PhoneCopy vs PhotoSync

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.

PhotoSync transfers and backs up photos and videos among mobile devices, computers, NAS devices, and cloud services. Mobile devices and computers can exchange files over local Wi-Fi; the maker says those transfers stay on the local network rather than going over the Internet. The free PhotoSync Companion supports transfers between iPhone, iPad, or Android devices and Windows PCs or Macs. Linux connections use SFTP, FTP, or SMB, while NAS and personal-cloud transfers can use FTP, SFTP, SMB, or WebDAV. Listed destinations include Synology, QNAP, ownCloud, Nextcloud, Dropbox, Google Photos, Google Drive, Amazon S3, and OneDrive. Autotransfer can back up new media to supported destinations, though iOS triggers are limited to location-based transfer and charging. PhotoSync preserves EXIF, GPS, and IPTC metadata and supports RAW transfers. It can also transfer media directly between iOS and Android over Wi-Fi when both devices have the app and share a network. A free plan covers basic transfers; full-size, RAW, NAS, and cloud features are listed as paid features.