PhotoBridge

PhotoBridge backs up your iPhone photos directly to storage you own — Synology, QNAP, Nextcloud, AWS S3, MinIO, Aliyun OSS, or an external drive. No third-party cloud. No subscription to a stranger's photo silo.

Built for the moment your iCloud bill stops making sense, or you simply want your photos on a drive you can hold.

WHAT MAKES PHOTOBRIDGE DIFFERENT

• YOUR STORAGE, DIRECTLY
  Photos travel from your iPhone straight to your destination. They never pass through our servers. We literally cannot see them — there's no infrastructure on our side to see anything with.

• MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS, ONE APP
  WebDAV (Synology, QNAP, Nextcloud, Owncloud), S3 (AWS, MinIO, Aliyun OSS, any S3-compatible bucket), or external drives via the Files app. Set up multiple destinations and back up to all of them.

• OPTIONAL END-TO-END ENCRYPTION
  E2EE encrypts each file before it leaves the iPhone. Even your NAS administrator can't read the archive without your recovery key. You hold the key. We don't.

• BACKGROUND AUTO-UPLOAD (Pro)
  Uploads continue when you switch apps or lock the phone. Smart retry with exponential backoff recovers from flaky Wi-Fi. Resume capability picks up where a failed upload stopped.

• AUTOMATION RULES (Pro)
  Trigger uploads on Wi-Fi connect, on charging, on app launch, or on schedule (daily, weekly, custom). Set it once, never think about it again.

• SMART CLEANUP (Pro)
  After dual-checksum-verified backup, optionally reclaim phone storage by deleting the local copy. 24-hour cooldown, auto-skip favorites, full undo history — designed paranoid because losing photos is unacceptable.

• TWO-WAY: BROWSE & RESTORE (NEW IN 1.1)
  This isn't just a backup app. Browse what's on your NAS, restore single photos or whole folders back to Camera Roll, delete remote files, and compare local vs. remote sync state — all without leaving the app. Automatic decryption when restoring E2EE backups.

• PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
  Zero tracking, zero ads, zero analytics SDKs. Credentials live in iOS Keychain, never on our servers (we don't have servers).

WHO IS PHOTOBRIDGE FOR?

• People paying more for iCloud each year and wondering why
• Synology, QNAP, and Unraid owners with an unused photos folder waiting to fill
• Self-hosters running Nextcloud, Immich, or PhotoPrism who need an iOS uploader that doesn't suck
• Photographers who want full-resolution originals on a drive they own
• Anyone moving away from Google Photos or iCloud for privacy reasons

PRICING

The full manual backup and restore experience to all destination types is included at no additional purchase. Pro unlocks background auto-upload, scheduling, automation, and smart cleanup — available via monthly subscription, annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime in-app purchase. 7-day intro trial of Pro on first install.

FEEDBACK

Made by Peter Zhang. Every email at obeliskclubclub@gmail.com is read personally. NAS brand we don't connect to yet? Tell me.

Learn more: obelisk.club/photobridge-nas-backup