Offloadr vs FolderSure

Offloadr backs up footage right on your iPhone and iPad – from card to SSD and NAS, verified and documented. No laptop, no subscription, no cloud. PROJECTS – SET UP ONCE, USE ALL SHOOT Create a project and Offloadr remembers everything that doesn't change: destination drives, verification method, companion files and the shoot day. Next time you open the app everything reconnects – the next offload only needs the card. The shoot day counts up automatically. History is grouped by project, with total size and a combined report per production. If you just want to back up one card quickly, the old path is still there: no project, two taps. EVERY FILE VERIFIED INDIVIDUALLY Offloadr copies each file and then reads it back from the destination. Only when the checksum matches the original does it count as secured. If even one file fails, Offloadr says so clearly – full screen, in red, with the number of affected files and the instruction not to erase the card. You can also have the source read a second time (3-way check). If it differs from the first read, the card or the reader is faulty – a failure a normal verification cannot catch. WRITTEN THROUGH TO THE MEDIUM Offloadr forces every file to physically reach the flash cells before it counts as secured. Without this, a drive reports "written" while the data still sits in its volatile cache – unplugging would lose it. Not switchable, because the entire promise depends on it. HANDOVER PACKAGE, AUTOMATICALLY After every offload the destination holds everything a clean handover needs: • ASC MHL v2 in the "ascmhl" folder – numbered generations, directory hashes and a chain file, exactly as Pomfort Silverstack, YoYotta and Hedge expect • PDF report with file list, checksums, duration, throughput graph and thumbnails • Metadata as CSV and JSON – capture dates, camera details, GPS optional • Complete log of the operation PDF, log and metadata go into the "_Offloadr" subfolder – next to the clips there are only clips. MHL CHECKER Re-verify a backup later: the MHL manifest is read back and every file recomputed. That tells you whether anything on the drive has since been corrupted or went missing while copying on. Manifests from Silverstack, ShotPut Pro or Hedge work too. MORE • Two destinations at once (SSD and NAS) in a single pass • Photos and videos from the Photos app as source, including iCloud download • Incremental: skip files already backed up – for interrupted offloads • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Battery and free-space check before starting • Warning when a card was already backed up within the last 24 hours • Proof per history entry: time, device and checksum – detects later modification • German and English VERIFICATION METHODS xxHash-64 by default – the same thing Silverstack, Hedge and ShotPut Pro write. SHA-256 for jobs where a broadcaster or archive requires it. NO CLOUD, NO ACCOUNT Offloadr works entirely on device. No account, no sign-up, no analysis of your footage, no cloud transfer. Your data goes from the card to your drive – nowhere else. REQUIREMENTS A card reader or drive on the USB-C port, or a NAS share mounted in the Files app. Speed is set by your hardware: over 1 GB/s on NVMe via USB-C, more with Thunderbolt on iPad Pro.

A finished progress bar tells you the copy ended. It doesn't tell you the copy is correct. FolderSure checks your backup against the original, file by file, byte by byte, using streaming SHA-256 right on your iPad or iPhone. Plug in the card and the SSD, pick the two folders, and know for certain that every photo and every clip made it across intact. One damaged RAW file in 400 GB is invisible until the day you need it. FolderSure finds it and tells you its name. What it does: Verify. Compares source and destination with real checksums. Missing, changed and unreadable files are listed by name, not hidden in a summary. Verified Copy. FolderSure copies the files itself, then reads every byte back from the destination before calling a file done. The safest way to offload a card. Guarded Erase. After a fully verified pass you can delete the verified files from the card. You have to type ERASE, confirm, and the app re-checks every file at the moment of deletion. If anything changed since the pass, it refuses. It never touches files it didn't verify. Re-Verify. Months later, check a drive against a saved manifest and catch bit rot before it costs you a shoot. Resume. Cable pulled or app closed mid-scan? Continue where it stopped. An interrupted job is never reported as verified. Proof you can keep. Export a PDF receipt, CSV manifest, JSON, or a .sha256 checksum file your Mac verifies with a single shasum command. The fine print, in plain words: one-time purchase, no subscription, no account, no ads. Everything runs on your device and the app makes zero network requests. Works with SD cards, USB-C SSDs, USB sticks and any folder the Files app can open. Choose SHA-256 or the faster xxHash64. FolderSure never modifies your source. Verification only reads. The only thing that can delete files is the erase step you unlock yourself after a verified pass. App Review notes (reviewer field): FolderSure needs no account, login or network connection. Everything runs on-device. To test without an external drive: in the Files app, create two folders under On My iPad, put a few files in the first and copy them into the second. In FolderSure pick them as Source and Destination and tap Verify Copy. To see failure detection, edit or delete one file in the destination folder and verify again. The erase feature only appears after a 100% verified pass and requires typing ERASE plus a confirmation dialog. It deletes only the verified files in the user-chosen source folder. The app makes zero network requests. No analytics, no tracking.