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Freemora vs iCloud Photos
iCloud Photos keeps your iPhone library in Apple’s cloud. Freemora copies photos to your own computer. The Freemora iPhone app is still in development; Android, Windows and Mac are available now.
At a glance
| Freemora | iCloud Photos | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your photos live | On your computer or external drive | On Apple’s servers |
| Free storage | As much as your drive has free | 5 GB |
| Paid | Not needed for one phone; several phones — Freemora Pro, $9.99 once (coming soon) | iCloud+ from $0.99 a month for 50 GB |
| iPhone | Coming soon | Built into the system |
| Needs your own computer | Yes, at home. It must be on to copy | No |
| Off-site copy (fire, theft) | No — keep a second copy | Yes |
When iCloud Photos is better
- You use an iPhone and want full system integration today.
- You want access from any Apple device and an off-site copy.
- The subscription is fine for you.
When Freemora is better
- You don’t want a monthly bill: Freemora is free for one phone and one computer.
- You want the files with you: plain year/month folders on your own drive, no lock-in to an app.
- Copying runs over home Wi‑Fi — no mobile data needed.
- Your family mixes Android and iPhone: a computer with Freemora becomes the shared archive (for iPhone — once the app is out).
Use both
With iCloud Photos on, deleting a photo on the iPhone removes it from iCloud too. Before freeing up space, make sure you have a copy somewhere else.
Freemora is beta software without warranty. Checks lower the risk but don’t remove it: drives fail and computers get lost. Keep important photos in at least one more place. See the Terms of use.
Sources
Prices and terms of other services are taken from the sources above as of 26.10.2026 and may change.
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Google Photos is a trademark of Google LLC; iCloud of Apple Inc.; Yandex Disk of Yandex; Immich and Syncthing are the names of their respective open-source projects. Freemora is not affiliated with these companies or projects.