Simple Transfer Pro - Photos Reviews

by MightymightyGK

Did not transfer all photos into album... built album and moved less than 50 percent of photos into it - though did put all of the photos in the “camera roll” - so I then had to go find them... I did pay for the Pro version and no joy... reported this bug and received no feedback. Also connecting to other devices and computers with SimpleTransferPro is not reliable... even though it reports “seeing” the device, it still does not connect... sure, a complicated task SimpleTransferPro is supposed to accomplish but it does not work as expected. My recommendation is to keep looking. I wasted my money.

by Searay4360

I tried to download a large 20gb video file from my iPhone 8 iOS 13.2.2 to a Window 7 pc. I tried both the browser method and the desktop windows app. If I select the video format “original” I only get the audio. That is true for smaller video files as well. If I select H.264 it simple hangs, no progress no messages. I let it sit for hours. I can download smaller videos using H.264 and that works.

I tried to report a bug in SimpleTransferPro but that link does not work.

Also I paid twice for SimpleTransferPro. I downloaded the free version and since it appeared to work on smaller files I purchased the pro from the free app. It never updated the icon as “pro” so I thought the reason I was having problems was that it did not upgrade. I went to App Store and purchased the pro directly. The phone did create a separate second icon for the pro version. Checking my iTunes account I was charged twice.

I wish it worked and it would be nice if there was support or the report a bug worked. The link for suggest a feature also did not work.

by Procrastigamer

Then it stopped. It would get stuck at 12 of 13 etc. So, money back. Oh and no response from support of course. So then I tried a couple other apps which were terrible.

The whole reason I went into this morass was that I couldn’t get iCloud to do the simple thing I wanted: download all my pics so I could clear them off my phone.

Lo, i went back to iCloud to try once more and now it works. And it’s *much* *much* faster than simple transfer when it did work. In case somebody had the same problem: I couldn’t make selections in the web interface if iCloud. But now I can and it’s incredibly fast. Sigh of relief.

True confession: when I was broke I wrote a few fake reviews for money. Never got paid btw so serves
me right haha. Point is I think fake reviews is a booming industry. This is obvi not fake.

by Girl1der

I bought this to use with my 12y daughter. I also bought the “Photo Cleaner” upgrade but apparently SimpleTransferPro developer has only half way enabled the family sharing as they have not turned on the sharing of unlocking the photo cleaner upgrade. So while I need it for my daughters phone I’m not going to pay for the upgrade on each phone in my family plan. I bought the pro app so I didn’t have to deal with this crap and now it’s forced it on me again. Looking for a replacement.

by KLCW

Most times when people update reviews, the rating suffers. In this case, after using SimpleTransferPro for years, all I have to say is that I still give it five stars because it’s easy to use, declutters my iPhone and works both ways. Yes, there are times I want to upload a photo that I’ve taken with my Nikon to show on my phone. After all these years, I have yet to find a better alternative. Suggestion- delete the free version and buy Pro directly. Do buy the Pro version. It is well worth the extra couple of bucks.

by MighteeJoe

I thought it stopped working but do this if your devices can’t find each other:
Settings - Privacy - Local Network
Make sure both devices are enabled to discover on the local network. Now your iPhone and iPad will find each other again.

by JudgedTeen

I used SimpleTransferPro awhile ago when I first lost my lighting cable and need to transfer some video files for a project. I ended up liking SimpleTransferPro and bought the pro version of it. I find SimpleTransferPro very useful since I can send videos and pictures from my computer straight to my iPhone's camera roll.

The only barrier that would make SimpleTransferPro useless is if you don't have internet connection.

Overall, great app and I'm glad I discovered it when I did and I still use it till this day.

by Apache Owner

A very simple way to transfer movies and photos from your phone to your computer. I would recommend downloading SimpleTransferPro to your desktop as it’s faster than the browser method and doesn’t require going through an additional unzipping step.

by X10user1

This is a fabulous app. I was looking for something in that would enable me to easily transfer photos and videos from my phone to my computer and from my computer to my phone and this works flawlessly and is very simple to use. Great app. Can’t imagine transferring data without SimpleTransferPro.

by RopeFan1024

I don’t understand why but it is incredibly hard to get photos from an iPhone onto a Windows 10 PC. Yes I was able to do it before Simple Transfer but it only worked half the time and I would get errors and corrupted videos.

Simple Transfer lives up to its name . Worth paying for the Pro version.

by Stu-Dude

I take a lot of photos and video on my iPhone and need to get it into my Windows PC. I’ve tried everything, iCloud, Shared Albums, OneDrive, GoogleDrive and they all had issues. I was at my wits end when I discovered this little app, which solves all my problems. It’s like Airdrop - which is the best for transferring files - but between iPhone and PC.

by Bkraken

I’m not sure what’s going on with the pro version, but I haven’t been able to connect to either SimpleTransferPro or via web browser. Both time out. I have taken all steps recommended to resolve the issue, but the results are the same: nothing. Is SimpleTransferPro junk now or?

by Mahomar

This is super useful to quickly transfer photos and videos over my home WiFi among my endless devices. I shoot photos and videos on DSLR, 4K camcorder, iPhone, iPad, Sony digital camera (to name a few)... SimpleTransferPro makes it easy to integrate media files, in their original format and quality, to others devices. Very handy when I don’t feel like uploading and creating shared google folders. Solid tool.

by Stressedaims

I was SO stressed out trying so many methods to transfer my larger video files to my PC to edit them that didn’t work. So convenient to transfer files wirelessly as long as you’re connected to the same wifi. Files also transfer fast, & I can select multiple photos at a time that downloads in less than 30 seconds. Worth. The. Money. Hands. Down!

by Deoguard

Simple Transfer Pro is very useful to me. It helps me document my work easily. I take snap shots of anything I need with my phone and may just grab the images or files on my computer. I have a suggestion though. Can you add an option to ask for a PIN on the client side? If I forget to close SimpleTransferPro on my phone anybody on my network may just type the URL and have access to my files. Just for security. Thanks. Great work!

by ~Airplane~

Was really skeptical at first, but after a use on the free app, I was amazed! Works great! You'll never have to worry about plugging your phone in and all the hassle to download photos to your computer, and if you want to keep an HD photo that was on your computer, it's just as easy! The support was great as well one time when it wasn't working properly, and they got it fixed in a few minutes. By far the most helpful app I've ever owned! Thanks!

by ArthuRx17

Easy to use. Downloaded 118 photos from my iPhone to my PC in a matter of minutes.
Downloaded in a zip file to my Downloads folder and you can process from there. I turned to SimpleTransferPro because my pc would not recognize my iOS device. And the cure for this issue was worse than the disease.
The PRO version of SimpleTransferPro is a great value at $4.99 considering some of the other alternatives where $20 or more. I highly recommend Simple Transfer Pro.

by Kester Young

For several weeks I used this product and it worked exactly like it should. Within the last few weeks the desktop app quit working. I tried to reinstall it and it will not even install. I’ve tried contacting the company through there support center and they have not answered at all. I guess I misspent my money. If this is resolved I would change my review to a 5 star.

by JaniceMiller

I had camera problems on our recent vacation so started using my phone for pictures. I was having the worst time trying to get the photos to upload to my PC. I’d spent hours as was about to hire someone to help me download the photos (and then I thought I’d trash my phone) but all is good now thanks to SimpleTransferPro! Still don’t know why iCloud, Dropbox, album sharing and iCloud photos didn’t work but now I don’t care...this will be my go to app when I need to transfer photos!

by Turrean

I use this almost daily with students. I have a classroom set of iPod Touches. SimpleTransferPro lets them open a browser window and choose the photos or videos they just took to save to their desktop computers. No cables, no layers of folders and mysteriously named files like “IMG_7364.” Kids choose their photos, download to the computer drive, hand the device to the next kid. I have students in 4th and 5th grade who now use SimpleTransferPro with no assistance from me.