The very best cloud storage apps for iOS

It seems just a little daft not using iCloud, due to the fact every iPhone, iPod touch and iPad comes complete with a couple of gigs of online drawer space, for you to besides sync a calendar, some email and a document or two so nothing gets lost while you are far from iTunes.

But there are better options available available in the market, one’s for you to probably be looking into but aren’t. Here is a collection of our current favourite cloud-storage options for iOS.

Dropbox
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This is a large one, and doubtless doesn’t need much of an introduction. But it would be very short-sighted to have a cloud storage rundown without Dropbox.

The major benefit this is collaboration, sharing and multi-platform access. Put anything to your Dropbox folder, and it’s available across any device – computer, tablet or smartphone – that logs in for your account.

Sharing with other users is a doddle, and is principally convenient for iOS users as you are able to send a link to large files via email without the inconvenience of really sending attachments through your data connection. No iPhone or computer is complete without Dropbox – it’s so simple as that.

Google Drive
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The cloud service formerly referred to as Google Docs transitioned quietly into Google Drive recently, though its essential functionality remains much an analogous.

Google Docs was allowing you to upload any file type for a while now, however the streamlined iOS access offered by Google Drive is extremely welcome.

The two-way sync is a brilliant feature, so that you can work at the same file from anywhere you’ve access to an internet browser (or the iOS app, after all ), and it is usually handy having everything tied neatly into your Google account.

The Big G is excellent a getting us depending on its services, and Google Drive isn’t any exception. We’re happy to be reliant in this one.

SkyDrive
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It’s good to peer Microsoft taking an interest in iOS users, because it will be easy for the once-great computing giant to deliberately exclude such users in favour of its own smartphone owners.

SkyDrive, therefore, is easily worth a glance, especially in case you are a Microsoft user in other areas, equivalent to word processing. And let’s accept it, who doesn’t use Word or Excel regularly? This cloud storage service ties in with the world’s most excellent word processing package seamlessly, that’s great news for anyone who loves to work while faraway from their desk.

It also does an excellent job of uploading and sharing files which can be born to your iPhone, comparable to photos, and farming them out as SkyDrive files to other apps.

Xsync
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Okay, admittedly this is not strictly a cloud storage service, but we needed to provide something somewhat toward the fringes of the roundup’s remit to provide you a little app-based inspiration. And Xsync is amazingly inspiring.

The reason it’s included is that the app effectively works toward creating your individual cloud out of your iPhone. It offers Dropbox integration and gives you with very unique methods of sharing your content with friends.

This includes generating QR Codes that link on to specific Dropbox files, contact details, photos, music, videos, appointments and more. The recipient doesn’t need Xsync to receive them, either – only a QR Code reader.

Transferring files between devices is super simple with Xsync, essentially making your iPhone the cloud hub of any files or multimedia content it’s good to share.

It’s simple, powerful, and specifically, free, so have a go at opening up your cloud with some superb sharing tech from this great app.

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