Sync vs. the alternatives
An honest, sourced look at how Sync compares with other apps in its category.
Sync vs. Syncthing
Sync puts the same tasks on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows and sends files to a cloud drive you already own, so a backup completes on its own. Syncthing is free, open source and continuous, and keeps everything on your own machines — which means those machines have to be running.
Sync vs. iCloud Backup
iCloud Backup is the effortless way to copy an iPhone into Apple's cloud, and it only goes there. Sync sells no storage and sends the files you choose to any of five cloud services or a USB drive, from iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows.
Sync vs. Resilio Sync
Sync sends your files to a cloud drive you already own, so a backup finishes whether or not any other device of yours is switched on. Resilio Sync is peer-to-peer by design, which keeps files off third-party servers but needs a reachable peer at the other end.
Sync vs. Google One
Google One is storage plus a backup feature — you rent the space, and everything lands in Google. Sync is the transfer tool and sells no storage at all: it moves files into accounts and drives you already have, including Google Drive.
Sync vs. FolderSync
Sync runs the same tasks and the same drives on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows; FolderSync is Android only. Where FolderSync goes deeper is inside Android — more providers and network protocols, and scheduled runs.
Sync vs. Autosync
Sync connects Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and Amazon S3 from one app on five platforms; Autosync is sold as a separate Android app per service. What Autosync adds is interval-driven syncing, which Sync does not do.
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Your cloud drives and your USB drives, in one app. Free to start.
The same tasks across macOS, iOS, Android, Windows.
