Best Android cloud apps for your data storage

With the increasing popularity of Android-operated smartphones and tablets, it has become imperative to have cloud storage facilities. The internal storage capacity of mobile devices is quite limited due to their sizes; accordingly the importance of cloud storage services is being felt by most people. To cater to this demand several cloud storage services have come into existence which provide free storage to the customers. These services help store all kinds of files, photos, movies, music as well as videos for free and these can be accessed anywhere anytime on the go. The service providers ensure that the data is perfectly safe; the chances of stolen or crashed hard disk are literally zero. Here are some apps that have become the top picks for many Android users around the world.

Google Drive- Google Drive is a top choice for Android-users for its easy familiarity as well as ease of use. The service is integrated with Google+ accounts along with other services. The services are merged such that 15GB storage is included across Google Docs, Gmail, Google+, Google photos as well as Google Drive. It can support virtually all kinds of files that include Microsoft Office docs and PDFs.

Dropbox- This is the most popular choice for most people since it is the first app for Cloud storing. Anything and everything may be uploaded as well as accessed by the users without any issues. Not only can you use free cloud storage of 2GB but if you can refer it to friends then 16GB additional free storage can be earned as well. If you want more, then even the charges are quite nominal.

Box- The popularity of Dropbox is limited to individuals; Box’s popularity rests among enterprise and business users. Personal users may get 5GB free storage to store all kinds of files. Beyond that a fee of $10 per year must be paid which enables you to have storage space of 25GB. The functionality as well as navigation is really easy to adopt. The uploading, downloading, sharing, editing and commenting on the files is quite simple. In case of changes in shared documents you get a notification through its widget.

Cubby- Through this app, users get a space for storing of important documents, movies and pictures. The cubby folders may be made as well as managed so that they stay in sync with all the devices that you use. The online storing space is of 5GB. A backup Cubby version can be kept on your desktop with the original data still remaining where it really belongs.

SugarSync- Space-wise it is not too different from the other apps with 5GB being offered for free. But what makes it stand apart is that it is extremely fast as well as simple. Also there are more methods for payment and you can invite friends so that they can use your files. It also has connections with social networks. The clarity as well as simplicity makes it easy to locate files.

Ubuntu One- 5GB of storage granted originally by the app can be easily increased to 20GB by referrals. It is used for storing of photos over years. This very reliable app can be used by just creating an account from the web version or the application itself. The setting may be made such that photos in other apps like Instagram can be added to its library. An additional feature is its online music player which helps download music to listen on cloud service or on your device.

These are some of the most popular Android cloud apps for data storing. Besides these, there are many other useful ones such as SkyDrive, Crucial, IDrive, etc. Most of the ones mentioned here are multifunctional and can be used to store almost anything to be accessed anywhere. If you are planning to hire service of Android application development company, you must evaluate them to see if they are sufficiently agile or not!

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