USB Backup is the simplest app to back up your iPhone or iPad photos and videos to any USB flash drive. Plug in, tap one button, done. No cloud. No computer. No subscription.
No subscriptions. No recurring charges. Not now, not ever.
No credit card. No commitment.
Open the app on your iPhone or iPad and it instantly scans your entire photo & video library, compares it against your last backup, and shows you exactly what's pending. Only new files get transferred. Zero thinking required.
No accounts. No configuration. No learning curve. Connect a USB drive to your iPhone or iPad, and tap one button. All your photos and videos, backed up. That's the entire process.
Any USB-C flash drive works with your iPhone or iPad
Automatically detects new photos and videos
One button. Only new files transfer. Done.
New to this? Our step-by-step guide walks you through exactly how to back up iPhone photos to a USB drive without a computer — which adapter you need, the best USB drives, and how the whole process works.
USB Backup remembers every photo and video it has ever backed up to your drive. Plug in next week, next month, or next year — it knows exactly what's new. No duplicates. No wasted space.
Your photos and videos are sorted into clean folders on the USB drive: Album / Year / Month. Browse them on any computer without any special software. Every memory exactly where you'd expect it.
HEIC, JPEG, RAW, Live Photos, 4K video, slow-motion. Everything your iPhone or iPad captures.
Automatically downloads photos stored in iCloud before backing them up in full quality.
Back up everything, or choose specific albums. Favorites, Camera Roll, custom albums — your choice.
Visual timeline of every backup session with photo count, video count, size, and duration.
No servers. No cloud. No accounts. Files go straight from your iPhone or iPad to your USB drive. We don't see, collect, or store anything. Ever. Works completely offline.
Plug a USB-C flash drive into your iPhone or iPad, open USB Backup, and tap once. Files transfer directly to the drive with no Mac or PC involved. Older iPhones with a Lightning port use an inexpensive Lightning-to-USB adapter; USB-C iPhones and iPads connect directly. See our full step-by-step guide.
Any USB-C flash drive or external storage that appears in the iOS Files app. No special hardware needed. Popular brands like SanDisk, Samsung, and Kingston all work perfectly.
Newer iPhones and all recent iPads have USB-C, so a USB-C flash drive plugs straight in. Older iPhones with a Lightning port need an inexpensive Lightning-to-USB adapter, such as Apple's Lightning to USB Camera Adapter or any equivalent.
Yes! That's the whole point. USB Backup transfers files directly from your iPhone or iPad to the USB drive. No Mac, no PC, no intermediary needed.
No. USB Backup is a one-time purchase of $2.99. Pay once, use forever. No monthly fees, no yearly renewals. You also get a free 5-day trial with full access before deciding.
100%. Your photos go directly from your device to your USB drive. No data passes through any server. We don't collect, see, or store anything. The app works entirely offline.
Never. The app tracks every file it has backed up using a smart manifest. Next time you connect, only new photos and videos are transferred.
Everything your iPhone or iPad captures: HEIC, JPEG, PNG, RAW, Live Photos, 4K video, slow-motion, and more. All backed up in original quality.
In clean folders: Album / Year / Month. For example: "Camera Roll/2024/06-June/IMG_1234.HEIC". Browse them on any computer, no special software needed.
No. USB Backup works completely offline. The only exception is if some photos are stored in iCloud and need to be downloaded first, which happens automatically.
Plug in. Tap once. Every new photo and video gets saved. $2.99, forever.
Download for iPhone & iPad