per month. The company is based in Prague, Czech Republic.