Amazon has released mobile apps for its CloudDrive service on iOS, Android and Amazon’s appstore.
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The Android editions of these applications arrived in their respective stores late last month, but the Apple’s iOS version kicked off online over the holiday weekend in the United States.
Why not use Amazon’s Cloud Drive?
Amazon Cloud Drive is also available for a 3-month trial. With extended functionality Amazon’s Cloud Drive could become a killer app.
Exhausted of Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and the myriad other cloud services out there? Links and files can be sent through AirDrop or via installed apps with integrated sharing capabilities, such as Facebook, Message, Mail, and Twitter.
At the time this article was filed, Amazon’s Cloud Drive help documentation said: “Photos and videos you upload through your web browser on the Cloud Drive website must be 2GB in size or less”. At least Amazon tells TechCrunch that it plans to invest in both apps going forward.
While Amazon’s online storage service is the most competitive in terms of price, it’s just not as competitive on features. They don’t offer the possibility to edit files, move them around or upload new ones. Amazon also offers a $12 yearly plan and it includes unlimited storage for photographs and 5GB storage for other files, according to PC World. At $60 per year, it’s the cheapest unlimited storage plan you can get.
The concept is similar to Dropbox, Google Drive and other services.
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Google has launched its Google Cloud Console Android app and hinted that the iOS app will be following quickly in the coming months. While it’s still hard to recommend for now, the new apps are a sign that Amazon is starting to take its feature set more seriously.
