AiFoto vs Photos Backup for NAS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AiFoto
Organize and back up your photos with smart albums, timelines, and keyword search. Share photos securely with encrypted links and manage transfers easily. Free up device space after backing up.
- Smart albums and folders
- Timeline view
- Instant auto-upload
- Customized share links
- Optional encryption for shared albums
- Real-time backup
- Keyword search
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*Must be used in conjunction with Photo Gallery The all new AiFoto has been revamped and brings a variety of new features to make photo organization easier than ever. New features for AiFoto include, but are not limited to timelines, smart albums and folders. Instant auto-upload, performance enhancements, and customized share links make for an even better photo viewing and sharing experience. — Needless to worry about other users seeing your photo. Just create NAS accounts for every user. — Quickly find and view photos from a specific date in AiFoto’s timeline. — AiFoto sorts your photos in a smarter way. Smart albums found in AiFoto include places, videos, recently added and favorites. — Supports two methods to share photos, share links to other NAS users or to friends and family. All shared albums have optional encryption to protect sensitive information. — Automatically back up photos from your phone in real-time. — Automatic logins make viewing and backups easy. — Download and upload task monitoring makes controlling your transfers easy. — Easily understand photo metadata as well as edit photo descriptions to make photo identification easier. — Easily find photos by keyword search. — Free up space function after backup — Backup destination feature, which allows you to back up photos from your mobile device to a specified shared folder. (Required Photo Gallery - version 3.2.5.r743.) — Facial recognition feature (Beta, Required Photo Gallery - version 4.0.0.r879.) Learn more: https://www.asustor.com/
Photos Backup for NAS
Effortlessly back up your photos and videos to your NAS device. This app offers automatic background synchronization, selective backup options, and detailed history tracking. Free up space on your phone after a successful backup.
- Effortless background sync
- Complete backup tools and settings
- Works with all NAS devices on SMB networks
- Synchronize photos, albums, and favorites
- Exclude unwanted photos
- Free up device space after backup
- Backup history and statistics
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10 years of perfecting photos backup • Effortless background sync • Simply powerful USER REVIEWS “Great functionality and works reliably, always. Excellent range of options and super easy to set up. Brilliant.” “Been using for several years and this works great.” INTRODUCTION • Super easy to set up and use. • Backups continue in the background (iOS 26+). • Smart idle-time automatic backup. • Complete and robust backup tools and settings. • Work with all NAS devices on SMB networks. • Synology, QNAP, Asustor, TerraMaster, Western Digital, Ugreen. KEY FEATURES • All internal photo data and formats are exported. • Exclude unwanted photos from your backup. • Automatically backup your photos in background. • Synchronize your photos, including albums and favorites. • The history and statistics of your backup. • Free up space on your devices after backup. • Notifications about your backup’s progress and reminders to back up. ** Some features are available with a free trial. NOTES • Requires a NAS with a SMB network. • Third-party apps have a limited background time. Please do your first backup in foreground.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photos Backup for NAS at 4.7 against AiFoto's 2.5. Photos Backup for NAS also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 11%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). AiFoto's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Photos Backup for NAS sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AiFoto asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photos Backup for NAS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of AiFoto's written reviews are positive against 47% of Photos Backup for NAS's.
AiFoto ships an update every 2 months, Photos Backup for NAS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AiFoto | Photos Backup for NAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (26 ratings) | 4.7 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.6% of reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASUSTOR Inc. | Sonar Workshop |
Customer experience
AiFoto
Photos Backup for NAS
In-app purchases
AiFoto
No in-app purchases
Photos Backup for NAS
- Individual Plan (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Family Plan (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Individual Plan (Yearly)$14.991 Year
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- Family Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Year
- Individual Lifetime Access$39.99
- Family Lifetime Access$49.99
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