GoodSync vs Acronis Cyber Protect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoodSync
Access and manage files on your desktop computers from your mobile device. Upload files and folders to your desktop or use your phone to carry and sync files between multiple computers.
- Explore desktop files
- View desktop files
- Download desktop files
- Upload files and folders
- Sync files between desktops
- File transfer via WiFi/cellular
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Explore, View, Download files from your desktop computers running GoodSync Connect. Upload files and entire folders from desktop to your device. Using included Server, you can also make files on your phone accessible to GoodSync and GoodSync Explorer on desktop. File transfer works via WiFi or cellular network, automatically selecting the fastest path. Uses: • Client: View and Download files located on any of your Mac or Windows desktops. • Client: Desktops must be running GoodSync Connect. • Server: Backup important files from desktop to iPhone/iPad. • Server: Use iOS device to carry and sync files between several desktops.
Acronis Cyber Protect
Securely back up and recover essential mobile data for your business. Protect contacts, photos, videos, reminders, and calendars, with flexible recovery options to any device. Manage multiple devices and access your data from anywhere.
- Mobile backup of contacts, photos, videos, and calendar
- Cloud backup via Wi-Fi and cellular
- Flexible recovery to same or new device
- Secure access to backed up data
- Data transfer between mobile devices
- Manage multiple mobile device backups
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Acronis Cyber Protect is a mobile app for businesses that lets you back up and recover contacts, photos, videos, reminders, and calendars from your mobile device. The Acronis Cyber Protect mobile app is designed for use with the business-focused Acronis Cyber Cloud service and requires an account there. *** For a personal mobile app that backs up your data, search for “Acronis Mobile”. *** Back up mobile devices to the Acronis Cyber Cloud and protect contacts, photos, videos, reminders and calendar events. Use any authorized device to view, download, and recover mobile data. You can even recover or migrate your mobile data to a new smartphone or tablet. Features • Protect everything with mobile backup of contacts, photos, videos, and calendar from your iOS smartphones and tablets • Stay protected with backup to the cloud via Wi-Fi and cellular connection, or exclusively back up via Wi-Fi to save on data usage • Be flexible with recovery to the same device, an alternate device, or a brand new device • Stay safe with secure access to backed up data and files from any device, anytime, anywhere • Transfer your data from one mobile device to another • Protect multiple mobile devices and easily manage backups using a Cyber Protection Console
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Acronis Cyber Protect at 4.2 against GoodSync's 3.6. Acronis Cyber Protect also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 20). GoodSync's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and review sentiment (21% vs 12%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Acronis Cyber Protect holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 70 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of GoodSync's written reviews are positive against 12% of Acronis Cyber Protect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GoodSync ships an update every 2 months, Acronis Cyber Protect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoodSync | Acronis Cyber Protect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 4.2 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siber Systems, Inc. | Acronis, Inc. |
Customer experience
GoodSync
Acronis Cyber Protect
Bugs and requests
GoodSync
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Acronis Cyber Protect
Reported bugs
18 issues- Loses connection permanently
- No data available
- Service error
- Backup disappears after confirmation
- App is unusable
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- iPhone settings reset, service shut off, hotspot issues
- eSIM locked out
- Initial backups fail
- No connection to server
- Backup not occurring in background
- App stopped working, login issues
- Cannot log in
- Cannot initiate login
- Main screen not accessible after login
- No iPhone X/Xs support
- Requires paid cloud subscription to function
- Cannot sign in with Windows login
- Notes data not backed up
Requested features
4 requests- Address iOS issues promptly
- Improve login/signup process clarity
- Add iPhone X/Xs support
- Clarify account creation requirements
In-app purchases
GoodSync
No in-app purchases
Acronis Cyber Protect
No in-app purchases
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