IDrive Photo Backup vs Icedrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IDrive Photo Backup
Securely back up all your mobile photos and videos in their original resolution. This app also supports backups for Macs and offers convenient restore options. Share your memories easily and view them by timeline.
- Mobile photo and video backup
- Mac backup
- Original resolution backup
- Supercharged backup and restore
- Share backed up photos
- Timeline view
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IDrive® Photo Backup - Simple backup and restore app for mobile photos and videos - Backup for Macs - Original resolution - Faster than most competing services IDrive® Photos Features: - Save all photos and videos from your iOS device. - Backup data from your Macs, including the photos on it. - Backup the entire device gallery with Supercharged Backup. - Backup all the photos and videos in their original resolution. - Restore selected photos or use Supercharged restore to recover the entire gallery from the cloud. - Share backed up photos with your friends and family. - Use timeline to view the pictures from a particular time period.
Icedrive
Securely store photos, videos, and documents in the cloud. Offers automatic camera backup, file sharing, and offline access. Enjoy strong encryption and stream content directly from your device.
- 10GB free storage on account creation
- Automatic camera backup
- Secure file sharing
- Offline file access
- Encrypted storage section
- Stream content from cloud
- Cross-device file access
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Icedrive is everything you need for storing your photos, videos and documents to the cloud. Get 10GB on us when you create an account. Perfect to start automatically backing up your camera photos and videos. Get started now and access your files wherever, whenever with Icedrive. Features: - Get 10GB when you create an account, no need to to refer friends or jump through hoops like many other storage providers - Get up to 5TB storage with our premium offerings - Automatic backup of camera photos and videos - Easily share files with family, friends and colleagues, even if they are not Icedrive users - Strongest file encryption of any cloud storage service in the Icedrive Encrypted section, available with all premium plans - Make files available offline for easy access wherever, whenever - Stream and preview your videos, documents, images and audio files straight from the cloud - Access your files on every device - Clean, easy to use interface for easy file management - Dark mode available for those who work at night or just love the darker look! Terms of service: https://icedrive.net/legal/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://icedrive.net/legal/privacy-policy
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Verdict
IDrive Photo Backup and Icedrive both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of Icedrive's written reviews are positive against 39% of IDrive Photo Backup's. IDrive Photo Backup's advantage is ratings volume (699 vs 40). 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
Both are free to download. IDrive Photo Backup sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Icedrive sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for IDrive Photo Backup against 4.2 for Icedrive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IDrive Photo Backup has 699 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of IDrive Photo Backup's written reviews are positive against 69% of Icedrive's.
IDrive Photo Backup ships an update monthly, Icedrive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IDrive Photo Backup | Icedrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (699 ratings) — better | 4.2 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 69.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 699 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IDrive Incorporated | Ice Privacy Ltd |
Customer experience
IDrive Photo Backup
Icedrive
Bugs and requests
IDrive Photo Backup
Reported bugs
5 issues- App won't open or launch
- Incomplete/failed backups
- Sync issues and delays
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
- Unexpected data loss or deletion
Requested features
5 requests- Location data for photos
- Hidden folder with passcode protection
- Recycle bin for deleted items
- Improved photo/video organization tools
- Better integration with other platforms
Icedrive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IDrive Photo Backup
- Auto Renewal for IDrive Photos$2.991 Year
- Auto Renewal for IDrive Photos$4.991 Year
- Auto Renewal for IDrive Photos$9.991 Year
- IDrive Photos 100GB plan$2.99
- IDrive Photos 500GB plan$9.99
Icedrive
- Lite Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro I Monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro III Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Lite Yearly$47.991 Year
- Pro I Yearly$71.991 Year
- Pro III Yearly plan$131.991 Year
