Synchronizing Files and Folders

Cloudiness

Dropbox-Sync

2026-11-01

Dropsync: Autosync for Dropbox (4.7@41,097) Ǥ 19 3 / Dropsync PRO Key (4.6@5,303; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dropbox: Secure Cloud Storage (4.2@2,329,682) Ǥ 22 4

Sync with Mega

2026-11-02

Autosync for MEGA - MegaSync (4.6@5,010) Ǥ 23 3

Sync with Box

2026-11-10

Autosync for Box - BoxSync (4.6@1,307) Ǥ 23 4
Box (4.4@206,917) Ǥ 28 8

Sync with Google Drive

2026-11-10

Autosync for Google Drive (4.6@52,020) Ǥ 23 4
Google Drive (4.1@10,858,458) Ǥ 34 1
Drive Syncrypt (4@90) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2018-03-15 with optional encryption (AES 256)
Gallery Drive Sync (3.9@2,270) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2017-06-13
GDriveSync (3.5@928) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2018-03-11
Cloud Manager Lite (3.3@281) Ǥ 13 3

Various Cloud Syncers

2026-11-02

Cloudike (5@60) Ǥ 32 5
OneSync: Autosync for OneDrive (4.7@19,806) Ǥ 24 4
OpenCloud (4.6@426) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Microsoft OneDrive (4.5@7,402,326) Ǥ 38 4
SanDisk Memory Zone (4.5@164,877) Ǥ 25 6 LastUpdate: 2025-02-06 SugarSync, Box, Picasa, Dropbox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Facebook (FAQ)
PhotoSync – Transfer Photos (4.5@19,926) Ǥ 23 2 / PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.7@3,514; ~EUR 6.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ between phones, tablets and computers/NAS; instantly, on WiFi, or on a specified location
pCloud: Cloud Storage (4.4@95,184) Ǥ 20 2
Upvise (4.4@431) Ǥ 32 1 Almost an Office-Suite for small businesses
Degoo: 20 GB Cloud Storage (4.4@12) Ǥ 24 12 LastUpdate: 2024-11-19
GMX Cloud (4.3@10,437) Ǥ 20 2
CloudMAX (4.3@5,365) Ǥ 25 3 LastUpdate: 2024-09-03
Tresorit (4.3@4,819) 15 1 Vorstellung 3/2020
Yandex Disk – Cloud Storage (4.2@506,740) Ǥ 36 4 Wikipedia (EN)
4Sync (4.2@23,383) Ǥ 28 7 LastUpdate: 2022-05-20
BucketAnywhere for S3 (4@286) Ǥ 16 1 / BucketAnywherePro for S3 (3.7@51; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
IDrive Online Backup (3.9@18,568) Ǥ 33 3
MediaFire (3.8@105,158) 8 1
EasySync (3.8@6; ~EUR 3.00) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; WebDAV, Nextcloud & Co
luckycloud (3.7@72) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 3/2020
Synchronize Ultimate (3.6@2,941) Ǥ 16 3 LastUpdate: 2020-02-18 synchronize from, to and between different clouds
JioAICloud (3.5@133,140) Ǥ 38 9
SugarSync (2.5@16,221) Ǥ 21 2

Sync with your own Cloud

Synchronisation with support for multiple protocols

2026-11-02

FolderSync (4.2@36,721) Ǥ 23 4 / FolderSync Pro (4.4@25,805; ~EUR 7.00) 14 2 FTP, FTPS, SFTP, Samba, WebDAV, Dropbox, Amazon S3, SkyDrive, SugarSync, Ubuntu One, Box.net, LiveDrive, HiDrive, NetDocuments, … Pro with Tasker support
AndFTP File Manager (3.1@31,765) Ǥ 13 1 / AndFTPPro (3.8@1,068; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ FTP, FTPS; Pro only: SCP, SFTP
ArrowLoop (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; syncs with what rclone supports: SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, Nextcloud, OpenCloud, S3-Bucket, …
SyncTool (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-06-02 Github; FTP, ownCloud/Nextcloud

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

2026-11-02

SMBSync2 (4.3@2,601) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-11 Github; Anleitung 11/2017
SyncMe Wireless (3.4@5,571) Ǥ 9 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-01
AndSMB File Manager (3.3@5,409) Ǥ 15 1 / AndSMBPro (2.3@152; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Synchronisation via SSH

2026-11-02

Rsync for Tasker (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
rsend (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Codeberg; Push phone folders to a home SSH host with rsync over SSH
Syncopoli (0@0) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-05 GitLab; rsync client

Synchronisation via FTP

2026-11-02

AndFTP File Manager (3.1@31,765) Ǥ 13 1 / AndFTPPro (3.8@1,068; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ FTP, FTPS; Pro only: SCP, SFTP

Synchronisation with own Desktop/Server components

2026-11-02

Nextcloud (4.6@87,008) Ǥ 35 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Nextcloud Dev (5@2) 32 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Kurzvorstellung 8/2016; how to auto-sync
ownCloud (4.3@14,683) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
GoodSync (3.6@1,089) 12 2
Seafile (3@1,966) 24 1 Github
Pydio (2.6@818) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Peer2Peer

2026-11-10

Syncthing-Fork (4.1@2,271) 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Resilio Sync (3.6@5,827) Ǥ 20 3
Rsync Server (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Wormhole (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-04-05 Github
SyncUp (0@0) 21 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; client for SyncThing
SyncMemories (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-13 Github; local via USB; focus on photos
git-annex: cross-platform

Further Readings:

I Don't Trust Google Photos, So I Tried These 4 Privacy-Focused Alternatives (11/2024)
The 20 Best File Sync and Cloud Storage Apps for Android (11/2020 - 12/2022)
6 Best Open source Personal Cloud Software to Setup Cloud storage (5/2020 - 1/2023)
Sichere Cloud-Dienste: Alternativen zu Google Drive und Dropbox (5/2020)
Android-Apps ersetzen: Cloud-Dienst (3/2020 - 12/2021)
Best Cloud Storage (6/2019 - 7/2023)
Top 20 Best Cloud Storage and File Sync Apps for Android, iPhone and iPad (5/2019)
The 5 Best File Syncing Apps (11/2018 - 8/2021)
Best cloud storage (8/2018)

2026-11-10

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