Photo backup apps: Privacy Labels Compared
Photo backup apps upload your library by design, including location metadata embedded in each picture. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 23%
- Linked, no tracking
- 9%
- Collect nothing
- 48%
- No label details
- 3
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500px-Photo Sharing Community | 500px Inc. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 6 |
| BackiGo | 光琇 林 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| BlinkBackup | Bart Tarasewicz | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Cascable Studio | Cascable AB | Not linked | None | 3 |
| CloudPhotos Photo Backup | Ronan Fraser | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| DepiDrive | Taron Sahakyan | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Folderella | HONGSEOK JEONG | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| HomeIn | 振波 陈 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| HomeVault | hirokazu murabe | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Immich | FUTO Holdings, Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Intact | 彦波 艾 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| IntranetPhotoSync | Ji Ma | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Lumin - Photo Backup | Trustmobi Software Co., Ltd. | Linked | None | 2 |
| MePhotos | Mayank Bhatt | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Noodle Gallery | David Pierre Marais | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Offline Photo Storage | Dmitriy Kharutskiy | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Backup Stick Universal | RaWerks, Inc. | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Photo Recovery : Deleted Photo | Goyani Bharatbhai | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 2 |
| Photo Scan Plus | Photomyne LTD | Tracks you | Identifiers | 6 |
| Photo Scanner Pro | Maple Media Apps, LLC | Tracks you | Usage Data | 4 |
| Photo Transfer | Mobileware Studio SL | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| Photo Transfer App PRO | Mobileware Studio SL | Not linked | None | 1 |
| PhotoBackup | Acrosync LLC | Not disclosed | — | — |
| PhotoBridge | 永 张 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photos | Apple Inc. | Linked | None | 7 |
| Photos Backup for NAS | CHIA CHUN LEE | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photos Backup for QNAP | CHIA CHUN LEE | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photos Backup for Synology | CHIA CHUN LEE | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PhotoShrinker | Hype Reactor, Inc. | Not disclosed | — | — |
| PhotoSync | touchbyte GmbH | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Pic Scanner Gold | App Initio Limited | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PicBucket-Photo Backup Storage | PapaBubbles | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Picsart AI Photo Editor | PicsArt, Inc. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 7 |
| Picture Keeper Connect | Simplified I.T. Products, LLC | Not linked | None | 4 |
| PowerDrive | Xinker Technology Co.,Ltd | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Recover Deleted Photos | Sezgin Demir | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Rollit | chaman chlach | Linked | None | 1 |
| Secret Photo Vault HushDM | Global Tech Operations LLC | Tracks you | Purchases, Contact Info, Identifiers, Usage Data | 6 |
| Simple Photo Folder | Ken Mayumi | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| Simple Transfer | Rambax, LLC | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Simple Transfer Pro | Rambax, LLC | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Trustful | Maulik Sutariya | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Ultimate Backup App | Simplified I.T. Products, LLC | Not linked | None | 4 |
| USB Backup | Oscar Salas Mestres | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ViXC | VLEC Communications Inc. | Linked | None | 2 |
| WiFi Album Photo Transfer App | 猛 杨 | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Wireless Transfer | Shenzhen Socusoft Co., Ltd | Not disclosed | — | — |
Most common data types
- Diagnostics39%
- Identifiers32%
- Usage Data30%
- Purchases20%
- User Content18%
- Contact Info18%
- Location9%
- Contacts7%
How to read this list
Photo and video apps usually request access to your photo library. iOS lets you share only selected photos, which keeps the rest of the library — and its location metadata — away from the app.
Check whether backups keep original location data and whether shared albums are public links.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.