Comparison

Sync with iCloud Drive vs Bookmax

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

Head to head
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

About

Bookmax

Features
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Bookmax has been an online bookmark manager since 2003. Your bookmarks live in your account, not in one browser, and this app brings them to your phone. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Tap Share in Safari, Chrome or any other app and choose "Add to Bookmax". Pick the folder, save, done. The page is in your collection on every device. YOUR COLLECTION - Nested folders and tags, as deep as you like - Search across titles, addresses, descriptions and tags - Last added, last used and most used at a glance - Favicons and thumbnails for every entry - Public folders you can share as a page MORE THAN BOOKMARKS The same account holds lists (text, number, date and check fields), contacts, memos, documents and an RSS/Atom feed reader. Teams can share folders with four levels of rights. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES - Import and export as a standard HTML bookmark file at any time - Servers in the EU, no advertising, no tracking - Coming from Pocket, Delicious or Google Bookmarks? Import your old export YOUR ACCOUNT Free account with generous limits: 1000 bookmarks in 100 folders, without time limit. Existing Premium accounts work in the app as well. Bookmax is made in Austria and has been running since 2003, longer than any other hosted bookmark service still online.

Screenshots

Sync with iCloud Drive4 screens
Bookmax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmax at none against Sync with iCloud Drive's 2. Bookmax also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Sync with iCloud Drive's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Bookmax asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sync with iCloud Drive ships an update every 2 months, Bookmax fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sync with iCloud Drive versus Bookmax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSync with iCloud DriveBookmax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPixegram, LLCDr. Peter Mayer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sync with iCloud Drive

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Bookmax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sync with iCloud Drive free?
Sync with iCloud Drive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookmax free?
Bookmax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sync with iCloud Drive or Bookmax have ads?
Neither Sync with iCloud Drive nor Bookmax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sync with iCloud Drive or Bookmax?
Sync with iCloud Drive ships an update every 2 months, and Bookmax fortnightly. Most recently, Sync with iCloud Drive was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bookmax on October 28, 2026.

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