My Photo Backup

Back up your iPhone photos. Every copy checked.

My Photo Backup copies your new photos and videos to your Mac, a network drive, or your Dropbox. Then it checks every copy, before it offers to free up space on your phone.

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Coming soon to the App Store. Free for 100 photos and videos a month. For iPhone, iOS 17 or later.

How it works

Set it up once. After that, a backup is one tap, or none at all.

  1. 1

    Choose a destination

    Turn on File Sharing on your Mac. It is built into macOS, so there is nothing to install there. Or use a network drive or your Dropbox.

  2. 2

    Pick your albums

    The app copies only new photos and videos, into one folder per album. A photo that sits in two albums goes into both folders.

  3. 3

    Check, then delete

    Every copy is checked against the original: read back from your Mac or drive, or matched against Dropbox's own checksum. When the backup is done, you can delete the checked originals from your iPhone.

  4. Later

    Scheduled backups

    Set how often, and iOS runs the backup in the background, usually within a few hours of when it is due. If you swipe the app away, you get a reminder instead.

Proof first. Then free up space.

Freeing up space means deleting photos from your phone, so the app does not do it on trust. It deletes only what it has copied and checked.

Checked where it landed
On a Mac or drive, the copy is read back from the destination itself. On Dropbox, it is matched against the checksum Dropbox works out, and a sample of files is downloaded and checked in full. A file counts as backed up only if the fingerprints match.
Anything unchecked stays
A file that failed, or that was never copied, stays on your iPhone. The summary after each backup says which ones and why.
You decide, and iOS asks again
Deleting is always your choice. iOS asks you to confirm before anything leaves your library.
A dropped connection loses nothing
If the wifi drops, files already copied and checked stay checked, and the next backup skips them.
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An illustration. The app does this for every photo and video.

The check is a SHA-256 checksum: a fingerprint worked out from every byte of a file. The app works one out on your iPhone, reads the copy back from your Mac or network drive, and works it out again. If a single byte differs, the fingerprints differ. On Dropbox, the app compares against the checksum Dropbox works out for the file, and downloads a sample of files to check in full.

Where your photos can go

For now: your Mac, a network drive, or Dropbox. Each one is yours, and the app has no server, so your photos never pass through us.

  • Your Mac

    Uses File Sharing, which is built into macOS. Photos land in a folder in your own Mac account. No Mac app needed.

    Needs: the same wifi network, and the Mac awake.

  • A network drive

    A NAS, or any computer that shares folders over SMB, the standard way to share files on a home network.

    Needs: the same wifi network.

  • Your Dropbox

    Your own Dropbox account. Files go from your iPhone straight to Dropbox over an encrypted connection.

    Needs: an internet connection.

No account. No server. No tracking.

Your photos go from your iPhone straight to the place you chose. We never see them, and the app sends us nothing about how you use it.

Read the privacy policy

Pay once, if you need more

Free covers 100 photos and videos a month. One purchase removes the limit. No subscription.

Support

hello@niamoslabs.com

It helps to include:

  1. your iPhone model and iOS version
  2. where you back up to: a Mac, a network drive, or Dropbox
  3. what the screen said, or a screenshot of it
Email support

Questions about privacy? Read the privacy policy.

Questions

Do my iPhone and Mac need to be on the same wifi?

For a Mac or a network drive, yes. Your iPhone talks to it directly over your home network, so both need to be on the same wifi, and a Mac needs to be awake with File Sharing turned on.

Dropbox works over any connection.

What if the wifi drops during a backup?

Nothing is lost. Files that were already copied and checked stay that way, and the next backup skips them.

Nothing is deleted from your iPhone because of a dropped connection. Only checked files can ever be deleted.

What counts toward the 100 a month?

Each photo or video that My Photo Backup copies and checks counts once, in the month it is copied. The count starts again on the 1st of each month.

A Live Photo counts once, though it is two files. A photo in three albums counts once, though it is written to three folders. Photos that were already backed up and are skipped do not count.

How do I restore my purchase on a new iPhone?

Your purchase belongs to your Apple Account. Sign in with the same Apple Account and the app finds the purchase when it checks with Apple.

If it still shows the free plan, tap Unlock unlimited (it appears when you finish setting up, and when you reach the monthly limit), then tap Restore a previous purchase.

How do I stop a backup, or the app?

A backup in progress: tap Stop at the top of the backup screen. Photos already copied and checked stay where they are, and the next backup picks up where this one left off.

Scheduled backups: open the menu on the home screen, tap Automated, and turn the automation off.

Everything: delete the app. Its settings and its record of past backups go with it. Your backed-up files stay on your Mac, drive or Dropbox. For a Mac or network drive, use "Forget" in Settings first, because iOS can keep saved passwords after an app is deleted.