For your phone and your computer
DuckCarry brings photos from your phone to folders on your computer, checks every copy, and helps you tidy up on the phone. Removing anything stays your decision.
On your computer
Connect a phone, copy and check, then browse your library by day, album or place.
On your phone
The DuckCarry phone app shows your library by month, helps you decide what stays, and sends copies to a computer you have paired.
Swipe through your library and decide as you go.
System Favorites and the system trash need Android 11 or later. On older Android versions, Favorites are unavailable and a confirmed deletion is permanent.
Pair the phone with DuckCarry on your computer once, then send photos and videos to it. The originals stay on your phone.
How it works
Use a cable at your computer, or send from the phone app to a computer you have paired.
Plug it in, unlock it and allow access when it asks.
Pick a folder on this computer and, if you like, a backup drive for a second copy.
Each file is written, read back and checked. Items already copied are skipped.
A DuckCarry account lets your phone find the computers you pair with it.
Scan the code shown on the computer, then check that both screens show the same six-digit code.
Photos and videos travel over a direct, encrypted connection from your phone to your computer.
Our servers handle accounts, pairing and connection setup, never your files. Some networks do not allow a direct connection; the app then tells you instead of switching to a relay. On the same Wi-Fi, local transfer works without an account.
In a cable copy, a file counts as copied only after it has been written under a temporary name, read back from disk and matched. An incomplete file never counts as a checked copy.
Deliberate deletion
Bringing photos home never removes them from your phone on its own.
The desktop app copies and checks on your computer, without a photo cloud. The phone app uses a DuckCarry account to pair and connect; your photos and videos go directly to your computer.
Originals are verified after writing. A second copy on a backup drive gets its own check.
On the computer, only checked originals can be offered for removal, with two confirmations. Live Photo pairs stay together, and the app never empties Recently Deleted.
On the phone, a swipe only adds to a review list, and nothing is deleted until you confirm it. An iPhone keeps deleted items in Recently Deleted and Android 11 or later moves them to its trash; on older Android versions, a confirmed deletion is permanent.
Features
Browse by year, month and day, with albums, favorites, a calendar and a photo viewer.
Review identical and similar photos side by side. Selected computer copies are moved aside and can be restored; your phone and backup are left alone.
See photos that carry a location on a map. Map tiles load from CARTO and OpenStreetMap when you open it.
Optional JPG copies of iPhone photos and H.264 MP4 copies of videos through your computer’s codecs. Live Photos stay a pair, and original videos are always kept.
HEIC, video and Live PhotosRead the Wi-Fi guideDesktop app
Checking, recovery and a second copy belong in the free desktop version, too.
These terms are for the desktop app.
100First 100 photos and videos
Then 25 each time you open the app. A Live Photo pair counts as one item. Your existing copies always remain yours.
The full version is planned for copying the rest in one go. A one-time purchase, licensed per computer: 1, 3 or 5 computers, Mac or Windows. No subscription. Pricing and checkout will be announced with the public release.
License sales are not open yet.
Licenses and pricesThere is no DuckCarry photo cloud. With a cable, files go from your phone to the folder and optional backup you choose. The phone app sends files directly to your paired computer; our servers handle accounts and connection setup but never receive your photos or videos.
Not while copying or sending. On the computer, removal asks twice and only offers items with checked original copies. In the phone app, Quick Sort only deletes what you review and confirm; it does not depend on a computer copy. DuckCarry never empties Recently Deleted.
Not for the desktop app, cable copies or local Wi-Fi transfer. The phone app needs a DuckCarry account to pair with your computers and send to them over the internet.
No. DuckCarry needs a direct connection between your phone and your computer and never relays your files. Some mobile and company networks block that. The app tells you when a direct connection is not possible; on the same Wi-Fi, local transfer is an alternative.
Apple Devices supplies the connection service. Unlock the phone and tap Trust when asked. The help guide explains the driver and cable steps.
DuckCarry can make JPG and H.264 MP4 copies through system codecs. Missing codecs leave the original intact. Live Photos keep their photo and motion video together.
Completed checked files stay on the computer. Reconnect the same phone to continue. An interrupted session can also be resumed from History after checking its destinations.
Not yet. The desktop installers and the phone apps for the App Store and Google Play are being prepared for release. The availability page shows the state of each platform. License sales run through Lemon Squeezy; until the product is published, the buy page says purchasing opens soon.
A license is a one-time purchase for 1, 3 or 5 computers, and one key works on both Mac and Windows. Moving to a new computer? In DuckCarry on the old one, choose Settings > License > Remove license from this computer, then enter the key on the new one. If the old computer is lost or broken, write to support@omnibus.dev and we will free it for you.
Apple requires App Store apps to run in its App Sandbox, so on Mac a few things work differently there. The full edition from this website has every feature. See what differs
Follow the availability page for each platform, or read the guides in the meantime.
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