# IDrive Online Backup

> Cloud Backup, Sync, File Share

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id427956708](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id427956708)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id427956708`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** IDrive Incorporated
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (4,958 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.5.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-03-30
- **Size:** 111 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/idrive-online-backup/id427956708)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.idrive.com/privacy.htm](https://www.idrive.com/privacy.htm)

## Description

Protect your digital life with IDrive! Securely back up your mobile data with private key encryption—the highest level of data security—so only you can access your files. Back up multiple devices to one account and sync files across devices to access your data from anywhere. Features include one-tap backup and restore of contacts, photos, videos, and calendars, selective backup, secure link sharing, automatic uploads over Wi‑Fi or cellular, and Gallery View for easy viewing.

IDrive for iOS is PCMag Editors' Choice Award winner, highlighting its reliability and feature set. Lock the app with a passcode, unlink lost or stolen devices, and manage access securely.

## Rankings

- #27,110 — Overall
- #7 — tabs backup & restore

## Review summary

Users largely praise IDrive for reliable backups and easy restores across devices and fair pricing, with good support. However, reviews frequently cite reliability and performance problems (slow or failed backups and sync), instability and unclear status in the iPhone app, billing/auto-renewal frustrations, security/key-management concerns risking data loss, and various feature constraints (folder selection, reliance on Apple’s framework, no music backup, setup/firewall hurdles). Overall, the app is valued for its concept, but it has notable reliability, UX, and billing issues that appear across many reviews.

### Pros

- Reliable cross-device backups and easy restoration across multiple devices
- Easy to use with straightforward setup
- Competitive pricing and plans
- Helpful support staff
- Works across PC, iPhone/iPad, and Android, enabling access to backups from multiple devices

### Cons

- Unreliable backup/sync performance with slow or failed uploads and occasional outages
- iPhone app instability, crashes, and unclear status/UX
- Billing and payment problems including unexpected charges and auto-renew issues
- Security/key-management concerns and account resets risking data loss
- Feature limitations and platform constraints (cannot select folders, relies on Apple's framework, limited music backup, firewall/setup hurdles)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id427956708)