Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Albums Backup

Hey HN, I built a tiny offline tool to help back up iPhone/iPad photos and videos to PC or Mac via USB. No iCloud, no accounts, no cloud storage — just straight device-to-device transfer. Originally made it for someone close to me who had tens of thousands of photos but didn't want to deal with subscriptions or cloud storage. Thought it might be useful for others too, so putting it out there. It keeps Live Photos, 4K videos, RAW files, and transfers quickly without compression. Works on both Windows and macOS. Site (simple landing page):…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
MemoryBackup▲12
Fast Backup iPhone Library in minutes — direct to ext drive
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
File Sync▲77
iOS app that let you transfer photos to PC wirelessly
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Photo Transfer App▲101
The easiest way to share and backup all kind of photos
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
MacX MediaTrans▲3
Ultimate iPhone iPad Manager for Mac
2017 · macxdvd.com · its alternatives →
5
ByeCloud▲91
Export iCloud Drive data in one click
2025 · its alternatives →
6
iCareFone - Free iOS Backup Tool▲7
Backup photo, music, and video selectively and easily. Free!
2019 · tenorshare.com · its alternatives →
7
BackiGo▲14
The best Live Photos backup app for iOS!
2025 · backigo.app · its alternatives →
8
Parachute Backup▲102
Seamless backup for iCloud Drive and Apple Photos
2025 · parachuteapps.com · its alternatives →
9
Smmall Cloud for iOS▲186
Simple file sharing on your iPad or iPhone
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
AnyTrans 7▲80
Smart way to manage all your iOS data and files
2018 · imobie.com · its alternatives →
11
Dropshare 5▲95
The flexible file sharing solution for macOS & iOS
2022 · dropshare.app · its alternatives →
12
Transloader▲123
Remotely download things on your Mac from your iPhone
2015 · eternalstorms.at · its alternatives →
13
iPhone Photo Recovery▲103
Retrieve deleted photos on iPhone for free
2018 · minicreo.com · its alternatives →
14
AmberTime - Offline Backup▲3
Instantly move iPhone photos to an external drive.
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
AlbumsBridge▲2
Transfer iPhone /iPad photo albums to PC via USB. No iCloud.
Aug 2026 · albumsbridge.com · its alternatives →
16
Phone2PC Media Importer▲17
Transfer photos & videos from your iphone to PC easily!
2025 · its alternatives →
17
Sendhub▲107
Send anything from computer to your iPhone with any network
2019 · its alternatives →
18
Pocket Drive▲78
Wirelessly transfer files from desktop to iPhone or iPad
2014 · pocketdriveapp.com · its alternatives →
19
Photos Backup Anywhere▲1
Mac photo backups: simple, continuous, anywhere
2023 · ibeni.net · its alternatives →
20
Watermelon Backup▲4
Backup iPhone Photos to Your Storage
Jun 2026 · watermelonbackup.com · its alternatives →
21
Minimalist, self-hosted iOS photo backup and sharing▲6
Back up photos and videos to your own server instead of iCloud! - hamikm/sumu-backup
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll▲45
...because Apple make it too hard to navigate chronologically through anything but your photos. Really they should have let you do this directly from voice memos so that you can share whenever and to wherever you want. If anyone has any suggestions to make it better, let me know. Thanks.
2025 · justsendrecord.com · its alternatives →
23
Backup Disk▲3
Turn iPhone or iPad into a wireless Backup Disk for Mac
2023 · backupdisk.app · its alternatives →
24
Raza Photos▲6
Your photos when you need them. No clouds, no subscriptions.
Jul 2026 · razasoftware.eu · its alternatives →

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