Synchronizing Files and Folders

Cloudiness

Dropbox-Sync

2020-10-15

Autosync for Dropbox - Dropsync (4.7@36,468) Ǥ 12 3 / Dropsync PRO Key (4.5@5,397; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 1/2014
Boxcryptor Classic (4.4@2,730) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-03 Vorstellung 12/2013; Wikipedia (DE); Encryption for Dropbox
Dropbox: Cloud Storage to Backup, Sync, File Share (4.2@2,036,806) Ǥ 19 3 Vorstellung 4/2014; Review 4/2014
DropSpace Plugin For Tasker (4.2@87) 0 LastUpdate: 2013-11-07
DropSpace (3.8@579) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
SafeMonk (3.4@60) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-05

Sync with Mega

2020-10-15

Autosync for MEGA - MegaSync (4.2@2,485) Ǥ 12 3
MEGA Storage Manager (4.1@3,218) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-09

Sync with Box

2020-10-15

Box (4.6@188,457) Ǥ 22 3 Vorstellung 1/2014; Phone & Tablet optimized
Autosync for Box - BoxSync (4.5@1,074) Ǥ 12 3

Sync with Google Drive

2020-10-15

Autosync for Google Drive (4.5@31,199) Ǥ 14 3
App Sync for GDrive (4.5@359) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2018-01-07
Google Drive (4.3@6,545,563) Ǥ 30 2
Gallery Drive Sync (4.2@2,243) Ǥ 12 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-24
Drive Syncrypt (3.9@88) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2016-11-10 with optional encryption (AES 256)
GDriveSync (3.8@860) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2018-01-08 / GDriveSync Pro (3.6@72; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-08
Remote File Manager (3.6@289) Ǥ 8 4

Various Cloud Syncers

2020-10-15

spryCloud (5@14) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Yandex.Disk (4.8@253,387) Ǥ 25 8 Wikipedia (EN)
PhotoSync – transfer and backup photos & videos (4.6@11,994) Ǥ 21 4 / PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.9@2,184; ~EUR 4.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ between phones, tablets and computers/NAS; instantly, on WiFi, or on a specified location
Autosync for OneDrive - OneSync (4.6@9,798) Ǥ 12 3
Cozy Drive (4.6@777) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ cloud storage or self-hosted
Cloudike (4.6@52) Ǥ 20 4 Review 12/2013 | 12/2013
Microsoft OneDrive (4.5@1,896,781) Ǥ 25 3 Vorstellung 2/2014
GMX Cloud (4.5@6,228) Ǥ 12 1
Degoo Cloud Storage (4.3@495,111) Ǥ 23 8
JioCloud - Free Cloud Storage (4.3@88,740) Ǥ 35 8
Copy (4.2@16,908) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-01-20
SanDisk Memory Zone (4.1@122,220) Ǥ 25 11 SugarSync, Box, Picasa, Dropbox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Facebook (FAQ)
pCloud: Free Cloud Storage (4.1@27,018) Ǥ 14 6 Video Review 10/2013; Intro 11/2013; Review 4/2014
Tresorit (4.1@3,672) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2020
Fiabee (4.1@1,018) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
Upvise - CRM Jobs Forms (4.1@239) Ǥ 26 1 Almost an Office-Suite for small businesses
luckycloud: Sicherer Cloudspeicher aus Deutschland (4@10) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2020
CloudMAX (3.9@4,897) Ǥ 21 6
4Sync (3.8@21,549) Ǥ 23 7
Synchronize Ultimate (3.8@2,830) Ǥ 16 3 Vorstellung 7/2015; synchronize from, to and between different clouds
MediaFire (3.7@87,012) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2017-11-01
SugarSync (3.7@16,496) Ǥ 16 3
IDrive Online Backup (3.5@7,873) Ǥ 24 8
BucketAnywhere for S3 (3.5@262) Ǥ 8 1 / BucketAnywherePro for S3 (3.7@49; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Files.fm cloud storage and 5GB free file sharing (3.4@370) Ǥ 12 4 Files.fm

Sync with your own Cloud

Synchronisation with support for multiple protocols

2020-10-15

FolderSync (4.2@22,653) Ǥ 20 3 / FolderSync Pro (4.2@20,524; ~EUR 4.75) 13 1 Test 9/2015; Vorstellung 3/2014; FTP, FTPS, SFTP, Samba, WebDAV, Dropbox, Amazon S3, SkyDrive, SugarSync, Ubuntu One, Box.net, LiveDrive, HiDrive, NetDocuments, … Pro with Tasker support
AndFTP (your FTP client) (3.8@29,455) 8 1 / AndFTPPro (3.7@1,001; ~EUR 4.75) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-08-10 FTP, FTPS; Pro only: SCP, SFTP
Titanium Media Sync (3@1,734; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-30 FTP, SFTP, FTPS, Dropbox
SyncTool (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-06 Github; FTP, ownCloud/Nextcloud

Synchronisation via Samba (aka SMB aka "Windows-Shares")

2020-10-15

SMBSync2 (4.5@1,308) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup (4.2@2,432) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 4/2017 | 3/2018; Camera photos/videos only?
SyncMe Wireless (3.8@5,252) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-01
AndSMB (samba client) (3.2@5,079) 7 1 / AndSMBPro (3.7@135; ~EUR 4.75) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Synchronisation via SSH

2020-10-15

Cactus Secure Sync (2.8@9) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-05-17
Syncopoli (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; rsync client

Synchronisation via FTP

2020-10-15

AndFTP (your FTP client) (3.8@29,455) 8 1 / AndFTPPro (3.7@1,001; ~EUR 4.75) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-08-10 FTP, FTPS; Pro only: SCP, SFTP
FSync - FTP Client (3.2@164) 8 LastUpdate: 2015-03-12 ftp(s), gestures, encryption, zip/unzip, sync, clipboard, …

Synchronisation with own Desktop/Server components

2020-10-15

Cozy Drive (4.6@777) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ cloud storage or self-hosted
DataNow (4.4@21) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-14
Tonido File Access Share Sync (4.3@4,013) 6 1 requires Desktop component; available from homepage for Linux, Mac, Windows, Raspi
ownCloud (4.1@11,452; ~EUR 0.75) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Testbericht 12/2013
GoodSync Explorer (4.1@560) Ǥ 14 4
Seafile (4@1,646) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 10/2013 | 3/2014; Tutorial 3/2014 (DE)
OwnCloud Client (4@704) 15 LastUpdate: 2014-07-22
Nextcloud (3.9@6,150) Ǥ 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Nextcloud dev (0@0) 23 Github; Kurzvorstellung 8/2016
Easy DAV for ownCloud (3.9@182) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-11
Cirrus for owncloud (3.7@501) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-13 Github
Unison (3.3@35) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-06 requires root
Pydio (2.9@758) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Unison for Android (2.6@29) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2017-02-10

Peer2Peer

2020-10-17

Syncthing (4.6@4,134) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; cross platform, i.e. also Windows, Mac and Linux; PC Setup Video 9/2016 | 1/2019; Video how Syncthing works 6/2018
Syncthing-Fork (4.5@227) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Resilio Sync (4.2@4,346) Ǥ 13 4
Syncthing Lite (3.3@49) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-13
SyncMemories (0@0) 3 Github; local via USB; focus on photos
git-annex: cross-platform

Further Readings:

Sichere Cloud-Dienste: Alternativen zu Google Drive und Dropbox (5/2020)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Cloud-Dienst (3/2020)
Best Cloud Storage (6/2019)
Top 20 Best Cloud Storage and File Sync Apps for Android, iPhone and iPad (5/2019)
Best cloud storage (1/2019)
The 5 Best File Syncing Apps (11/2018)
Die Qual der Cloud – Dropbox, Drive, HiDrive, OneDrive… (3/2015)
Cloud Storage Showdown: Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud and More Compared (8/2014)
You’ve uploaded files to Dropbox. But just how private are they? (3/2014)
Syncing files between computers and tablet? (2/2014)

2020-10-25

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