Save by OpenArchive vs Handcent Anywhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save by OpenArchive
This app allows users to securely archive and organize their mobile media. It provides tools for uploading, editing metadata, and sharing content to private servers or the Internet Archive, ensuring long-term preservation and control.
- Upload media to private servers or Internet Archive
- Edit media metadata (location, notes)
- Flag media as 'significant'
- Batch edit media metadata
- Organize media into project albums
- Share to Save from other apps
- Wi-Fi-only upload setting
- Creative Commons licensing options
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Save by OpenArchive enables you to safely preserve, organize, and share your mobile media. Designed with and for individuals and organizations working to securely archive media directly from their mobile devices to a server, Save keeps you in control of your media at all times. Features • Upload any type of media to a private server or directly to the Internet Archive • Edit media metadata, including location and additional notes • Flag media as “significant” for organization and/or easy retrieval later • Batch edit media — update the metadata of multiple media files at once • Create multiple project albums to keep your media organized (e.g. “Summer 2019,” “Workshop photos,” “Kitchen remodel,” etc) • Share to Save from other apps on your phone, such as your Photos or voice memos apps • “Wi-Fi-only” upload setting, for when cellular data networks are unreliable or expensive • Creative Commons licensing options for the media you collect and share • Uninterrupted uploads using a foreground service Benefits Preserve Upload your important mobile media to a private server of your choice (using a free and open source platform like Nextcloud or ownCloud). Publish the media publicly to the Internet Archive for resilient, robust preservation by a third-party. Organize Create custom-named Projects to keep your media sorted in ways that make sense to you. Add helpful notes, location, and other contextual information one by one or in bulk. Enable findability and organization with folders in the app that correspond to your own private server. Share Connect to existing project albums created and managed by partners and colleagues. Send media to the Save app from your camera roll and other applications. Secure Save always uses TLS encryption, which encrypts the connection between your mobile device and your chosen destination, whether a private server or the Internet Archive. Save works with server software like Nextcloud that makes it easy to encrypt the data you’ve collected. Help & Support OpenArchive’s FAQ - https://open-archive.org/faq/ Contact us at info[at]open-archive[dot]org About OpenArchive is a team of technologists, ethnographers, and archivists committed to helping people easily preserve and organize their mobile media. We create intuitive, privacy-first decentralized archiving tools and educational resources to preserve history. About Save Save is an intuitive, privacy-first decentralized mobile archiving app that helps people preserve their mobile media for the long term. It offers users greater control over their media by providing tools for authentication, verification, privacy, licensing, and flexible storage options for long-term access and reuse. Save addresses the gaps in the current online ecosystem existing around the a) ethical short-term collection and b) long term preservation of sensitive mobile media. We provide mobile-centered, scalable, industry-standard, ethical, intuitive, easy to use tools for at-risk communities to pseudonymously preserve and authenticate their media so that it will be accessible and maintain its provenance in the future. Links Terms of Service: https://open-archive.org/privacy/#terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://open-archive.org/privacy/#privacy-policy
Handcent Anywhere
Send and receive text messages from your computer or tablet, syncing seamlessly with your phone. Utilize larger screens and keyboards for faster, more convenient texting without constantly checking your mobile device.
- Send/receive texts on computers and tablets
- 2-way sync with cellphone
- Message history and status sync
- Utilize larger screens and keyboards
- Manage multiple numbers
- Real-time synchronization
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Anywhere iOS Want to send a text but don’t have access to your cellphone, don’t worry. With Handcent Anywhere, you could now send/receive texts even when you are playing a game on your iPad. Handcent Anywhere is a service that allows you to text on computers and tablets. It's the perfect companion tool for Handcent Next SMS.(You will need to use it with the latest version of Handcent Next SMS) Handcent Anywhere is now ready to rock, giving a much more stable, better experience. 2-way sync between your cellphone and computer/tablet with all the details, such as message status, message history. One of the best companion tool on iPad, it's extremely useful whether it's home or office settings. No need to constantly check your phone while using your tablet, all texting can be done on your iPad just as easy and quick. Also if you are using two phones, you can also send and reply messages from another phone in your iPhones. Convenient -Never be limited by the space, all devices can be used texting, you can enjoy the same seamless texting experience on cellphones, computers, and tablets. Fast -Utilize the bigger screen and keyboard for faster texting. Easy -All messages will be synced with your cellphone along with all the details such as message status. Real-time -Real-time synchronous between your cellphone and all you devices. The moment you receive/send a message, it will be synced on all your devices. Comprehensive -Ability to text with multiple numbers. Manage all your devices with just one account. Secure -All messages are safe and well protected. - 2-way sync between your cellphone and computer/tablet, message status, message history. How to use Handcent Anywhere: On your cellphone: slide to the right to open the navigation drawer, tab Handcent Anywhere. In it, turn on Handcent Anywhere, give your cellphone a name.(you can use multiple cellphones, but only one device can be used at a time) This will be the ID when you try to connect on the web. (When you have more than one cellphones(numbers), each one should have a unique name) On your iPad/iPhone: Open the Handcent Anywhere on your iOS device, Make sure the Handcent Anywhere is enabled in your cellphone, select the phone you want to use on the web. Now you can start texting. Also, don’t forget to upload your contacts to our server, otherwise all your contacts will be shown in number format. Handcent Anywhere is also available on web(aw.handcent.com available on any computer), and iPad/iPhone. For information, support, or to manage your account, please visit our website http://www.handcent.com Or send an email to help@handcent.com Like us at https://www.facebook.com/handcent Follow us at https://twitter.com/handcent
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Save by OpenArchive at 4.3 against Handcent Anywhere's 2.2. Save by OpenArchive also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Handcent Anywhere's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Save by OpenArchive holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively.
Save by OpenArchive ships an update every 2 months, Handcent Anywhere every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save by OpenArchive | Handcent Anywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (14 ratings) — better | 2.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenArchive LLC | HANDCENT CORPORATION (HK) LIMITED |
Customer experience
Save by OpenArchive
Handcent Anywhere
In-app purchases
Save by OpenArchive
No in-app purchases
Handcent Anywhere
No in-app purchases
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