What is the best photo backup app for iPhone?

Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.8 by 919,885 people.

Which photo backup apps are free?

21 of 21 are free to download: Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup (S), Google Photos: Backup & Edit (S), Amazon Photos: Photo & Video (S), Microsoft OneDrive (S) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.

Which photo backup app has the best App Store rating?

Picture Keeper Connect at 4.9 from 7,582 ratings.

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Best Photo Backup Apps for iPhone (2026)

21 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Cloud Storage.

Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup is the top-ranked of 21 photo backup apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 919,885 ratings.

1
Dropbox: Cloud Storage BackupS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 919,885 ratings · score 99
2
Google Photos: Backup & EditS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,621,184 ratings · score 99
3
Amazon Photos: Photo & VideoS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 232,176 ratings · score 97
4
Microsoft OneDriveS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 487,868 ratings · score 97
5
PhotoSync - transfer photosS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,246 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Copy photos and videos off the phone so they are kept safe if the phone is lost or full.

Not here: general data backup alone; photo recovery alone; photo restoration alone; a photo gallery alone; cloud storage with no photo backup feature alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Dropbox: Cloud Storage BackupS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 919,885 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Google Photos: Backup & EditS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,621,184 ratings · score 99 · best in class
3
Amazon Photos: Photo & VideoS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 232,176 ratings · score 97 · best in class
4
Microsoft OneDriveS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 487,868 ratings · score 97 · best in class
5
PhotoSync - transfer photosS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,246 ratings · score 94 · best in class
6
Picture Keeper ConnectA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 7,582 ratings · score 90 · excellent
7
Photos Backup for SynologyA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 632 ratings · score 89 · excellent
8
Photo Transfer: Send via WiFiA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,471 ratings · score 89 · excellent
9
Verizon CloudA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 142,823 ratings · score 82 · excellent
10
PhotoBackup ExternalA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 80 ratings · score 81 · excellent
11
Asurion PhotosB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 6,304 ratings · score 81 · good
12
Cloud Storage: Cloud Drive AppB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 1,668 ratings · score 80 · good
13
My Cloud HomeB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 14,405 ratings · score 79 · good
14
myPhotoVaultB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,935 ratings · score 79 · good
15
QPhoto BackupB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3 ratings · score 75 · good
16
SmugMug - Store & Share PhotosB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 47,770 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
17
pCloud - Cloud StorageC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 8,229 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
18
Yandex Disk secure storageC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,866 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
19
My Cloud OS 5C
Free · ★ 4.8 · 16,211 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
20
AT&T Personal CloudC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 2,540 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
21
Degoo: Online Cloud StorageD
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,459 ratings · score 59 · weak

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Questions people ask

What is the best photo backup app for iPhone?: Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup, S tier, ranked #1 of 21, rated 4.8 by 919,885 people.
Which photo backup apps are free?: 21 of 21 are free to download: Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup (S), Google Photos: Backup & Edit (S), Amazon Photos: Photo & Video (S), Microsoft OneDrive (S) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases. 5 report no in-app purchases.
Which photo backup app has the best App Store rating?: Picture Keeper Connect at 4.9 from 7,582 ratings.
How many photo backup apps reach S or A tier?: 10 of 21. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.