AiFoto

The app has several problems that make it frustrating to use. First about half of the photos don’t display and are represented only by black boxes. If you click on the photo to view it full screen it goes to a black screen. Second multiple MyPhoto folders are shown when there is in fact only one.

I wanted to love this app but I can’t. I don’t know how they could release this app with this many disconnection issues. I have my iPhone in the same Wi-Fi network and it will disconnect while backing up. After a few files, it kicks you off and I have to close the program and relaunch it to continue my backup process. After a few files, it disconnects AGAIN, and I have to repeat the process. I have been trying to backup my photos on my iPhone for over a week now. I expected more from this company. :(

UPDATE: Huang Pinhao from Asustor contacted me directly and has spent the past three weeks listening to my complaints, teaching me how to configure my system, and emailing me almost daily to make sure I am getting the most out of my NAS. Recent improvements to AiFoto (such as automatically backing up my iCloud Shared Albums) have increased the functionality, resetting the processes to work in off-peak hours has increased speed, and upcoming updates (like automatic flagging of duplicate files for deletion) will add missing features. If Asustor can get a handle on sorting issues then this will be everything I was looking for from the system. When the new features come out I hope to be able to come back with another review update and rating revision. Thank you Pinhao for taking the time to work with me. Original Review: Ugh. I bought an ASUSTOR NAS so that I wouldn’t have to buy more space on iCliud for my photos and I regret it every time I try to use one of these apps. First, the system is slow. Sooooo slow! Even with solid state drives in a RAID configuration it takes so long to access anything. Accessing all my apps through the ASUSTOR Portal (directly connected to the “box”, not accessing online or over WiFi) is no better, in fact it might even be worse. Then the apps: horrible. Take AIFoto3: you can’t even sort photos, albums, or folders by date or location or name! Photos are sorted by photo date, albums are sorted by when uploaded, and folders are sorted alphabetically. That’s it, no options to sort otherwise. I wish I had just paid Apple for the extra iCloud space. Response to Developer Update: thank you, I will reach out directly through the email address you provided.