FolderSync

- July 19, 2016

Everyone

Communication

( 16,071)

Description

FolderSync enables simple sync to cloud based storage to and from local folders on the device SD cards. It support a wide range of different cloud providers and file protocols, and support for more platforms are added continuously. Root file access supported on rooted devices.

Effortlessly sync your files. Backup your music, pictures and other important files from the phone to your cloud storage or the other way around. It has never been easier. Automation support using Tasker and similar programs enables fine grained control of your syncs.

FolderSync contains a full file manager, that enables you to manage your files locally and in the cloud. Copy, move and delete your files in your cloud/remote accounts. Support for creation/deletion of buckets in Amazon S3. Upload and download files from the phone. It's all supported.

Supported cloud providers
- Amazon Cloud Drive
- Amazon S3 Simple Storage Service
- Box
- CloudMe
- Copy.com
- Cubby
- Digitalbucket.net
- Dropbox
- GoDaddy
- Google Drive
- HiDrive
- Hubic
- Livedrive Premium
- MEGA
- MyDrive.ch
- MyKolab
- NetDocuments
- OneDrive
- OneDrive for Business
- OwnCloud
- pCloud
- Storegate
- SugarSync
- WEB.DE
- Yandex Disk

Supported protocols
- FTP
- FTPS (SSL/TLS implicit)
- FTPES (SSL/TLS explicit)
- SFTP (SSH File Transfer)
- Samba/CIFS/Windows Share
- WebDAV (HTTP/HTTPS)

Pro/Lite version
The lite version contains ads, only allows two accounts and has no sync filters or Tasker support.
The pro version has no limitations. In all other regards the pro and lite versions are identical.

Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/FolderSync

Change log
http://www.tacit.dk/foldersync/changelog

Support
http://www.tacit.dk/support

FAQ
http://www.tacit.dk/foldersync/faq

Translations
https://crowdin.com/project/foldersync

Permissions

ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Needed to determine current network state
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
Needed to access info about the current WiFi state (SSID etc.)
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE/CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
These two are needed to be allowed to turn WiFi on and off
CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
Needed to autodiscover WebDAV, SMB, FTP and SFTP servers using Bonjour/UPNP protocol
INTERNET
Needed to access the internet connection to send and retrieve files
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE/WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Needed to read and write files from and to SD card
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Needed to automatically start after reboot of device, so scheduled syncs will still run
WAKE_LOCK
Needed to keep the device running during a sync, so it doesn't enter sleep mode

Reviews

4.6

16,071 total

5 12,065

4 2,756

3 493

2 283

1 474

Leith Cassone

I love this program. After having issues with the Eye-fi application - won't install on my PC and Eye-Fi can't fix it. I was looking at another way to get my DSLR images onto my PC so I can pull them into Lightroom. This is absolutely perfect. I set up a WebDav server on my NAS and set the Mobi App folder as a sync. It's fast, transfers all the files and after I import them into Lightroom cleans everything up. I've still got to play with some of the other features, but everything seems to be bulletproof. The interface is well organized, and has more options than you can imagine, but it gives you the granular control you want.

Tadeusz Dracz

I replaced the DS CloudStation app (that comes with Synology NAS) with this application and it works great. It synchronizes through WebDAV with NAS perfectly. Filters, custom locations, exact viewing of sync status, scheduling - this application provides all that and much more. Among other things, it has the ability to reindex media location, which I find useful when syncing Music. Unfortunately, the application seems not to release memory well when doing WebDAV and is corrupting the storage when using smb. There are also a bunch of other issues, which are not being addressed. I will update to 5 stars once the bugs are being fixed more actively.

Chris Shipley

Love some features I love that it syncs with my owncloud, and just about any other service you could need.... However. It won't sync automatically when my phone is locked. Which seriously defeats the purpose of setting up scheduled syncing

Patrick Dijkgraaf

Love the app, but developer does not respond to my bugreport Filed a bugreport (including logs) for sync errors with filenames with a colon in them. Perfectly supported on my Linux server and Android phone. Worked in previous versions of Foldersync. Unfortunately I get no response from the developer. Lowering my rating... :-( Used to be perfectly happy with the app.

Ian Rawlings

This used to be great but it's now a pain in the backside. It now regularly deletes then resyncs the data, which can take quite a long time and eat a lot of power. It also fails syncs and won't retry them until you swipe the app out of memory, and generally does not work reliably at all any more. It used to be so great but sadly now it's looking like time to find a new one. I've persevered with it for about a year or so now but it's not getting any better so it looks like time to move on.

Dave Davenport

Solid performer Excellent professional quality software. Clean, attractive user interface with minimal visual fuss, allowing you to get routine sync chores done in a few clicks. All standard protocols and cloud services supported, detailed event/error logging with browseable history, plus an integral file manager. Perfect for taking regular simple backup copies of files or folders from your phone to your Windows machine or vice versa over WiFi (what I use it for). Well worth price of the paid version. Highly recommended.

User reviews

Leith Cassone July 24, 2016

Tadeusz Dracz August 11, 2016

Chris Shipley July 26, 2016

Patrick Dijkgraaf August 2, 2016

Ian Rawlings July 24, 2016

Dave Davenport September 10, 2016

Adam Waite September 23, 2016

I like this app a lot, but the instant sync has stopped working. When I save a synced file, the sync runs, but updates 0 files. If I manually sync the folder, everything works fine. I've seen a few other complaints about this, but there is apparently no way to contact the developer, which is distressing since I payed for this app.

Austin Best August 13, 2016

Stick with free version I'd like a refund. Only reason to purchase was for auto sync so I don't have to keep clicking sync. However auto sync DOES NOT WORK. Put an image in the folder, it does not upload until I manually click upload. And yes, the instant sync option is enabled!

Sjoerd Krol August 7, 2016

Works great! The only thing it's missing is to be able to detect moved files/folders. When I remotely move my pictures for example to an event based subfolder structure, it removes it localy from the phone and starts redownloading them

Zac Trogdon September 13, 2016

Ugh... Constant errors when syncing to FTP, Zero tech support I had some initial success with an older version of this app, so I purchased the full version to be able to add extra filtering. After a few updates I started getting errors on my sync from SD card to my FTP server. Tried emailing the devs like they instruct in the help guide, but never get any responses. What a frustrating experience. Don't waste your money.

Steve Van Dyke September 25, 2016

Best One more 5 star review from someone who purchased the app. My phone just crapped out last week and I would have lost everything. But the pictures are backed up with Google and other important files are backed up with foldersync. Hooray for foldersync!

Mohammed Uddin September 19, 2016

Good Works how I want it to. It downloads the PDFs I save on my Google drive to my phone. Good controls over how often it updates the files and how exactly you want to sync them. I don't fully understand the errors that sometimes come up though, but it hasn't been a problem for me

Andrew G September 5, 2016

Works as advertised A process for migrating from the lite version to the full version (keeping all the settings) is desperately needed, and the power of software like this is a double-edged sword, as always. That being said, this app does an important job for people who live on many devices.

Ekkasit Takoungsakdakul September 6, 2016

I looking for offline photo sync for me for next two-week vacation trip. I wished that it can sync my photos between internal storage and USB OTG storage (Android 6.0) for an backup. If something go wrong with my phone during the trip, at least I still have a backup. Overall Folderpairs sync options are comprehensive and should support most of sync use case. But I'm just found out that FolderSync after I buy it that is not supports USB OTG storage API yet., so I give three stars ;(

Silviu Neacsu August 16, 2016

not reliable. only reason i bought this app is because the other one that i was using and worked great for me does not support sd card file transfer to my NAS

José Lourenço July 25, 2016

Not working on Marshmallow This sort of problem cannot happen. Specially if you are not using the lite version. Fix it ASAP or you may lose a long lasting user.

M. A J July 20, 2016

The last 2.9.x update finally fixed long and failed syncs because of locked files which were not locked. It also fixed log showing "local files deletion" instead of "remote file deletion".

Kakha Khmelidze July 22, 2016

If there wouldn't be a few so major flaws, this app could be a strong number one in it's class. In example it can't sync photos by its taken data or real file generation time. It hasn't ability to reorder folderpairs. These two are most important features for me. Moreover, I want to mention one more very unpleasant flaw. Application deletes the original file creation date and time during the sync. That is, it can not copy group of files to different directories by their original creation month and year and in addition erases the original time stamps, and assigns them to the current date and time. This is utterly bad. Besides support responds very rarely and after a long weeks after question.

Neal Lewandowski July 24, 2016

Synch 'n forget It truly does it all. OwnCloud support-awesome. Why are you using anything else? FreeNAS users: this is for YOU!

A Google User July 23, 2016

Best Sync ever Never had any issues, sync filters allow me to not sync temp file and other unimportant data. I can mirror my internal and external SD every night to my NAS. Never have to worry about loosing any data again.

Dani Marzano August 15, 2016

Best sync app out there This thing syncs with everything under the sun and has powerful options. The filters are easy to set up and work like a charm. What more could you ask for?

Laurent D August 11, 2016

Great sync app I use it to backup some folder of internal memory as well as the SD card on different target storage. Work as should. Good job. Improvement can be done on responsiveness while canceling running job.

Pete Phillips July 29, 2016

I've used FolderSync for over 3 years and it's never let me down. Superbly simple to set-up, while also having flexibility to administer and protect all my cherished mobile data. I use it to exchange and synchronise a variety of data with my NAS boxes and ownCloud accounts . For me it provides a crucial facility that I rely on to support my Android devices. Well worth supporting by purchase.

Proximo Astra July 31, 2016

Finally a Backup/Sync App that works! The Sync Status and Log feature is Excellent! If your serious about backing up any of your files, or even the entire Android Folder, then you need this App. I have a large and growing library of Service/Parts/Operators Manuals, and use FS to back them up to my External SD Card, my FTP Server and to BOX. Latest version is working good with Marshmallow on my Galaxy Tab S2.

Martin Harvey September 22, 2016

I had a simple need. I had a Google Drive folder full of receipts, bookings, etc. for a trip in a Drive folder. This allowed me to sync them with my phone for offline viewing if and when necessary. Understand why native drive files are not synced. Also pleased to see Cubby supported - a facility I find invaluable between my 2 Macs. Early days so so far great.

Steve Dockar August 5, 2016

Swiss Army knife of Sync utilities FolderSync has been my go to file sync choice for many years. Backing up phone photos to my NAS, copying Tasker scripts between devices, backing up device files to SD card or Dropbox or Google Drive. You name it, there's a good chance FolderSync will do it. Over 2g, 3g or 4g if it's small, only on WiFi if you prefer, instantly or periodically or even under Tasker control. FolderSync has you covered!

Eric Phelps August 21, 2016

Just too handy! Tried both Dropbox and Dropsync, but FolderSync is waaay better. One app that can handle virtually every service *plus* the generic FTP and WebDav methods so I can back up to my own home router/NAS/PC.

Rabid Mutant August 24, 2016

Nice but flakey Doesn't work well with otg and internal sf card, can't sync over hotspot hosted on phone.

Steve Swanson July 23, 2016

Good, solid, works as advertised Only reason I haven't given it five stars is the layout of the menus isn't super intuitive. Still, a great app.

Fu Yong September 21, 2016

schedule doesn't work on xiaomi redmi 3s pro Schedule sync with Dropbox always timeout but manual runs are fine. Please fix. Thanks.

Jonathan Chen August 9, 2016

Often gets stuck in a state where all SFTP folderpairs are disabled for no reason (should be enabled on all network types). Force stopping and restarting the app seems to help for some time.

Ellis rahhal August 2, 2016

No support I was having problems with FolderSync failing on Android 6, and tried multiple ways to contact the FolderSync devs, but they haven't replied for 2 weeks. Unacceptable for a paid app.

Dan Lyke July 23, 2016

Does what it says I use it for SFTP syncing. I wish that the UI were a little less spread out and that it was fewer taps to figure out why a sync failed, but it works.

Voods Mandapat July 21, 2016

Disabled for now Waiting for the next update, I just updated FolderSync and now it won't stop syncing I already have 300+ sync history in just minutes

Anthony Thomson August 18, 2016

Good folder manager Compared to other services this is awful. It does have a nice folder manager however

August 26, 2016

Not so good File manager cannot show the external SD card despite permission is granted. The scheduler for auto-sync is not working. Not so happy with this purchase.

Joe Mannix September 3, 2016

5star app one bug This app is a lifesaver and use it mainly for backup to multiple locations however one ftp server running Linux has issues displaying folders after home not sure why but I can access /home/username/media however as soon as I try /home/username/media/backup it refuses to display the folders even with 777 permissions I really hope an update may fix this

TJ Butenhoff September 8, 2016

Works very well with my Google Drive account I use this app to sync data from a few of my apps (a cookbook and a gps tracks app) to various devices, using my Google Drive account as an intermediary. It works well and is easier than transferring the data manually.

Dave Piehl September 8, 2016

Swiss army knife for syncing Super flexible app that syncs any folder with so many online services and your own network really makes this the Swiss army knife for syncing my Android! 2016 update: I'm still a strong user of this app!

Maarten Keyman September 10, 2016

Syncing over WiFi not stable Syncing over WiFi is not stable. Syncs only when the app wants it. Manually pressing sync all is not working though sincing over WiFi is enabled. Android 7 btw

What's New

Version 2.9.0

Notice: Dropbox users must re-authenticate accounts because of migration to V2 API which uses OAuth2. In some cases reselection of folder on folderpair is nessecary.

Provider: support for new OneDrive API and OneDrive Business, Hubic and PCloud.

Feature: support for Nexus Imprint to unlock if using pin code.

Feature: support for Marshmallow runtime permissions.

Bugfix: fixed issue with waiting for Wifi for SD card sync.

Bugfix: fixed domain name not being saved on account screen.