PhotoKopie

Running out of space is easy to fix. Trusting that the copy actually worked is the hard part.

PhotoKopie copies photos and videos from your iPhone to a USB-C drive, portable SSD, or SD card — then proves the copy is good before it ever mentions deleting anything.

VERIFIED, NOT ASSUMED
Every file is hashed with SHA-256 as it is written to your drive, then read back off the drive and hashed again. Only a byte-for-byte match counts as verified. Anything that does not match is reported, never quietly skipped.

DELETE ONLY WHEN YOU'RE READY
Nothing is ever deleted automatically. PhotoKopie only offers to remove photos that passed verification, iOS shows its own confirmation on top of that, and removed items go to Recently Deleted — so even the last step is reversible.

BRING PHOTOS BACK
The Drive tab works in the other direction too. Browse a folder on your drive, pick what you want, and import it straight into your photo library — with the same option to clear it off the drive once it is verified in Photos.

BUILT FOR REAL TRANSFERS
• Pause, stop, and resume, so a long transfer survives an interruption
• The screen stays awake while copying, and copying keeps going briefly in the background
• A notification tells you when the batch is done
• Live progress, so you always know where a transfer stands

FIND THE PHOTOS YOU MEAN
• Filter by photos, videos, or year
• Sort oldest first to clear out the years you have been putting off
• Swipe across the grid to mark a whole run of photos at once
• Full-screen viewer before you commit to anything

A TRANSFER LOG THAT STAYS
Every copy is recorded: what moved, when, and how much. The journal sticks around until you clear it, so "did I already back these up?" has an answer.

YOUR PHOTOS NEVER LEAVE YOUR DEVICE
No account. No cloud. No uploads. Copies go straight from your library to the drive you chose. There is no server to trust, because there isn't one.

WHAT YOU NEED
Any drive your iPhone can reach in the Files app, formatted exFAT, FAT32, or APFS. USB-C flash drives, portable SSDs, and card readers all work the same way. Requires iOS 17 or later.

PRICING
Transfer up to 250 photos at a time for free, which is enough to put the whole workflow through its paces before paying for anything. A single $3.99 purchase removes the limit permanently. No subscription and no ads.