Your photos. Backed up to Flickr. Automatically. Forever.
FlickrSyncr quietly mirrors every new photo and video from your phone to your Flickr account – in the background, at full resolution, with zero touches after setup.
Free. No subscription. No tracking.
Pick the folders you care about, choose your default album, and FlickrSyncr does the rest. New shots from your camera roll appear on Flickr within seconds, even when the app is closed.
Why FlickrSyncr?
- Flickr offers unlimited full-resolution photo storage from $11/month. FlickrSyncr turns that storage into a seamless, always-on backup of your entire camera roll – with none of the manual uploading.
- Truly automatic. Take a photo, lock your phone, put it in your pocket. The next time you open Flickr, it’s already there.
- Background uploads that actually work. Modern Android background scheduling detects new media within seconds – no battery-draining always-on service.
- You stay in control. Choose which folders are monitored. Pick the privacy of each upload. Decide what goes to which album.
- No duplicates. FlickrSyncr remembers what’s already on Flickr and won’t upload the same file twice.
- Smart retries. Spotty WiFi? A transient Flickr error? It tries again automatically and tells you what was skipped.
Features
- One-time setup wizard walks new users through monitored folders, default album, and auto-upload toggles
- Automatic background upload of photos and videos
- Choose monitored folders (camera roll, screenshots, WhatsApp, anything)
- Add custom folder paths for non-standard media locations
- Set a default Flickr album for new uploads, or create one on the fly
- Default tags applied to every upload
- Privacy per upload: Private, Friends, Family, Friends & Family, or Public
- WiFi-only mode – skip mobile data automatically
- Charging-only mode – only upload while plugged in
- Pause and Resume from the notification, even when the app is closed
- Live dashboard: upload queue, recent uploads, and per-item status
- Browse your monitored folders by All / Photos / Videos / Not Uploaded / Ignored
- Ignore items you don’t want backed up – they’ll never be re-queued
- Skips files already on Flickr (deduplicates by filename + hash)
- Failed-upload retries with sensible backoff (3 attempts, then skipped – never gets stuck)
- Works with multiple Flickr accounts – log out, log in with another, your queue follows
- Real-time monitoring while the app is open; near-instant background detection on Android
- In-app photo viewer with pinch-to-zoom up to 5× and inline video playback
- EXIF metadata viewer grouped into collapsible sections by category (Image, Camera, GPS, Maker notes)
- Browse the contents of any Flickr album directly in the app
- Diagnostics screen surfaces live queue counts, cycle state, and settings snapshot for troubleshooting
Privacy and security
- Your photos go straight to Flickr, never to us. FlickrSyncr has no servers. There’s no middleware.
- OAuth login. We never see or store your Flickr password.
- Tokens stay on your device. Login credentials are kept in the Android Keystore / iOS Keychain and are excluded from cloud backups and device-to-device transfers.
- TLS-only network traffic with certificate pinning for Flickr.
Designed for Android, soon will be available on iOS
FlickrSyncr is built Android-first with full support for modern background-execution rules on Android 12, 13, 14, and 15. iOS uploads work too – within the limits Apple imposes on background tasks.
Free to use
FlickrSyncr is free. If you’d like to support development, “Buy me a coffee“. No subscription, no upsell, no pro tier.
FlickrSyncr will be available on Google Play and connect your Flickr account in seconds.
FAQ
How do I download FlickrSyncr?
- Join our Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/flickrsyncr
- Opt-in (to test) link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nycoagung.flickrsyncr
- Google Play Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nycoagung.flickrsyncr
Do I need Flickr Pro?
No. A free Flickr account gives you 1,000 photos and is enough to try the app. Flickr Pro ($8.49/month billed annually, or $11.99/month rolling) unlocks unlimited full-resolution storage.
Will this drain my battery?
No. FlickrSyncr uses Android’s modern WorkManager scheduling and JobScheduler content triggers – the OS decides when to wake the app. There’s no persistent foreground service unless an upload is actively running.
What happens if I delete a photo from my phone?
Nothing – Flickr keeps its copy. FlickrSyncr is a one-way backup, not a sync. Deletions on your phone are not propagated to Flickr.
Will it re-upload everything if I install on a new phone?
No. FlickrSyncr stores an MD5 fingerprint as a Flickr machine tag on each upload. On a fresh install, it checks Flickr first and skips anything that’s already there – even from a different device.
Does it work with videos?
Yes. Flickr accepts MP4, MOV, AVI, and WMV. Most iOS HEVC and Android codecs are handled by Flickr server-side.
How does it handle iOS background uploads?
Apple controls when third-party apps can run in the background. FlickrSyncr uses iOS’s background-task scheduler, which Apple wakes opportunistically – typically every 15+ minutes for up to ~30 seconds. New photos sync immediately while the app is open; open the app to force an immediate background drain.
Does FlickrSyncr have access to my photos?
Photos go directly from your device to Flickr’s upload endpoint over TLS. The app never proxies them through any third-party server. Locally, it only stores a SQLite queue of upload status – no photo data, no analytics, no tracking.
Can I pause uploads?
Yes – the upload notification has Pause and Stop buttons so you can pause without opening the app. Resume from the same notification or from the dashboard.