PhoneCopy vs Picture Keeper
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| Figure | PhoneCopy | Picture Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €1.99/mo | $3.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 9 |
| Spec score · Photo Backup Software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Automatic backup | PhoneCopy automatically saves daily changes to its servers. | Users connect the drive, open the app or drive application, and click Start Backup to save files. |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic | Alpharetta, Georgia, United States |
| Purpose | PhoneCopy backs up, stores, and synchronizes personal data from mobile devices to the cloud. | Picture Keeper sells backup drives and an app designed to back up and organize photos, videos, contacts, and files. |
| Security | PhoneCopy says it encrypts data and provides ransomware and antivirus protection plus antimalware scanning for document backups from PC and Mac. | The KeepSafe page says files are stored on private servers and only the user can access them. |
| Support | PhoneCopy provides help articles, a discussion area, and help pages; Premium includes priority email support and priority discussion replies. | The Help Center provides product-specific support categories and platform choices for iPhone or iPad, Android, Windows, and Mac. |
Plans
PhoneCopy
- Premium€1.99 a month
- Premium + 50 GB€2.99 a month
- Premium + 100 GB€3.99 a month
- Premium + 500 GB€5.99 a month
- Premium + 1000 GB€9.99 a month
- BasicFree
- Premium + 50 GB Media Pack€2.99 a month
- Premium + 100 GB Media Pack€3.99 a month
- Premium + 500 GB Media Pack€5.99 a month
- Premium + 1000 GB Media Pack€9.99 a month
Picture Keeper
- KeepSafe$3.99 a month
- Picture Keeper 32GB$129.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper MAX 32GB$139.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper MAX 64GB$179.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper MAX 128GB$219.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper MAX 256GB$259.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper MAX 512GB$299.99, paid once
- Picture Keeper PRO SSD 500GB$320, paid once
- Picture Keeper PRO SSD 1TB$440, paid once
In their own words
PhoneCopy
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.
Picture Keeper
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.