Immich vs Picture Keeper

Immich is a free, open-source app for backing up photos and videos from Android and iOS devices to a server users manage themselves. Uploads can come through the mobile app, browser, or command-line interface; external libraries can be added as read-only folders. The web app opens in a browser at the server address on port 2283. Albums, hierarchical tags, maps, memories, favorites, and a folder view help organize media. Smart Search accepts natural-language phrases, and facial recognition detects and groups faces. Users can share libraries with friends and family, create public links for collections, or share with partners. Immich supports OAuth identity providers, API keys, and Prometheus monitoring. Deployment documentation covers Docker Compose and Kubernetes, with community NAS guides also available. The documentation recommends a 64-bit Linux or Unix-like system, requires Docker Compose, and gives minimum server resources of 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores. Automatic database backups contain metadata only, so uploaded photos and videos need separate backups. The listed plan is free, with a self-hosted server required.

Picture Keeper sells backup drives and an app for backing up and organizing photos, videos, contacts and files. To begin, connect a drive, open the app or drive application, and select Start Backup; later backups skip photos already saved. The app also includes Find a Photo, Magic Erase, Batch Scanning, Retouch, Colorize, Photo Scanner and Snap To Drive. The site says drive-stored photos remain accessible without internet or cloud services. KeepSafe offers continuous cloud backup for photos, videos and contacts from iPhone and Android devices. Its page says files are stored on private servers and accessible only to the user; the app privacy policy says cloud features may transmit and store content and metadata on Picture Keeper-managed or third-party infrastructure, with encryption in transit and access controls. Picture Keeper Connect supports iOS 12 or later, Android 5 or later with USB OTG enabled, Windows 7 or later and macOS 10.11 or later. KeepSafe costs $3.99 a month after a 30-day free trial. Hardware options include 32GB drives from $129.99, paid once and SSDs up to 1TB.