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Keep Your iCloud Data. Forever.

Parachute for iOS is a set-and-forget backup companion for iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive.

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Parachute Backup
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No Subscriptions. No Lock-In.

One-time setup. One-time purchase. Your files, backed up where you want.

Complete Backup Solution

Full iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive backup with complete fidelity preservation.

Scheduling & Manual Backups

Manual or scheduled runs, with the ability to override the schedule at any time.

Your Storage, Your Rules

Back up to a USB drive, network drive, NAS, Google Drive, S3, OneDrive and more.

Smart Offloading

Avoid filling up device storage during backups with intelligent management.

Live Activities + Dynamic Island

Integrated Live Activities and Dynamic Island status for easy visibility of backup progress.

Automate With Shortcuts

Create custom schedules and automate backups with Shortcuts integration.

What People Are Saying

Real App Store feedback from customers worldwide.

4.3

Based on 129 ratings

A great idea, well executed

I’m a huge fan of this app. It has a few rough edges but that’s OK because its core functionality seems quite solid.

Avi Flax🇺🇸

Love it.

This back up app has immeasurably increased my confidence in the security of my data. Virtually all of my important content is either in my iCloud photos or my iCloud files. Parachute operates easily and efficiently from my new MacBook Neo to secure all of the files I use on my MacBook iPad and iPhone. I highly recommended it.

John A 44🇺🇸

Efficient

This piece of software provides an additional piece of mind for me for my iCloud files and photos. It’s extremely easy to set up and very efficient. I would recommend it to anyone who needs it.

Sylvain Jette🇨🇦

Final the solution we have been waiting for

I’ve tried many ways to have a reliable way to back up files and photos and this is it. It’s not a subscription. That in itself is very important. Don’t rely on iCloud because when a file or photo is removed on your phone it disappears on your iCloud backup. Buy this. You won’t regret it.

success123🇺🇸

One of the few options out there

Neat solution for on device backups

Barefoot Boabe🇬🇧

Amazing

Thank you for creating this 👌

JTJTW0🇺🇸

Nice app !

A great app for quickly backing up files, photos, and videos from my iCloud Drive to the NAS on my network. Simple and easy to use. I'm very happy with this app.

Gait67ghxf4gb🇳🇱

Great, with some room for improvement

Overall I like the app and what it offers very much. Though if you have more than one source and one location, I miss some configurabiliy: - Need to name sources: if selecting a typical app documents folder, they are all named “Documents” and can not be distinguished; custom name config would be appreciated - Sets: I want some sources be backed up to some destinations, and other sources to other destinations; would be great if we could set this up as a “Set”

Le user d'iTunes🇩🇪

A Promising Start

Parachute is a great way to back up iCloud data from my phone. The app is pleasant to use and generally works well. However in some places it’s quite noticeable that the app was released only a few months ago and is not very mature yet. The backup process does not clean up deleted or renamed files, and there is no way to configure offloading cloud-only files. Also the list of supported storage providers is still quite short and lacking basics like WebDAV and SFTP. All of these shortcomings have solutions in Parachute for Mac so clearly the developer knows how to address them. I hope those will soon make their way into the iPhone version as well.

anatiwinner🇩🇪

Great app

The app does exactly what it says it does, and works rather well. There’s room for improvements, like exporting AAE files, mirror mode for photo sync, and a bit speedier incremental backups, but overall it gets the job done. Highly recommended!

jselgen🇩🇰

Keep up to date

It’s a good app but has some issues likely due to how iOS handles background tasks. But iOS 26.1 will likely have support for third party background photo backup. Pls developers keep it up to date!

hfhjshwgjekfb🇺🇸

Tolle App

Endlich eine einfache Möglichkeit alle Dateien Lokal oder auf einem externen Speicher zu sichern. Das erste Backup hat sehr lange gedauert, lief aber Problemlos durch.

Rockmartin007🇩🇪

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