5 photo apps that take away the tension of storage, that too for free…

Who doesn’t like taking pictures and storing them? Ever since smartphones with cameras have come into our lives, we capture every small and big memory of our lives in pictures through the camera. But, storing every picture in the device is a difficult task. Especially when your phone’s storage is very low. If you want to keep every picture safe in your phone without losing storage, then you need some photo apps that can store your pictures in the cloud and that too absolutely free.

There are many photo apps available for Android and iPhone users that provide cloud storage facility. But not every app available on the Play Store or App Store is easy to use nor does it provide you with much free storage facility. For your convenience, we have prepared a list of 5 such apps that you can install on your device and use easily and save your photos in the cloud instantly.

Google Photos

Google Photos is a very popular way to save photos online. This app lets you backup unlimited photos up to 16 megapixel resolution, that too absolutely free. Users using Android and iOS can easily go directly to the web via photos.google.com. Apart from photos, you can use Google Photo App to save unlimited 1080 pixel resolution videos. Google Photos recently received an update, after which manual face tagging and private messaging feature was added to this app.

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Dropbox

If for some reason you do not want to use the Google Photos app to save your photos, then Dropbox is an option for you. In this app you get features like camera upload and screenshot backup. Dropbox cloud storage is available on Android and iOS platforms, apart from this you can also use it online through dropbox.com. In this app you get 2 GB of free storage. Users can choose a plan with cloud storage up to 3 TB. Dropbox claims that the app supports more than 35 image file types. It has a separate photo tab with the help of which you can search for the content of your choice.

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Apple Photos

For those who are iPhone or iPad users, Apple Photos is the best option. Apple Photos provides you up to 5 GB of cloud storage through iCloud, in which you can store photos and videos. Apart from this, you can also use the iCloud Photos feature in your iPhone. For this, you have to go to Photos in Settings. After this, Apple will automatically save your photos and videos in your cloud storage. Apart from this, paid iCloud plans are also available, in which you are provided with up to 2 TB of storage. There is no separate app for Apple Photos for Android users. But they can access their iCloud account by visiting icloud.com on their device.

Microsoft OneDrive

If for some reason you cannot use Google Photos, Dropbox and iCloud to store your photos or videos, then Microsoft OneDrive is made for you. Microsoft gives you up to 5 GB of free One Drive cloud storage, although this is only for users signing in for the first time. Apart from this, if you have an Office 365 account, you can also connect to it and increase your storage up to 1 TB. OneDrive comes with a camera backup feature, so it automatically uploads photos and videos to your account.

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Box

The last app you can add to your list is ‘Box’. This app gives you up to 10 GB of cloud storage with a limit of 250 MB per file. Using the Box app, you can easily upload your favorite photos. This app also allows full screen preview of 200 file types. Apart from this, many files available on the Box account can be shared through a link.

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It is very convenient to store photos online by getting access to cloud storage with an app. However, there are many risks associated with this type of storage, such as hacking etc. Hackers can easily hack your cloud account and view the stored photos and videos and can also download them. For this, it is important that you apply the necessary security on your account.