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SwitchBuddy: Switch App

SwitchBuddy: Switch App

eShop Deals, Transfer, Widgets

1.6K ratings
181 reviews
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🎬 Entertainment
Free
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Details

Released
April 29, 2021
Updated
October 12, 2026

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Developer

Filip Nemecek
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About

This app serves as a companion for your gaming console, offering features like game wishlists with sale notifications, faster media transfers, game discovery, and customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. It also provides access to game news and pricing information.

✓Game wishlist with sale notifications
✓Faster screenshot and video transfer
✓Game discovery and release tracking
✓Home and Lock Screen widgets
✓eShop price tracking and region switching
✓Game news and articles
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What users say about SwitchBuddy

Reviews of SwitchBuddy are mostly positive: the Entertainment app is rated 4.8/5 from 1.6K App Store ratings. What users like most: easy and fast photo/video transfer, intuitive and user-friendly interface. Top complaints: issues with deleting/managing stored media, paid subscription required for full features. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 🚀Easy and fast photo/video transfer
  • 👍Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀Convenient way to manage Switch games
  • 👍Helpful for discovering new Switch games
  • 👍Great app for Switch owners

Negative things

  • 🐛Issues with deleting/managing stored media
  • 💰Paid subscription required for full features
  • 🐛Occasional bugs and crashes reported
  • 🔒Concerns about privacy and data usage
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What's New in SwitchBuddy

5.6.1

October 12, 2026

## Transfer reliability improvements Tranferring screenshots and videos from Switch 1 should work better now, including the first setup. The screen also has design tweaks and supports full-screen gallery so you can preview screenshots in full before transfer. This is still quite a complex feature with many ways that can go wrong, if you see anything weird, then please let me know. ### Gaming Report improvements Gaming Report now correctly handles "Ongoing" games, plus you can quickly hide entire sections without having to deselect all games. Design has been improved for Liquid Glass UI.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

SwitchBuddy+

Remove limits and unlock extras

$17.991 Year
7 Days trial
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Events

Read more about Games for Switch 2
Event EndedMajor Update

Games for Switch 2

Quickly find games for your new console.

Jun 22, 2025 — Jul 22, 2025

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Read more about Watch the Switch 2 Reveal
Event EndedLive Event

Watch the Switch 2 Reveal

After long wait, the next Nintendo console is here

Apr 2, 2025 — May 2, 2025

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Read more about View trending Switch games
Event EndedMajor Update

View trending Switch games

Discover popular games currently played.

Feb 24, 2025 — Mar 27, 2025

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User reviews

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Decent app but greedy

It’s a decent app. I just don’t think you should be limited to what you do behind a pay wall.
D🦖Do not get this app 🦖

Revenge

This is madness
Lleileiw925

Great app!

Love this app. It’s so easy to transfer photos and videos from my switch to my phone. I also like that the upload date is the date of the photo in my photos, so I don’t have to have switch screenshots randomly spread throughout my photos on my phone. I can have batches of screenshots on the date I upload them.

Sometimes the app is a little glitchy, but honestly that’s so far and few between that it’s well worth the download. Also, thanks to the developers for not bombarding the app with ads!
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Mmickey07220207

Super helpful app

This app makes up for what the Nintendo eShop lacks. You can check out reviews, look at the price history, and see the average gameplay time. This app is worth the money and using the info available on SwitchBuddy makes me more confident I won’t regret a switch game purchase after the fact.
DDividedSky36

Genuinely the best thing

Writing this review because unfortunately I can no longer use the app as I've upgraded to the Switch 2. And I mean it when I say unfortunately! I loved how simple this app was to use and all the features were good for a FREE app too nonetheless. The organization of photos was perfect, and I loved having a library of Switch photos and videos all in one app. Connecting the Switch to the app was always very fast and easy to do too.

Thank you for creating this app, I'm genuinely going to miss it when I send my Switch 2 pictures to my phone :( If you own a Switch 1, Switch Lite or Switch OLED, I would highly recommend 🎮📸
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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Camera feature not working after recent update

Bug

Inability to delete stored media from the app

Bug

Frequent freezing and performance issues

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Requested Features

4 requests

Add folders/organization for transferred media

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Expand platform support beyond just Nintendo Switch

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Improve search and filtering capabilities

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FAQ

What does SwitchBuddy do?

SwitchBuddy is a companion app for your gaming console. It helps you track game sales with notifications, transfer screenshots and videos faster, discover new games, and add useful widgets to your home and lock screens. It also provides access to game news and pricing information.

What are the key features of SwitchBuddy?

Key features include a game wishlist with sale notifications and price history, faster media transfer from your console, a game discovery section to track upcoming releases, customizable widgets like countdowns and transfer shortcuts, and the ability to view eShop prices and change regions.

Is SwitchBuddy free to use?

Most of the app's functionality is available for free. However, there is an optional subscription called SwitchBuddy+ that unlocks additional features, such as removing limits on favorite games, and supports the developer.

What platforms is SwitchBuddy compatible with?

The app is designed as a companion for your Switch and Switch 2 consoles. Specific compatibility details regarding operating systems for the app itself are not provided in the description, but it is available on mobile devices.

How can I transfer screenshots and videos using SwitchBuddy?

You can transfer up to ten screenshots or a single video by scanning a QR code from your console. The app allows you to select Photos or iCloud Drive as the export destination. Zoom functionality is available for easier QR code scanning, even when playing on a TV.