USB Photo Transfer vs Ottasee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USB Photo Transfer
This app allows you to transfer photos and videos directly from your iPhone or iPad to a USB-C flash drive, SSD, or hard drive. It prioritizes privacy by not using the cloud or requiring accounts, ensuring your data stays on your device and the external drive.
- Copy photos and videos to USB-C drives
- No cloud or account required
- Select all or swipe to select multiple items
- Filter by photos or videos
- Preserves original quality and file names
- Supports Live Photos and RAW files
- Option to delete from device after successful copy
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USB Photo Transfer copies your photos and videos straight to a USB-C flash drive, SSD or hard drive. No cloud, no account, no subscription. Nothing ever leaves your iPhone except to the drive you plug in. FAST AND SIMPLE • Select All, or swipe across photos to select many at once • Filter by photos or videos • Your last folder is remembered, so a backup takes two taps NOTHING LEFT BEHIND • Original quality and original file names (IMG_1234.HEIC) • JPEG+RAW pairs copy both files • Live Photos include their video • Slow-motion videos and photos stored in iCloud are supported FREE UP SPACE SAFELY • Optionally delete items from your iPhone after they are copied • Only items that copied successfully are ever deleted WORKS WITH YOUR DRIVE • Any USB-C flash drive, SSD, hard drive or SD card reader • Tip: format your drive as exFAT to use it on iPhone, Mac and Windows 100% private: no tracking, no ads, no account.
Ottasee
Organize all your digital media, including movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, videos, and articles, in a single, visually appealing platform. Create custom collections for projects or personal enjoyment, consolidating diverse content types.
- Manage movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, videos, and articles
- Centralized content library
- Create custom collections
- Organize content by medium
- Curate for projects or personal use
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Ottasee is a platform where you can manage all your movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, videos, and articles all in one convenient colorful place. You can create collections allocating from any of your library's mediums making it easy to curate all your content for any project or personal use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: USB Photo Transfer at every 3 months against Ottasee's every 9 months. USB Photo Transfer also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ottasee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USB Photo Transfer has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
USB Photo Transfer ships an update every 3 months, Ottasee every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USB Photo Transfer | Ottasee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenny Timmer | Ottasee, Inc. |
Customer experience
USB Photo Transfer
Ottasee
In-app purchases
USB Photo Transfer
No in-app purchases
Ottasee
No in-app purchases
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