Comparison

My Cloud Home vs Sync with iCloud Drive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Cloud Home

Centralize all your photos, videos, and files in one location. Access and share your content from any device, anywhere with an internet connection. Automatically back up your phone's media and stream videos on the go.

Highlights
  • Centralized file storage
  • Remote access from anywhere
  • Automatic phone backup
  • Video streaming
  • Content sharing
  • Search by name or location
Features
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My Cloud Home app Store it all in one place. Access and share it from anywhere. The My Cloud Home app keeps you connected to all the photos, videos and files centralized on your My Cloud Home device from wherever you are. Automatically back up all the photos and videos from your phone so that you can make room for more. Smoothly stream videos on the go. Quickly find and share your favorite memories with friends and family. With the My Cloud Home app, all your content is under your control wherever, whenever you have an internet connection. Access your content on-the-go from anywhere in the world Automatically save the photos and videos from your phone Quickly search through your content by name or location. Play almost any video anywhere Share your memories effortlessly with your friends and family Note: The My Cloud Home app requires a My Cloud Home or My Cloud Home Duo product to work (sold separately). For more information on Western Digital’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy please visit: https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/vulnerability-disclosure-policy

About

Sync with iCloud Drive

This app synchronizes your phone's photo library to iCloud Drive, preserving album and folder structures. It automatically updates changes, backs up edited photos and videos, and offers a free tier with limitations and a premium subscription for full access.

Highlights
  • Syncs photo library to iCloud Drive
  • Preserves album and folder hierarchy
  • Saves edited photos and videos
  • Supports Live Photos video component
  • One-way sync to match phone library
  • Mirror or backup entire library
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Sync for iCloud Drive synchronizes your phone’s photo library, including the album and folder hierarchy, to iCloud Drive. For users who like to organize their photos into folders and albums, Sync offers many advantages over saving your photos and videos to iCloud Drive and manually recreating your folder structure on iCloud Drive. - Sync automatically creates folders and albums you may have created in your phone’s photo library on iCloud Drive. - Saves the video component for Live Photos. - Saves the edited versions of photos and videos. - Mirror or back up your photo library. - Synchronize your entire photo library or only certain folders and albums. In summary, each time you run Sync, it will make sure any changes to your phone’s photo library are updated on iCloud Drive, overwriting, renaming, uploading, and deleting items from iCloud Drive if needed. Sync will also NEVER delete any photos from your phone. Sync performs a ONE-WAY sync only, making a folder in your iCloud Drive account match your phone’s photo library. Any changes made on iCloud Drive will not be synced to your phone, rather, the changes on iCloud Drive will simply be overwritten the next time you run Sync. Free Plan The free plan is limited to syncing up to 3 top-level folders and albums and up to 200 photos. Premium Plan Our affordable premium plan removes all restrictions and unlocks access to all future features. Subscription Pricing and Terms - Annual or monthly subscription billing will start immediately after you subscribe and will auto-renew each year or month. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least one day before the renewal date within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings in the App Store. - Subscriptions are non-refundable, so please choose this option carefully. - Please refer to the In-App Purchases section for pricing. Terms of Use — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy — https://sync.photosplus.app/privacy.php

Screenshots

My Cloud Home4 screens
Sync with iCloud Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Cloud Home at none against Sync with iCloud Drive's 2. My Cloud Home also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 7). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sync with iCloud Drive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. My Cloud Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for My Cloud Home against 4.9 for Sync with iCloud Drive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Cloud Home has 14K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
My Cloud Home versus Sync with iCloud Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Cloud HomeSync with iCloud Drive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14K ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.Pixegram, LLC

Customer experience

My Cloud Home

All ratings13,483 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews965 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral15.3%
Negative45.2%

Sync with iCloud Drive

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Cloud Home

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Unreliable auto-backup
  • Inability to access public folders

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved iOS integration
  • Bulk file management options
  • Support for more media formats
  • Customizable folder structure

Sync with iCloud Drive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My Cloud Home

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sync with iCloud Drive

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is My Cloud Home free?
My Cloud Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sync with iCloud Drive free?
Sync with iCloud Drive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Cloud Home or Sync with iCloud Drive?
Sync with iCloud Drive is rated higher. My Cloud Home averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Sync with iCloud Drive averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do My Cloud Home or Sync with iCloud Drive have ads?
Neither My Cloud Home nor Sync with iCloud Drive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Cloud Home or Sync with iCloud Drive?
My Cloud Home ships an update every 2 months, and Sync with iCloud Drive every 2 months. Most recently, My Cloud Home was updated on September 23, 2026 and Sync with iCloud Drive on August 1, 2026.

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