Comparison

PieCloud vs Drime

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

Head to head
About

PieCloud

Securely store and access your videos and photos from anywhere. This app offers encrypted cloud storage with offline viewing and scheduled uploads. It helps you manage space by identifying large files and provides a visual breakdown of your media.

Highlights
  • Encrypted cloud storage
  • Offline viewing
  • Scheduled uploads
  • Identify large files
  • Pie chart media view
  • File restoration
Features
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PieCloud is a private and safe cloud space to backup your videos and photos. With PieCloud app, here are the things you can do: • Securely store all videos and photos and access them anywhere in the world. (All files are encrypted so nobody other than yourself can access to your data) • Quickly access recent, and largest videos from each album using a fancy pie chart view • View uploaded content even when you are offline • Schedule video and photo upload even when you are offline (and uploads will automatically start once you are online) • Restore all uploaded files if you delete the app, or renew your iPhone PieCloud users can do these for free (no hidden fees, absolutely for free, no subscription required): • Use 5GB cloud storage completely for free, no hidden fees (when you login with your Apple id) • See largest videos and photos taking too much space in your iPhone • Get a pie chart view of each album, displaying per year videos and photos in sorted order by size (so that you can upload largest size medias to cloud), and per month videos and photos for latest files PieCloud is a very affordable app that comes with following pricing policy: • 5GB is FREE • $1.99/year for 50GB (once you subscribe for this option, first 2 months will be FREE) • $5.99/year for 200GB • $44.99/year for 2TB

About

Drime

Securely store, back up, and synchronize your photos, videos, and documents to the cloud. Access your files from any device, anywhere, and easily share them with others. Enjoy 20GB of free online storage.

Highlights
  • Secure cloud file storage
  • Offline file access
  • Photo backup
  • Document sharing
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Advanced sharing features
Features
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Drime offers the convenience of downloading, saving, and transferring photos and files to the cloud with 20GB Free. Back up and synchronize your photos, videos, documents, and other files to online storage, allowing access from any device, anywhere. Benefit from advanced sharing features, making it effortless to share photos or files with family, friends, and colleagues. Key Features: - Store files securely on the cloud. - Access all your files offline and preview various file types without additional software. - Backup your photos. - Open and share documents. And much more... Online storage and photo storage drive provide additional space for saving, downloading, sharing, scanning, and transferring photos or files to the cloud.

Screenshots

PieCloud4 screens
Drime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PieCloud at 100% against Drime's 63%. PieCloud also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Drime's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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. PieCloud sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Drime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PieCloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PieCloud's written reviews are positive against 63% of Drime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PieCloud ships an update every 3 weeks, Drime fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PieCloud versus Drime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPieCloudDrime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPIECLOUD, LLCTibalt Jarre

Customer experience

PieCloud

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Drime

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative31.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PieCloud

Subscriptions3
  • 50 GB$1.991 Year
  • 200 GB$5.991 Year
  • 2 TB$44.991 Year
None

Drime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PieCloud free?
PieCloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drime free?
Drime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PieCloud or Drime?
PieCloud is rated higher. PieCloud averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Drime averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do PieCloud or Drime have ads?
Neither PieCloud nor Drime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PieCloud or Drime?
PieCloud ships an update every 3 weeks, and Drime fortnightly. Most recently, PieCloud was updated on June 1, 2026 and Drime on September 11, 2026.

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