Your photos, safe at home.

PicHaven quietly backs up every photo and video from your Android phone to your own PC in full original quality. Over your home Wi-Fi only, with no cloud in between. Easy to use: set it up once by scanning a QR code, and from then on it just happens.

Without the Microsoft Store: download the Windows installer (.exe)

Full-quality originals
Home Wi-Fi only
No cloud, no account
Pay once, no subscription
Never loses a photo

Why PicHaven

Your memories shouldn't live on someone else's computer.

Cloud storage means renting space on a stranger's server, forever. PicHaven brings your photos home instead: to hardware you already own.

Yours, not rented

Photos land in a normal folder on your own PC, as ordinary files you can open, move and keep forever. No account, no lock-in, no monthly fee.

Originals, bit for bit

Every file arrives byte-identical and is verified after transfer. No “storage saver” recompression, just the original, not a copy of a copy.

No photo gets lost

PicHaven copies in one direction only and never deletes anything on the phone. On the PC it only tidies up when you ask, after checking every copy, and you can undo it. A backup you cannot accidentally empty.

Setup

Set up once. Then forget it exists.

If you can scan a QR code, you can set up PicHaven. The whole thing takes about two minutes.

Install on your PC

Put PicHaven on the computer your photos should live on and pick a target folder. Windows 10/11 today; we'll support Mac if enough people ask. The phone needs Android 10 or newer.

Scan one QR code

The setup wizard shows a QR code. Scan it with your phone's camera: it takes you to the phone app. Once that's installed, scan the code on the PC again and both devices are paired securely. If the app is already there, one scan does it.

Done: it runs by itself

Every new photo and video arrives on its own whenever phone and PC are on your home network (Wi-Fi or wired), sorted into year and month folders.

Camera, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, screenshots: you choose which folders are backed up.

Under the hood

Built like a safe harbor.

You don't have to take our word for it. The design itself keeps your photos private.

Home Wi-Fi onlyPhotos travel directly from phone to PC on your local network. Nothing is uploaded to the internet, there is no server of ours they could even go to.
Encrypted and pinnedEvery transfer is end-to-end encrypted (mutual TLS). Your phone talks only to your PC, both remember each other from the QR pairing.
Verified on arrivalEach file's checksum is checked after transfer. What PicHaven marks as backed up really is backed up.
No account, no trackingNo sign-up, no analytics, and this website sets no cookies either.
Ordinary files, ordinary foldersNo proprietary vault or database. Your photos remain normal JPGs and MP4s in folders you control.
Catches up on its ownPC was off? You were traveling? The next time both devices meet on your Wi-Fi, PicHaven quietly closes the gap.

Developed in Germany.

Pricing

Pay once. Or not at all.

Cloud storage charges you every month, forever. PicHaven doesn't believe in renting you your own memories.

Free

€0

Your entire first backup, plus the next 250 files.

Full feature set, nothing held back
First backup unlimited, however large
Camera, messengers, screenshots
Encrypted, verified transfers
No time limit

Unlimited

€4.99

One-time, in the app via Google Play. Never a subscription.

Everything in Free
Unlimited photos and videos
Free updates
Pay once, done

FAQ

Fair questions.

Where exactly do my photos end up?

In a folder you pick on your own PC, sorted by device and month, for example Photos/Pixel/2026/2026-08. They're ordinary files: every photo app, backup tool and external drive can work with them.

Is there really no cloud at all?

Really none. Your phone and PC talk directly over your home Wi-Fi; nothing touches the internet. That's also why PicHaven needs no account: there's nothing to sign in to.

What if my PC is off, or I'm not at home?

Nothing is lost. Your phone simply waits, and the next time phone and PC are on your home Wi-Fi together, the backup catches up on its own.

Are WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram photos included?

Yes. You choose the folders: camera, screenshots and messenger media can all be backed up.

I deleted a photo on my phone. Is it gone?

If it had already been backed up, it's still on your PC. PicHaven never deletes anything on the phone, and no photo is ever lost on the PC. Freeing up space on your phone never touches your backup.

I use Google Photos. Will everything come along?

Everything that is still on your phone, yes. But if Google Photos has “freed up space”, the originals were removed from the phone and only the copy in Google's cloud remains. PicHaven backs up what your phone holds, so those photos won't come along. You'd have to download them from Google first.

Does it work with an iPhone?

No. iOS doesn't let apps hand over your originals the way a byte-identical backup needs them. PicHaven is Android + Windows today. For a Mac as the PC side we're gauging interest: let us know.

Do I need to be technical?

No. The whole setup is the three steps above: install, scan, done. About two minutes, no network knowledge required.

Bring your photos home.

Your first backup is free, and setup takes about two minutes. Start on the PC your photos should live on.

Without the Microsoft Store: download the Windows installer (.exe)

Windows 10/11, no admin rights needed · Android 10 or newer · Want it on a Mac? let us know. The Android app comes from Google Play; the QR code in the PC app takes you straight there. The Windows installer updates itself but isn't code-signed yet: if Windows SmartScreen warns, choose “More info” → “Run anyway”.