Alternatives to Autosync
Android apps that automatically sync phone folders with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and other clouds. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Autosync
Android apps that automatically sync phone folders with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and other clouds.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Autosync.
FolderSync
A folder sync app for Android and desktop that works with over 20 cloud providers.
FolderSync also syncs Android folders to more than 20 cloud providers plus SMB and SFTP, and adds desktop versions for Windows, macOS and Linux that are paid after a trial.
PhotoSync
A mobile app that transfers and backs up photos and videos between phones, computers, NAS devices and clouds.
PhotoSync focuses on photos and videos rather than general folders, but runs on iOS as well as Android and can send to computers, NAS and clouds.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Syncthing
Keeps folders identical across your own machines, directly between them, with no cloud account in the middle.
Rclone
A command line tool that syncs, copies and mounts files across more than seventy cloud storage services.
Google Drive
Google's cloud storage and file sharing service with desktop sync and mobile apps.
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft's cloud storage, built into Windows and Microsoft 365.
Dropbox
The original file sync service, with clients on every platform.
DAVx⁵
An Android app that syncs contacts, calendars and tasks over CardDAV and CalDAV and accesses WebDAV files.
