# PhotoBridge: NAS & S3 Backup — Private Photo Backup & Restore

> Private Photo Backup & Restore (iPhone/iPad app by 永 张.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photobridge-nas-and-s3-backup/id6754593211 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [永 张](https://appshunter.io/developer/1806535769)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese
- Released: 2026-05-08
- Data updated: 2026-06-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photobridge-nas-and-s3-backup/id6754593211/reviews.md

## What is PhotoBridge?

PhotoBridge backs up your iPhone photos directly to storage you own — Synology, QNAP, Nextcloud, AWS S3, MinIO, Aliyun OSS, or an external drive. No third-party cloud. No subscription to a stranger's photo silo.

Built for the moment your iCloud bill stops making sense, or you simply want your photos on a drive you can hold.

— WHAT MAKES PHOTOBRIDGE DIFFERENT —

• YOUR STORAGE, DIRECTLY
Photos travel from your iPhone straight to your destination. They never pass through our servers. We literally cannot see them — there's no infrastructure on our side to see anything with.

• MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS, ONE APP
WebDAV (Synology, QNAP, Nextcloud, Owncloud), S3 (AWS, MinIO, Aliyun OSS, any S3-compatible bucket), or external drives via the Files app. Set up multiple destinations and back up to all of them.

• OPTIONAL END-TO-END ENCRYPTION
E2EE encrypts each file before it leaves the iPhone. Even your NAS administrator can't read the archive without your recovery key. You hold the key. We don't.

• BACKGROUND AUTO-UPLOAD (Pro)
Uploads continue when you switch apps or lock the phone. Smart retry with exponential backoff recovers from flaky Wi-Fi. Resume capability picks up where a failed upload stopped.

• AUTOMATION RULES (Pro)
Trigger uploads on Wi-Fi connect, on charging, on app launch, or on schedule (daily, weekly, custom). Set it once, never think about it again.

• SMART CLEANUP (Pro)
After dual-checksum-verified backup, optionally free phone storage by deleting the local copy. 24-hour cooldown, auto-skip favorites, full undo history — designed paranoid because losing photos is unacceptable.

• TWO-WAY: BROWSE & RESTORE (NEW IN 1.1)
This isn't just a backup app. Browse what's on your NAS, restore single photos or whole folders back to Camera Roll, delete remote files, and compare local vs. remote sync state — all without leaving the app. Automatic decryption when restoring E2EE backups.

• PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
Zero tracking, zero ads, zero analytics SDKs. Credentials live in iOS Keychain, never on our servers (we don't have servers).

— WHO IS PHOTOBRIDGE FOR? —

• People paying more for iCloud each year and wondering why
• Synology, QNAP, and Unraid owners with an unused photos folder waiting to fill
• Self-hosters running Nextcloud, Immich, or PhotoPrism who need an iOS uploader that doesn't suck
• Photographers who want full-resolution originals on a drive they own
• Anyone moving away from Google Photos or iCloud for privacy reasons

— PRICING —

Free forever: full manual backup and restore to all destination types. Pro unlocks background auto-upload, scheduling, automation, and smart cleanup. Monthly $0.99 / Annual $6.99 / Lifetime $19.99. 7-day free Pro trial on first install.

— FEEDBACK —

Made by Peter Zhang. Every email at obeliskclubclub@gmail.com is read personally. NAS brand we don't connect to yet? Tell me.

Learn more: obelisk.club/photobridge-nas-backup

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Privacy Policy: https://obelisk.club/photobridge-nas-backup/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PhotoBridge Pro Monthly | $0.99 | per month |
| PhotoBridge Pro Annual | $6.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PhotoBridge Pro Lifetime | $19.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-05-21

v1.1 — Two-way backup is here

• Browse remote files inside the app — S3, WebDAV, and external drives, unified view
• Restore single photos, folders, or entire albums back to Camera Roll
• Encrypted backups decrypt automatically on restore — bring your own key, get your photos back
• Delete remote files from inside the app (single or batch)
• Local vs. remote sync compare — see what's backed up, orphaned, or out of sync

Reliability:
• SwiftData schema upgrade fixes encryption-metadata edge cases that could orphan records
• Three iOS 26 crash paths hardened (SwiftData fetch + restore pipeline)
• Cascading cleanup when deleting a destination — no more orphan records or stale thumbnails

NAS brand we don't connect to yet? obeliskclubclub@gmail.com

### 1.0.0 — 2026-05-08

No release notes.

## More apps by 永 张

- [SipNote: Caffeine Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sipnote-caffeine-tracker/id6759808330)

All apps by 永 张: https://appshunter.io/developer/1806535769

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