Parachute Backup
Shares rank 10 of 19 backup tools by recommenders
People recommend Parachute Backup for copying iCloud Photos and files to several backup destinations, at a reasonable price.
People recommend Parachute Backup for copying iCloud Photos and files to several backup destinations, at a reasonable price.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reasonably priced for what it does
“Looks like there's some decent, reasonably priced apps to handle this”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help” “decent, reasonably priced apps to handle this”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help” Downloads photos and files from iCloud
“You can use Parachute backup or the PhotoSync App to get a copy of your data”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help” “very nice in downloading both photos from your library as well as files”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Open-source iCloud Photos Downloader (AKA escape from iCloud)” Personally used and endorsed
“I'm a big fan of Parachute Backup for this purpose.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Open-source iCloud Photos Downloader (AKA escape from iCloud)” “Parachute Backup is a tool I use”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Open-source iCloud Photos Downloader (AKA escape from iCloud)”
Other backup tools people recommend
The four most recommended other backup tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| restic | 83 | 5 | 94% | 12 | — | Approved |
| pgBackRest | 32 | 6 | 84% | 6 | 1 yr4 owners | Approved |
| Borg Backup | 30 | 8 | 79% | 12 | — | Approved |
| iCloud Photos Downloader | 18 | 4 | 82% | 2 | — | — |
| Parachute BackupThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Parachute Backup will do backups to a variety of destinations”
“The iOS version has so far never finished an incremental backup overnight of our ~1TB individual libraries.”
“very nice in downloading both photos from your library as well as files”
“Parachute Backup is a tool I use”
“I'm a big fan of Parachute Backup for this purpose.”
“You can use Parachute backup or the PhotoSync App to get a copy of your data”
“Looks like there's some decent, reasonably priced apps to handle this”
“decent, reasonably priced apps to handle this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.