# Parachute Backup Mobile

> For iCloud Photos & Drive

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749824842](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749824842)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6749824842`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Leitmotif GmbH
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (93 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-18
- **First published:** 2025-08-14
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parachute-backup-mobile/id6749824842)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://parachuteapps.com/parachute-mobile/](https://parachuteapps.com/parachute-mobile/)

## Description

Parachute Backup Mobile is your backup companion for iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive, enabling you to back up memories to storage you control—USB drives, NAS/SMB/SFTP mounts, Google Drive, OneDrive, S3 Buckets, and more. It preserves originals in full resolution, all adjustment data, and current edits, and can back up your entire iCloud Photos library (including Shared Albums) and folders from iCloud Drive.

Key features include triggering backups from the main screen, automation with Shortcuts and Schedules, privacy-first transfers via Apple’s Files extensions, and support for Live Photos, RAW images, bursts, edits, and slow motion. Backups are read-only to iCloud, require no accounts, and restore as normal Finder folders—no lock-in, no telemetry, and a one-time purchase.

## Rankings

- #139,425 — Overall
- #33 — tabs backup & restore

## Review summary

Parachute Backup Mobile is praised for quick setup, broad destination support (NAS, S3 endpoints, and other self-hosted storage), and its non-subscription model with privacy focus. It backs up photos, videos, files, and iCloud content, and offers Shortcuts automation. However, users report slow backups, frequent reliability issues requiring repeated attempts, file-level errors needing manual skipping, and inconsistent progress indicators. It’s a capable, flexible option for self-hosted backups, but performance and reliability can be frustrating in everyday use.

### Pros

- Easy to install and use with a clean, attractive UI.
- Versatile backup destinations: NAS, S3/custom endpoints, and other self-hosted storage; supports family sharing.
- Backs up multiple data types (photos, videos, files, iCloud Drive) across devices.
- One-time purchase rather than a subscription, with privacy-focused approach.
- Automation options via Shortcuts for advanced workflows.

### Cons

- Backup speeds can be very slow and take a long time to complete.
- Reliability issues: backups often fail or require multiple attempts and can freeze mid-run.
- File-level errors require manual skipping and there is no automatic error handling or auto-skip feature.
- Progress and status reporting is inconsistent, with counts not updating and progress bars occasionally not moving.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6749824842)