Synchronizing Files and Folders
Cloudiness
Dropbox-Sync
2021-01-17
- Autosync for Dropbox - Dropsync (4.7@36,699) Ǥ 13
4
/ Dropsync PRO Key (4.5@5,400; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 1
Vorstellung 1/2014
- Boxcryptor Classic (4.4@2,730) 5
LastUpdate: 2013-12-03 Wikipedia (DE); Encryption for Dropbox
- Dropbox: Cloud Storage to Backup, Sync, File Share (4.2@2,045,851) Ǥ 19
4
Vorstellung 4/2014; Review 4/2014
- DropSpace Plugin For Tasker (4.2@87) LastUpdate: 2013-11-07
- DropSpace (3.8@579) Ǥ 8
LastUpdate: 2016-08-26
- SafeMonk (3.4@60) 4
LastUpdate: 2017-07-05
Sync with Mega
2021-01-17
- Autosync for MEGA - MegaSync (4.3@2,646) Ǥ 13
4
- MEGA Storage Manager (4.1@3,218) 5
LastUpdate: 2016-12-09
Sync with Box
2020-12-30
- Box (4.6@190,499) Ǥ 22
4
Vorstellung 1/2014; Phone & Tablet optimized
- Autosync for Box - BoxSync (4.6@1,092) Ǥ 13
4
Sync with Google Drive
2020-12-30
- Autosync for Google Drive (4.5@32,210) Ǥ 15
4
- App Sync for GDrive (4.5@359) Ǥ 11
3
LastUpdate: 2018-01-07
- Google Drive (4.3@7,068,596) Ǥ 31
2
- Gallery Drive Sync (4.2@2,248) Ǥ 12
3
LastUpdate: 2017-06-13
- Drive Syncrypt (3.9@87) Ǥ 12
2
LastUpdate: 2016-11-10 with optional encryption (AES 256)
- GDriveSync (3.8@868) 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@288) Ǥ 8
3
Various Cloud Syncers
2021-01-17
- spryCloud (5@14) Ǥ 24
- Yandex.Disk (4.8@278,363) Ǥ 28
6
Wikipedia (EN)
- PhotoSync – transfer and backup photos & videos (4.6@12,633) Ǥ 20
4
/ PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.9@2,353; ~EUR 4.00) 0
between phones, tablets and computers/NAS; instantly, on WiFi, or on a specified location
- Autosync for OneDrive - OneSync (4.6@10,245) Ǥ 13
4
- Cloudike (4.6@52) Ǥ 23
6
- Microsoft OneDrive (4.5@2,038,162) Ǥ 26
5
Vorstellung 2/2014
- GMX Cloud (4.5@6,474) Ǥ 12
2
- Cozy Drive (4.5@837) 7
cloud storage or self-hosted
- Degoo - 100 GB Free Cloud Storage (4.3@519,519) Ǥ 22
9
- JioCloud - Free Cloud Storage (4.3@91,181) Ǥ 37
8
- Copy (4.2@16,908) 10
LastUpdate: 2016-01-20
- Fiabee (4.2@1,019) 6
LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
- luckycloud: Sicherer Cloudspeicher aus Deutschland (4.2@14) 13
Vorstellung 3/2020
- SanDisk Memory Zone (4.1@124,220) Ǥ 28
12
SugarSync, Box, Picasa, Dropbox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Facebook (FAQ)
- pCloud: Free Cloud Storage (4.1@27,843) Ǥ 14
5
Review 4/2014
- Tresorit (4.1@3,751) 9
Vorstellung 3/2020
- Upvise - CRM Jobs Forms (4.1@245) Ǥ 26
1
Almost an Office-Suite for small businesses
- CloudMAX (4@4,931) Ǥ 23
7
- 4Sync (3.8@22,071) Ǥ 25
9
- MediaFire (3.7@89,862) 6
6
LastUpdate: 2017-11-01
- Synchronize Ultimate (3.7@2,868) Ǥ 17
2
Vorstellung 7/2015; synchronize from, to and between different clouds
- SugarSync (3.6@16,516) Ǥ 16
2
- IDrive Online Backup (3.5@7,983) Ǥ 25
8
- BucketAnywhere for S3 (3.5@264) Ǥ 8
1
/ BucketAnywherePro for S3 (3.7@49; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8
- Files.fm cloud storage and 5GB free file sharing (3.4@374) Ǥ 15
5
Files.fm
Sync with your own Cloud
Synchronisation with support for multiple protocols
2021-01-17
- FolderSync (4.4@23,427) Ǥ 20
4
/ FolderSync Pro (4.3@20,850; ~EUR 4.75) 18
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@29,710) 8
1
/ AndFTPPro (3.8@1,000; ~EUR 4.75) 1
LastUpdate: 2014-08-10 FTP, FTPS; Pro only: SCP, SFTP
- Titanium Media Sync (3@1,737; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 9
LastUpdate: 2017-06-30 FTP, SFTP, FTPS, Dropbox
- SyncTool (0@0) 8
LastUpdate: 2018-09-06 Github; FTP, ownCloud/Nextcloud
Synchronisation via Samba (aka SMB aka "Windows-Shares")
2021-01-17
- SMBSync2 (4.4@1,544) 11
Github
- Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup (4.2@2,439) 8
Vorstellung 4/2017 | 3/2018; Camera photos/videos only?
- SyncMe Wireless (3.8@5,311) Ǥ 10
1
LastUpdate: 2018-10-01
- AndSMB (samba client) (3.2@5,132) 7
1
/ AndSMBPro (3.8@137; ~EUR 4.75) 0
Synchronisation via SSH
2021-01-17
- Cactus Secure Sync (2.8@9) 4
LastUpdate: 2014-05-17
- Syncopoli (0@0) 10
GitLab; rsync client
Synchronisation via FTP
2021-01-17
- AndFTP (your FTP client) (3.8@29,710) 8
1
/ AndFTPPro (3.8@1,000; ~EUR 4.75) 1
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
2021-01-17
- Cozy Drive (4.5@837) 7
cloud storage or self-hosted
- DataNow (4.4@21) 9
LastUpdate: 2016-09-14
- Tonido File Access Share Sync (4.2@4,041) 6
1
requires Desktop component; available from homepage for Linux, Mac, Windows, Raspi
- ownCloud (4.1@11,646; ~EUR 0.75) 17
Github
- Seafile (4.1@1,657) 13
Github; Vorstellung 3/2014; Tutorial 3/2014 (DE)
- OwnCloud Client (4@704) 15
LastUpdate: 2014-07-22
- GoodSync Explorer (4@575) Ǥ 14
4
- Easy DAV for ownCloud (3.9@182) 7
LastUpdate: 2016-03-11
- Cirrus for owncloud (3.7@503) 14
LastUpdate: 2016-10-13 Github
- Nextcloud (3.6@6,726) Ǥ 24
1
/ Nextcloud dev (5@2) 23
Github; Kurzvorstellung 8/2016
- Unison (3.3@35) 2
LastUpdate: 2019-06-09 requires root
- Pydio (2.8@769) 6
- Unison for Android (2.6@29) Ǥ 12
4
LastUpdate: 2017-02-10
Peer2Peer
2021-01-01
- Syncthing (4.5@4,276) 13
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@243) 16
Github
- Resilio Sync (4.1@4,471) Ǥ 14
4
- Syncthing Lite (3.2@50) 1
LastUpdate: 2019-01-13
- Rsync Server (0@0) 6
Github
- 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)
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