stingle-photos-android VS Cryptomator

Stingle Photos (version 2.11.0): Stingle Photos is a secure, end-to-end encrypted gallery and sync app

Also remembered, you have Stingle Photos too.

It's basically a backend server for Stingle.

c2FmZQ surely has a terrible name but I guess it ticks all of your points otherwise. It is a fork of Stingle. I only see one issue: while the Android app is available with selfhosting patches, you probably would have to update and build the iOS app by yourself.

I used it years ago. Now I use Stingle.

Try Stingle, The most private E2EE cloud storage( photos + vids only) that I have personally known. They even provide 1GB storage for free.

You can use Stingle Photos (Website, App Store), they offer 1GB free backup and unlimited (or limited to device capacity) photo encryption. Their servers are in the US but you don't have to use them if you only encrypt

the best way to do this is with https://cryptomator.org

Before putting anything on a cloud service I would recommend 3rd party tools, like Cryptomator, to encrypt folders and such, then upload to a cloud service.

I use Cryptomator - https://cryptomator.org

I've used countless encryption "schemes" over the years, from True/Vera-Crypt to encrypted sparse bundles/images, and none have ever really felt right.

These days i tend to use Cryptomator[0] instead. It accomplishes what none of the others could do, which is transparent encryption across devices.

With Cryptomator, i simply create a vault somewhere in the cloud, stuff data in it, and i can access it from my laptop, phone or tablet, and not think much about it. It integrates into the normal file browsing APIs, and doesn't get in the way.

Because it does "per file" encryption, it also doesn't need to download a 20-100MB chunk from the cloud before decrypting, so it's rather fast (depending on file size of course).

[0]: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator's arguably the most popular encryption software for cloud storage (you can give yourself zero-knowledge encryption by using them) - it's actually what they specialize & focus on (cloud encryption). It's 100% open source and Free to use on computers. On phones I believe it's just a 1-time fee of a few bucks ($13-14, then you have it forever) - note: their iOS offering is still new, so may be a bit unpolished at the moment.

This is the solution: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator. It is made for uploading files securely to cloud storage, but works locally, is easy to use, and completely free for your use case.