Your photos. Not Apple's.

& better prices, better privacy, every platform.

$4/moyearly · $48

Every platform.iPhone, Android, any browser. Same app.

Past on your phone
iPhone home screen: Past among the other apps
iOS Files app: a Past folder open
iOS Files app: long-press actions on a Past folder
Android home screen: Past among the other apps
Android Files app: a Past folder open
Android Files app: long-press actions on a Past folder

On every store.Install it where you already install things.

iPhone & iPad

In the Files app, opened with Face ID. Camera roll backed up in the background.

App Store→
Android

In the system file picker, opened with your fingerprint. Same backup, same free-up.

Google Play→
Mac, Windows, Linux

The web app, in any browser. Or one line in a terminal, and the drive is a disk.

Better privacy.Nobody can read your photos. Not even us.

Every photo is encrypted on your phone before it leaves.
The keys stay on your device. We never have them.
Unlock with Face ID. No password to forget, none to leak.
Stored in Germany, or on your own disk.

Roadmap you can influence.Ask for it. If enough people do, it gets built.

See the board ↗

One line and an email. No account. Every ask becomes a public issue; the votes decide the order.
Coming next: import from Google Takeout in one drop. Live sync between devices.

Switch in an afternoon.Three steps.

1
Get your files

Google: Takeout.
Apple: Export from Photos on the Mac.

2
Drop them in Past

Encrypted on your device.
Stop any time, drop again. Nothing is lost.

3
Turn the old one off

Your phone now backs up to Past.
Cancel iCloud. Cancel Google One.

Open source. Self-hostable.Read every line. Run it on your own disk.

The whole thing is on GitHub.
Host it on S3, WebDAV, or a disk in your closet.
Same app, same keys, your server.
Or let us host it. Germany, $4 a month.

Better prices.$4 per terabyte. Apple makes you buy two.

Past
iCloud+
Google One
1 TB
$4 / mo
No such plan
No such plan
2 TB
$8 / mo
$9.99 / mo
$8.33 / mo
People
10
6
6
Drives
One each
One, shared
One, shared
Platforms
iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux
No Android, no Linux
No Linux
Encrypted
Yes
Only with ADP
No
Self-host
Yes
No
No
$4/moyearly · $48
$5/momonthly

30 days free. Card required, so we ask once.
Above 1 TB, $4 more per TB. All your people together.

How it starts.Ten minutes. One link.

1
Start 30 days free

Your card, on Stripe.
Nothing charged for 30 days.

2
Pick your name

past.app/you.
That link is your drive. Nothing else to remember.

3
Get the app

App Store, Google Play.
Or stay in the browser. It works there too.

4
Open your link

Face ID, and the drive is yours.
A recovery code, shown once. Write it down.
Your camera roll starts backing up.