Comparison

Brightspeed Security by McAfee vs Sync with iCloud Drive

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

Head to head
About

Brightspeed Security by McAfee

This comprehensive cyber protection app safeguards your devices against malware and identity theft. It offers antivirus cleaning, dark web monitoring for your email addresses, and safe browsing to block risky websites. Additionally, it scans WiFi networks for security threats.

Highlights
  • Antivirus Cleaner
  • Identity Protection
  • Safe Browsing
  • WiFi Scan
  • Dark Web Monitoring
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Meet Brightspeed Security by McAfee—the all-in-one, award-winning online security solution. Everything you need in one app to help protect multiple devices against malware and identity breaches. Check out these great features: • Antivirus Cleaner: Protect compatible iOS devices with continuous virus protection, cleaning, and removal. • Identity Protection: Monitor the dark web for up to 10 email addresses with the latest tools for privacy protection and remediation. • Safe Browsing: Block risky websites, links and files and get phishing alerts to protect your devices and personal info.  • WiFi Scan: Maintain a safe WiFi connection with network security scans and alerts when you connect to unsecured hotspots. See System Requirements for additional information. Not all features available for all devices or locations.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Brightspeed Security by McAfee4 screens
Sync with iCloud Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sync with iCloud Drive at 4.9 against Brightspeed Security by McAfee's 3.9. Brightspeed Security by McAfee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sync with iCloud Drive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Brightspeed Security by McAfee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sync with iCloud Drive holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brightspeed Security by McAfee versus Sync with iCloud Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrightspeed Security by McAfeeSync with iCloud Drive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings77
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnect Holding II LLCPixegram, LLC

Customer experience

Brightspeed Security by McAfee

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Sync with iCloud Drive

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brightspeed Security by McAfee

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sync with iCloud Drive

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Brightspeed Security by McAfee free?
Brightspeed Security by McAfee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sync with iCloud Drive free?
Sync with iCloud Drive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brightspeed Security by McAfee or Sync with iCloud Drive?
Sync with iCloud Drive is rated higher. Brightspeed Security by McAfee averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sync with iCloud Drive averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Brightspeed Security by McAfee or Sync with iCloud Drive have ads?
Neither Brightspeed Security by McAfee nor Sync with iCloud Drive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brightspeed Security by McAfee or Sync with iCloud Drive?
Brightspeed Security by McAfee ships an update every 2 months, and Sync with iCloud Drive every 2 months. Most recently, Brightspeed Security by McAfee was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sync with iCloud Drive on October 24, 2026.

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