Comparison

PST Reader vs PixCarry

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

Head to head
About

PST Reader

Features
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PST Reader opens .pst mail archives on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No setup. No account. No internet. Drag in a file you exported a decade ago and read it like it was yesterday. WHAT IT DOES Browse the full folder tree from your archive: Inbox, Sent, Drafts, Junk, Deleted, and any custom folder you set up. Read every message with original formatting, recipients, date, and full headers when you need them. Search across the whole mailbox by sender, subject, body, or recipient. Results show which folder the match came from. Preview attachments in QuickLook. Save them to Files, share through any app, or drag them straight to Finder on Mac. Open contacts, appointments, tasks, and notes carried by the archive. Print messages or export them as PDF. PRIVACY The file stays on your device. Nothing leaves it. No analytics. No login. No server. PST Reader opens archives read-only. Your file is never modified. Decrypted attachment data is deleted from the temp folder when you close the archive. FORMATS Both Unicode and ANSI .pst files are supported. Single archives up to several gigabytes work fine. PRICING Free for up to 10 messages a day. Enough for the quick lookup most people need. Premium unlocks unlimited reading, full search, attachment export, and PDF print. Cancel anytime in your Apple subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://yevgenii.dev/projects/pst-reader/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PixCarry

This app helps you declutter your photo library by identifying and removing duplicates, blurry shots, and screenshots. It then securely backs up your remaining photos to your own cloud storage or server, ensuring your memories are safe and accessible.

Highlights
  • Duplicate photo detection
  • Similar shot identification
  • Blurry and dark photo removal
  • Screenshot and social media media cleanup
  • Backup to S3, NAS, SFTP, WebDAV
  • Direct phone-to-phone photo transfer
  • Automatic background backups
Features
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Clean up your photos. Back up the rest. PixCarry finds the duplicates, extra shots, blurry photos and screenshots filling up your phone, then backs up every photo you keep to storage you own. Your own S3 bucket, NAS, server or computer. No subscription cloud in the middle, no one else holding your photos. CLEAN UP YOUR LIBRARY • See at a glance how much space you can free up, and where it is. • Duplicates: the same photo saved more than once, imported twice, saved again from a chat or downloaded again. • Similar shots: bursts and retakes of the same moment, with the sharpest one picked to keep. • Blurry and dark photos: out of focus, too dark to make out, or a shot of the inside of a pocket. • Screenshots, screen recordings and pictures saved from WhatsApp or social media. • Large videos, biggest first, so you know where the space really goes. • Swipe through suggestions one by one: left to delete, right to keep. • The copy to keep is chosen for you: your favorite, the one you edited, or the largest. Favorites are never selected for you. • See which photos are already backed up before you delete anything. • Tell PixCarry a photo isn't junk and it won't suggest it again. • New photos are checked in the background while your phone charges. • Everything is checked on your phone. Nothing is uploaded to find duplicates. • Deleted photos go to Recently Deleted for 30 days, so nothing is lost by accident. BACK UP TO STORAGE YOU OWN • S3 and S3-compatible storage (AWS, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, MinIO and more) • SFTP, FTP and WebDAV, any NAS or server, Nextcloud, ownCloud • Synology NAS • Immich and PhotoPrism • PixCarry Desktop, the free companion app for Mac, Windows and Linux SEND PHOTOS TO ANOTHER PHONE Pair two phones with a code and send photos straight across, on the same Wi-Fi or over the internet. They go straight into the other phone's photo library. THE WAY YOU WANT IT • Automatic transfer: every new photo you take is sent on its own. • All photos: send your whole library once, and see when it's done. • Send specific photos, or a whole album into a folder with its name. • Date folders and date-based file names keep your archive tidy. • Send HEIC photos as JPEG for servers and PCs that can't open them, keeping date, location and camera details. • Wi-Fi only option, pause and resume any time. FREE UP SPACE SAFELY After a backup, choose which originals to remove from your phone, and get the space back. PRIVATE BY DESIGN PixCarry has no account to sign up for and no cloud storage of its own. Your photos go to the storage you choose, and your library is checked on your phone. PIXCARRY PLUS Finding duplicates, similar shots and junk is free. Deleting them, automatic transfers, whole-library backups and every destination type are part of PixCarry Plus, weekly, monthly, yearly or a one-time lifetime purchase. Yearly and monthly plans start with a 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.pixcarry.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.pixcarry.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

PST Reader4 screens
PixCarry4 screens

Verdict

The call

PST Reader and PixCarry are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. PST Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PixCarry sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PST Reader ships an update every 2 months, PixCarry monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PST Reader versus PixCarry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPST ReaderPixCarry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevgenii KryzhanivskyiYuix Networks Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PST Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99
4 purchases

PixCarry

Subscriptions3
  • PixCarry Plus Weekly$0.997 Days
  • PixCarry Plus Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PixCarry Plus Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • PixCarry Plus Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is PST Reader free?
PST Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PixCarry free?
PixCarry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PST Reader or PixCarry have ads?
Neither PST Reader nor PixCarry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PST Reader or PixCarry?
PST Reader ships an update every 2 months, and PixCarry monthly. Most recently, PST Reader was updated on October 31, 2026 and PixCarry on November 6, 2026.

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