FolderSync

- May 25, 2017

Everyone

Communication

( 17,389)

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

17,389 total

5 12,920

4 2,973

3 561

2 329

1 606

Jason Cotting

Used for syncing photos to Owncloud on my home server. It would be 5 stars but there is one annoyance. Every time FolderSync pushes out an update I have to redo my snyc settings because it will no longer authorize logging in to my Owncloud.

A Google User

This app used to work well in Android 5 and earlier. Now in 7.1, it's completely inconsistent and unreliable. Over 50% of the time it doesn't sync according to schedule because of some error or another. Every other update forces you to reconnect your cloud accounts. Too bad. This is well designed and has great features, but rarely works as expected.

Robert Elliott

Great app for backup but come on Devs , lately everytime I update you screw up my S3 credentials? A big warning before I update would be helpful

TG Kintanar

This wonderful app has saved me from losing precious data on numerous occasions in the past by allowing automatic backups from/to specific locations! If you keep a lot of data on your phone, you'll need this! Lately, it's not been working at all.

Walter S.

Forcing users to have Chrome as the default browser made the app unusable to me. Not everyone wants to use Chrome and not everyone wants to have Chrome as the default browser 😠

Douglas Ray III

Updates seem to always break pairings until I delete and redo the pairings from scratch. This was not what I'm paying for. This isn't right.

User reviews

Jason Cotting May 26, 2017

A Google User May 26, 2017

Robert Elliott May 25, 2017

Great app for backup but come on Devs , lately everytime I update you screw up my S3 credentials? A big warning before I update would be helpful

TG Kintanar May 25, 2017

Walter S. May 27, 2017

Forcing users to have Chrome as the default browser made the app unusable to me. Not everyone wants to use Chrome and not everyone wants to have Chrome as the default browser 😠

Douglas Ray III May 26, 2017

Updates seem to always break pairings until I delete and redo the pairings from scratch. This was not what I'm paying for. This isn't right.

Alexander Shields May 27, 2017

Google drive lets you download and upload folders but does not keep the download folder up to date. Nor does it push changes from your phone up to drive. That is why you need folder sync.

Philip van Bergen May 25, 2017

Why, after every update, does it stop working?

Dan Hugo May 28, 2017

Useless error messages in the fail logs.

Jean-Pierre Rasquin May 26, 2017

Issues arose with latest updates, no scheduled sync, with reason unknown ... ?

Florian Goße May 26, 2017

Syncs via WebDav account always result in "unauthorized". But in the settings the connection test says "login successful".

Giancarlo Passaglia May 26, 2017

Best Syncing Files app ever

Jorge Blanco May 25, 2017

The best!

BarcodeKevin May 25, 2017

You broke it with latest update last. Can't sync to drive, can't re-authenticate. If I could copy the error message. I would paste it for you. Expected begin_object got string

Tacit Dynamics May 25, 2017

Please re-authenticate - make sure chrome is installed and is default browser.

John Burricelli May 25, 2017

Webdav sync is broken with the last update. Stop making changes if you aren't going to test to see if it works first

Tacit Dynamics May 25, 2017

WebDav sync has not changed in latest versions. If you have issues please try to reenter password.

Da Niel May 26, 2017

After the last three updates the app has forgotten the pw to owncloud

Scott Boag May 19, 2017

Hey devs. It's NOT ok to stop syncing (because you need new permissions) every time you decide to do an update. I get out on the road and I discover my folders have not been synchronized. Not cool, not a minor issue. Fix this and I'll give you 5 stars.

Andreas Weigl May 19, 2017

I've been using the Light version for some time and it worked really well. I decided to show my support by buying the full version. It does what it is supposed to do. Yes, the interface isn't the best but you probably will only have to set it up once. Some of the option for the sync pair would actually make more sense with the account, e.g. Only on Wifi and list of wifis. The account decides the destination and when it makes sense to sync there (e.g. your local NFS server at home).

Ari Eschtruth May 20, 2017

Very useful, easy to set up, overall great. I use this to sync my photos and videos to Google Drive sorted into folders, because Google Photos doesn't support that yet.

Ty G May 16, 2017

Keeps deleting files in Target even though I am not removing at source at sync deletion is not even checked. Makes no sense..... Look for a more reliable app!

Anthony Wong May 20, 2017

Cannot connect to both OneDrive and Google Drive. Can you fix it please? Update: Issue fixed now thanks

Alicia Etler May 17, 2017

Probably THE best app for its purpose. It's the only one I'm aware of that allows the use of Mega.nz & is reliable in its usage. The purchase price was worth it & I probably would've paid more, too, just to support the development of such an awesome app.

Raphael Ribeiro May 24, 2017

Google drive issues fixed and all working again.

Erik Fason May 23, 2017

Found this while looking for a replacement for Bittorrent Sync. Update: smb file transfers are moving around 35 KB/s. I can transfer the same files with ES File Explorer at around 10 MB/s.

Iulian Dinescu May 24, 2017

More versatile than upload2nas and that works well to. This one is super, the best. I wish I new before I payed for other one. I have both now, but planing to use this best one!!!

Chris Bardgett May 24, 2017

This app used to be flawless; Now it's ridiculously unreliable and just doesn't run it's schedules.

Adam Berg May 18, 2017

Please update the app to support google drive again. It's the only reason i bought this app.

Mario T. May 22, 2017

I use it daily. Well, it's"programmed" to run daily and backup my photos so that I don't have to worry about that :)

Fernando Rodrigues May 23, 2017

Perfect, takes a while to configure but after that you just leave it and it does its work. Thanks

Matt Johnson May 18, 2017

I'm still learning it and every thing seems fine so far.

Tom Harvey-Watson May 20, 2017

Slightly tempromental using FTP with a clear lack of support from the developer.

Mark Mutai May 18, 2017

Works smoothly, easy to understand and setup

Alan Hernández May 21, 2017

Excelente app. Highly Recommend.

May 23, 2017

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark Pritchard May 5, 2017

Sync with Google Drive is poor. Recently for no apparent reason it decided to delete all local files and folders even though on Google Drive they're not. And it habits to down load files then uploads then just for fun. Getting to dislike this app after many years with no probs. Even support does not reply to support emails.. Poor.

Petr Černocký May 3, 2017

The app is good and all but the latest update (early May 2017) is yet another disaster for pre-existing accounts. I mean you break something. The users find a way to fix it. Then after several months you "fix" it by breaking it again. This is lame. Needed to re-enter all my FTP and SMB passwords AGAIN. The user gets to view the welcome screen only after running the app manualy. When entering the app through a failed sync notification the user is not notified of the need to re-enter the passwords and is left wondering what the sudden problem is. You really need to test your releases more thoroughly.

Greg Gait May 2, 2017

I love your app. Its a bit of a head wrecker to get the folder pairings right, but once you do, all worries are taken away. My phone died last week, and when the replacement came, all i had to do was copy all my data that is saved on my NAS every night back to my phone. Wonderful app.

Marian Gasparovic May 5, 2017

I was using the Lite version daily for many months. Although it fully satisfied what I needed, I decided to buy the full version to support developers. Really happy to have this app. Update - every time this app is updated, it stops working. With latest update I had to authorize SD card again, which I was notified to do. But all Smb passwords were wrong after update, I had to enter them again. There was no warning or notice about this. Frustrating.

J Mattey May 23, 2017

Forced Repeat Authorization Through Chrome breaks the usability for me. I cannot set Chrome or any other browser as default, including the built in Android browser, because several of my rooted apps prevent it. (Android bug). Also, I use multiple gmail accounts for Android system authentication. I can authorize when setting up account, but not dynamically of it requires chrome. Otherwise, the Best app for syncing folders & files.

Nick Haffen May 5, 2017

Good app, but updates screw it up occasionally. It usually works with everything, it's usually reliable, and it's also reliable about telling you when there's a problem. I've had several months of good runs where I didn't have to do anything. Syncing issues happen, but I have to take away a star because sometimes the issues seem to be caused by updates to this app. Everything was working fine last week, but with the latest update, it messed up the password on my accounts, and it still won't connect to WebDAV on my Nextcloud server. The login test is successful, but it takes an unusually long time to run the test, and nothing syncs to it after. I've had to redo accounts and even folderpairs after updates in the past, but I was always able to fix everything those times. I'm pretty sure I'll get this figured out, or they will and update, but still... It was fine last week, and I didn't touch anything or update my server.