Comparison

OffShoot Solo vs Sync Shutter

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

Head to head
About

OffShoot Solo

Easily transfer files between your external drives and iOS devices. Features checksum verification and detailed transfer logs for secure and reliable data management.

Highlights
  • External disk file transfer
  • iPad and iPhone compatibility
  • Checksum verification
  • Transfer logs
  • Secure data management
Features
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Transfer files from external disks to and from your iPad and iPhone, with checksum verification and transfer logs.

About

Sync Shutter

Automatically back up photos and videos from your SD cards to multiple cloud services and local folders. The app ensures no manual steps are needed and only copies new files after the initial backup.

Highlights
  • Automatic SD card backup
  • Multi-destination cloud sync
  • Incremental file copying
  • Live progress monitoring
  • Backup history and stats
  • iPhone companion app
Features
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Never lose a shoot. Sync Shutter backs up your camera card the moment you insert it. Set it up once on your Mac, then plug in any card and walk away: every photo and video is copied to every destination you chose, automatically. On iPhone or iPad, plug in a card reader and import straight from the card. It was built for photographers who come home with several cards and cannot afford to lose one. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INSERT A CARD • The card is detected and the backup starts on its own. Progress lives in the menu bar; a notification tells you when it is done. • Only new files are copied. Already-backed-up shots are recognized and skipped, so the second run after a shoot takes seconds. • Copies to a folder or drive can be verified byte for byte after copying. • Files can be sorted into date folders taken from the photo's own capture date. • Cards that do not use a DCIM folder — video-first layouts from Sony, Panasonic and Canon bodies — are recognized too, and any card can be copied whole from the menu bar. • No internet where you're shooting? The card is still safe. Sync Shutter keeps its own copy and sends it to your cloud destinations on its own the moment you are back online. • A backup that cannot reach one of your destinations says so and names it. It never calls itself complete when something is missing. WHERE THE FILES GO Send one card to several places at once: a local folder or external drive, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Photos, the Lightroom auto-import folder, or the Photos library. Turn on as many as you like; each card is copied to all of them in a single pass. CHOOSE WHAT COMES OFF THE CARD Turn on a review step and a grid of thumbnails appears before anything is copied, so you can leave the test frames behind. SYNC SHUTTER PRO — ONE PURCHASE FOR MAC, IPHONE AND IPAD • Back up to a NAS or server: any S3-compatible storage (Synology, Backblaze B2, MinIO, Amazon S3), or SFTP over SSH. • Cold storage: Amazon S3 Glacier and Deep Archive storage classes, chosen per destination, for an archive that costs cents a month. • RAW+JPEG pairs: keep both, RAW only, or JPEG only. • Import date filters: only today's shoot, the last few days, or everything since a date. • Custom file naming from the capture date, a counter and the original name. • Per-card rules on the Mac: route each card to its own destinations. • Auto-delete from the card after every destination has confirmed the copy, and low-storage alerts before a backup would fill the disk. Pro is a single purchase, not a subscription. IPHONE AND IPAD Plug in a USB-C or Lightning card reader, open Sync Shutter, and pick the card. Photos go to your Photos library, a folder in Files, your cloud drives, or an S3 NAS. A Live Activity follows the import and a widget shows your totals. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up, no servers of ours in the path. Files go straight from the card to the destinations you chose. The only thing the app ever sends home is an anonymous count of backups and errors, so that problems get fixed; it is never linked to you. Works with any card your Mac or card reader can mount: SD, microSD, CFexpress, CFast, XQD.

Screenshots

OffShoot Solo4 screens
Sync Shutter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sync Shutter at Free against OffShoot Solo's $49.99. Sync Shutter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). OffShoot Solo's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sync Shutter is free to download; OffShoot Solo costs $49.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sync Shutter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OffShoot Solo ships an update every 4 months, Sync Shutter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
OffShoot Solo versus Sync Shutter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffShoot SoloSync Shutter
Price$49.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Sync FactoryUtkarsh Jain

Customer experience

OffShoot Solo

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

Sync Shutter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OffShoot Solo

No in-app purchases

None

Sync Shutter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OffShoot Solo free?
OffShoot Solo costs $49.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sync Shutter free?
Sync Shutter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OffShoot Solo or Sync Shutter?
Sync Shutter is rated higher. OffShoot Solo averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Sync Shutter averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do OffShoot Solo or Sync Shutter have ads?
Neither OffShoot Solo nor Sync Shutter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OffShoot Solo or Sync Shutter?
OffShoot Solo ships an update every 4 months, and Sync Shutter every 4 days. Most recently, OffShoot Solo was updated on September 30, 2026 and Sync Shutter on October 7, 2026.

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