Tips & Tricks vs Sync with iCloud Drive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tips & Tricks
Unlock your iPhone's full potential with daily updates on the latest news, features, and tips. Discover hidden app functions, master iOS, and stay informed about new devices. Get unbiased reviews, privacy advice, and price drop alerts for your favorite apps.
- Daily tech news updates
- Interactive iOS quizzes
- Over 200 iOS tips and tricks
- Coverage of iOS updates
- App and game reviews
- Price drop alerts
- Privacy advice and scam warnings
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Whether you’ve just upgraded or you’ve been using iPhone for years, we help you get more from iOS with clear tutorials, breaking Apple news, and practical tips you’ll actually use. From mastering iOS’s latest features to discovering time-saving shortcuts, privacy settings, and clever tricks built into your device, Tips & Tricks makes sure you never miss a thing. UPDATED DAILY • Tip of the Day to sharpen your iPhone skills • Breaking Apple news and analysis • App and game reviews you can trust • Privacy guidance and scam warnings to keep you safe • Tutorials and advice from our expert writing team • Buyer’s guides, app roundups, toolkits, and more ALSO INCLUDED • A built-in guidebook with 200+ essential iPhone tips • AI-powered upgrade assistant to help choose between Apple devices • Home Screen widgets for the latest news and tips • iOS update notifications so you never miss new features • Save tips and articles for easy access • Powerful search across thousands of expert articles Tips & Tricks has been helping iPhone users since the early days of the App Store. With over 10 million downloads and multiple appearances in Apple’s “Best of the Year,” we’re a trusted source for clear advice, expert analysis, and easy-to-follow iOS tutorials. WHAT OUR READERS SAY 5/5 “Simple, logical, and beautifully designed. Very well done" 5/5 “I used every tip! Very useful!” 5/5 “A real eye-opener! I thought I knew a lot, but I didn’t!” 5/5 “I absolutely love this app. It shows me things I never knew I could do with my iPhone and iPad.” 5/5 "This app is extremely useful, even for those who think they know it all." TIPS PRO Tips & Tricks is supported by occasional ads. Upgrade to Tips Pro to unlock every article, remove ads, and more. Tips & Tricks Pro offers auto-renewable subscriptions: - Monthly subscription - Annual subscription A free trial is available for new subscribers. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tapsmart.com/tapsmart-apps/tips-tricks-privacy-policy/
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.
- 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sync with iCloud Drive at none against Tips & Tricks's shown. Sync with iCloud Drive also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Tips & Tricks's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 7). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Tips & Tricks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sync with iCloud Drive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 — 4.8 for Tips & Tricks against 4.9 for Sync with iCloud Drive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tips & Tricks has 4.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tips & Tricks ships an update every 5 weeks, Sync with iCloud Drive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tips & Tricks | Sync with iCloud Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intelligenti Ltd | Pixegram, LLC |
Customer experience
Tips & Tricks
Sync with iCloud Drive
Bugs and requests
Tips & Tricks
Reported bugs
2 issues- Constant crashing and loading issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to bookmark favorite tips
- Improved navigation and search
- More frequent updates and new content
Sync with iCloud Drive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tips & Tricks
- Premium Content Experience3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- First Year Special Offer7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Content Experience7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Go Ad Free$0.99
- Go Ad Free$1.99
- Go Ad Free$2.99
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- Go Ad Free$4.99
- Go Ad Free$7.99
- Go Ad Free$39.99
- Go Ad Free$239.99
Sync with iCloud Drive
- Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly$19.991 Year
Questions
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