About: Acrosync is the only iOS app that implements the rsync protocol, a fast,
efficient, and reliable folder synchronization protocol supported by most
Mac/Linux computers, NAS, or remote servers without server side installation.
As an rsync client, Acrosync lets you easily sync selected folders between
your computers and your iOS devices.
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With new features introduced in the iOS 8 storage extension, Acrosync now acts as a private cloud drive that serve files for other apps -- filed stored in Acrosync can be easily shared by other apps using the universal document picker interface, without the need to switch to Acrosync.
Acrosync is the only iOS app that implements the rsync protocol, a fast, efficient, and reliable folder synchronization protocol supported by most Mac/Linux computers, NAS, or remote servers without server side installation.
As an rsync client, Acrosync lets you easily sync selected folders between your computers and your iOS devices.
As a result, Acrosync now behaves similarly to popular cloud drives such as iCloud, Dropbox, Box.net. However, with Acrosync you will always have the offline access and you can basically turn any computer into a private cloud server, without installing proprietary server software.
You just need one tap to start full folder sync, which is be smart enough to skip identical files and transfer only new or modified files.
Changes made by other apps can be saved to Acrosync using the same interface, and synced back to computers automatically.
For modified files, it can even perform a differential sync algorithm and only transfer modified parts, in order to further save bandwidth and improve sync speed.
Selective sync is also supported by specifying include/exclude patterns, so you can sync only a certain set of files, and/or exclude files you don't want to sync.
All files are stored locally so you will always have offline access to all your documents, photos, videos, etc, on your devices all the time, even when there is no network connection.
Almost all multimedia files and documents can be opened, including music, photo, movie, txt, html, pdf, word, excel, powerpoint, keynote, pages, numbers, and many others.
Acrosync is compatible with rsync hosting providers such as HiDrive and Strongspace, as well as major NASes like QNAP and Synology.
A slick and intuitive interface designed from mobile devices allows you to browse files easily and quickly.
With advanced sync options, you can specify arbitrary port to connect, the connection protocol (ssh or rsync) to use, and so on.
The rsync library used by Acrosync was built from scratch and recently released as an open-source project.
By Sean86cti
Syncs perfectly to device and has a built-in file manager that has its own file opening software for all file types. Only issue is you have to manually download or upload but that's no big deal for what I'm using it for since most changes are made on the server. Great app worth the money in my opinion!
By Minjefa
But why put the Sync button on the same page as Settings, where it's hard to find and it's really, really easy to mistakenly hose up the painstakingly entered settings.
By Pilot Franck
I love Acrosync. Been using the free version for a while, but had to get the pro version, just worth the cost. Great app, fast, and very useful. Being able to have all of my important files with me at all times. Priceless.
By daniel75173
This uses SSH and therefore works great for transfering files (pictures, videos, PDFs, websites) from a Linux PC to your iPad. Just install an SSH server on your PC and you can connect and sync any folder directly from your iPad.
Unfortunately one of the recent iOS updates broke fullscreen video with Acrosync, hence only four stars.
By snumed
Sharing every files on the go~ It must be an exceptional app.
By racgordon
The Title kind of says it all.
Rsynch without tears (or man. pages)
A simple to use, logical implementation of the Unix utility Rsync that lets you setup your own virtual cloud (well yes all Clouds are virtual).
Works nicely to to uni or bidirectional synchronization of file or directional either unencrypted or with ssh tunneled encryption.
Has all the bells. and whistles in a simple functional interface
By dhunch
This is a nice app but it needs work
By xxwgpf
I like this idea, but should improve the performance
By NamesGeoff
Trying it on both iPhone and iPad, feels great.
By Stromad
Worked right away with my Qnap and Thecus NAS boxes. Looking good so far.
By jandork
So far, the paid app is working well, like the older, free app.
By ThisRunner
If this was perfected, it would be the best app ever
By Aleric H.
Not as good as it could be.
By Cocosaurus Rex
Acrosync wouldn’t connect to rsync.net on my iPhone 8. I contacted tech support, but their answer was essentially “it works here.” Well, my rsync account works with Linux rsync on my office computer and a Rackspace server. this app doesn’t use the Linux rsync though: they wrote their own. Maybe that’s a good place to look for a problem. Uninstalled.
By 4enzy
4enzy April 22 Edit
I am able to authenticate and select a folder using port 88.
When I click the Sync button, this error displays over AT&T or other Wi-Fi networks which allow this exact connection (rsync to the same server/port):
Sync Error
Failed to connect to
'SERVER.FQDN:22:
connection timeout
For some reason, the error indicates this app is attempting and failing to connect to port 22,
despite the Advanced Options being "On" and set to port 88.
Acrosync would be great if it would sync to port 88, but I will not be able to use it otherwise.
gchen April 22
This is obviously a bug. Will be fixed in the next update.
By zucchinipants
Acrosync hasn’t been updated in years, and is not compatible with newer SSH servers, because it relies on insecure encryption settings. Even if you figure out how to enable the insecure encryption on the server (which is a security hole), Acrosync has other random errors that are impossible to debug.
Also, since it hasn’t been updated, it’s not compatible with multitasking. You have to keep it in the foreground to transfer anything (when it even works).
Acrosync shouldn’t be for sale.
By Lily Ballard
The idea behind Acrosync is great. Provide an easy way to sync files from your computer to the device without going through iTunes, and leverage rsync to do it efficiently. Unfortunately it suffers in reality.
* First, it requires initiating the connection from the device. I was under the impression that I could connect from the computer to the device but this was not the case.
* Second, you cannot sync individual files, only complete folders.
* Third, it fails rather badly at syncing a single large (550MB) file, repeatedly stalling out with no errors and requiring a relaunch of Acrosync to close the stalled connection.
* And fourth, it behaves rather badly when attempting to display Bonjour services, to the extent that this functionality is unusable on any network with a sizable number of ssh services advertised.
If you're on a small network and you want to transfer a folder of small files, Acrosync may be fine for you. But it simply won't do what I bought it for, which was to transfer a very small number of large files. Caveat emptor.
Edit: After discussion with the developer, I've raised my rating to 3 stars to reflect appreciation for a reasonably prompt response. I hope to be able to raise the rating again after the next update is released!
Yes. Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync is very safe to use. This is based on our NLP (Natural language processing) analysis of over 6 User Reviews sourced from the Appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 2.5/5 . Justuseapp Safety Score for Acrosync Is 62.4/100.
Yes. Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync is a totally legit app. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 6 Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync User Reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, Justuseapp Legitimacy Score for Acrosync Is 75.1/100..
Acrosync - private cloud drive powered by rsync works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or Contact Support.
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