Choose iCloud Drive, an external drive, or another Files location.
Preparing for the App Store
A backup format built to remain readable
Photress V1 packages are versioned and documented. The signed public recovery utility, exact specification and synthetic compatibility fixtures are published together.
Encrypted Library & BackupsNo account, advertising, analytics or behavioural tracking.
No vague promises
How Photress handles your files
Photress is a private, encrypted photo and video library designed to keep your files under your control. Your media stays on your iPhone and in backup locations you choose. No Photress account is required.
The screen below comes from the current Photress interface, not a marketing reconstruction.
You can see each step separately: whether the backup was written, uploaded to your chosen storage, passed an integrity check, and passed a restore test.
Open a portable backup with a Backup Passphrase you create or an independent 24-word Recovery Key.
View and export everything you have added, even without an active subscription.
What matters here
Details that should not stay hidden
Photress V1 packages are versioned and documented. The signed public recovery utility, exact specification and synthetic compatibility fixtures are published together.
Good privacy software should make the state understandable before asking you to trust it.
Restore, create an emergency backup, resolve backup conflicts, and delete your existing data without renewing Pro.
No ads, no behavioural tracking, and no developer media server. Photress cannot remotely access your library.
Encrypted Library & Backups
What Photress promises — and what it does not
Photress reports only the evidence it has. It does not turn a local write into a cloud-upload claim or a successful integrity check into a completed restore test.