Sling Photos
Your photos. Your drive.
Only for iPhone
$9.99 · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Archive photos of the people you love to your own drive directly from your phone. One purchase unlocks unlimited local backups. Zero subscriptions.
As your photo library grows, keeping everything backed up can feel like a balancing act. All those snapshots of your kids, your parents, and your favorite moments deserve a secure home that stays with you. Sling Photos gives you a simple, local alternative.
Connect your iPhone to any USB drive or NAS on your home Wi-Fi. Sling Photos copies your photos there, keeping them organised, verified, and private. No computer required. No cloud dependency. No ongoing costs.
ARCHIVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
Tell Sling Photos who matters most. Add your kids, your partner, or your parents. The app uses on-device face recognition to scan your entire library and find every photo each person appears in. It then archives them to their own folder on your drive, automatically organised by year and city.
ORGANISED THE WAY YOU THINK
Every archive lands in a folder structure that makes sense immediately: Person, Year, City, Date. Holidays are detected automatically, including Christmas, birthdays, and trips, then filed into named event folders. No manual renaming. No tedious sorting.
NEVER MISS A BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY
Set up recurring albums for the moments that repeat every year. Sling Photos archives each year's celebration photos automatically, building a complete timeline of the people you love, one year at a time.
DETECT YOUR TRIPS
The app identifies when you have travelled. It looks for clusters of photos in new cities, holidays, or weekend getaways, then creates a dedicated trip folder on your drive. Everything is found and filed automatically.
YOUR DRIVE. YOUR PHOTOS. YOUR RULES.
Sling Photos works with any NAS or USB drive over SMB, including Synology, QNAP, Western Digital, Seagate, and a Mac with file sharing enabled. Everything transfers over your local Wi-Fi. Nothing ever leaves your home network. Your drive passwords are stored securely in the iOS Keychain and are never shared.
ONE PURCHASE. UNLIMITED LOCAL BACKUPS. YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS, FOREVER.
One purchase. No subscription. No recurring charges. Your licence restores on any device. Try every feature free for seven days. If it fits your workflow, you pay once and keep it permanently.
BUILT FOR PRIVACY
- Face recognition runs entirely on your device using Apple's CoreML, so your photos never leave your iPhone
- No analytics, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs
- Delete the app and all stored data goes with it
- Every file is verified with a checksum after transfer
STORE YOUR MEMORIES ON YOUR TERMS.
Sling Photos is the straightforward choice for families who want their photos safely stored on their own hardware, completely under their control.
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Smoother onboarding so you can start protecting your photos faster
• Streamlined welcome flow with a more intuitive purchase step
• Restore Purchase now available in Settings for easy reinstalls
• Updated share prompts and refined copy across all screens
The developer, Tavis Roberts, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Tavis Roberts
- Size
- 136.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Sling Photos $9.99
- Copyright
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