Since launching TorchPhoto, we ve released frequent updates. Most of them were fixes for non-critical bugs we discovered along the way, but we also added one new feature.
TorchPhoto backs up photos taken on your iPhone to an FTP server and makes it easy to browse the photos stored there. This new feature is the Timestamp overlay: it shows the shooting location and date in the bottom-left corner of your photo.
I built TorchPhoto because my iPhone photo library kept growing and cloud uploads felt unreliable for my workflow (stalls, inconsistent sync, storage limits).
My photos/videos live on an FTP server (often a NAS). What I wanted was an album-like experience on iOS: fast browsing, predictable thumbnails, and the ability to keep browsing even when the connection drops (travel, spotty signal, airplane mode).
Uploading photos is easy.
But viewing them isn’t, right?
TorchPhoto turns your FTP/NAS into a simple personal cloud for iOS—fast, album-style browsing with reusable thumbnails. Generate thumbnails once, then browse smoothly even on spotty connections or offline (like on a plane). Unlike typical FTP explorers, it’s built specifically for photos and videos, not file management.
