Google Photos: Backup & Edit subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

• App Store rating4.8★ from 1,628,902 ratings
• Cheapest subscription£1.79 per month
• Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months72 of 3,845 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

• Few complaints1.9% of 3,845 recent reviews mention billing; 21% of the last 90 days' reviews are one or two stars
• Free trial converts to a paid plan1 month free trial, then £1.79 per month

What Google Photos: Backup & Edit costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at £1.79 per month.

• 100 GB Month1 month free trial, then renews every month£1.79
• 100 GB1 month free trial, then renews every month$1.99
• 100 GBRenews every month, no trial$1.99
• 200 GBRenews every month, no trial$2.99
• 200 GB1 month free trial, then renews every month$2.99
• Google AI Plus (2 TB)Renews every month, no trial$9.99
• 100 GB of Storage (1 year)Renews every year, no trial$19.99
• 200 GBRenews every year, no trial$29.99

How to cancel Google Photos: Backup & Edit

1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Select Google Photos: Backup & Edit (listed under a plan name such as 100 GB Month).
4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page or website.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Reported bugs

Photos disappearing from library; Syncing issues between devices; Slow upload speeds for large libraries.

Recent one-star reviews

Cinematic Mode is Brilliant addition, BUT…I love it. That's why I decided to pay for the subscription. However, there are so many things you could improve, as I've tweeted previously. Sometimes it took ages to load photos, albums, & info/descriptions of specific images - please fix it. Cinematic mode is an excellent addition to the app; I…

Used to be good but now it's a laggy bloatwareGoogle Photos now has lesser features e.g. No automatic albums. No automatic movie clips. And yet, the bloody thing lags like crazy regardless of the internet connection speed! And I don't mean only laggy to load photos or laggy during search. It even lags for viewing photo properties, for fork's sa…

Feels like they’re forcing you to pay.I downloaded this for one purpose, but they make it next to impossible to conveniently free up storage without deleting photos from your device. The solution is always “pay for the subscription”. I’ve turned off backup, but when i go to delete the photos from the app, it deletes from my devices anyw…

Recent five-star reviews

The best cloud based photo backup & repository app to-date !!!After I try the new standalone google photos app on my iPhone, I decide to write this short review about the new app. Other than become the central photo backup or cloud repository, the best feat of this new app I like the most is I'm able to search for "things" If you have been a user of G+ photo o…

Great Way to store (backup) your photosIf you opted for high quality photos, the app provides unlimited storage for your back up photos, definitely recommended it to install on every smartphone. Thumbs up from me! Okay that part definitely isn’t written by myself, anyway it’s basically what I would express, if you’re like me, like mostl…

ReviewEver since I started using this Apps my time spent in managing my photos, albums from 2-3 cameras has been greatly reduced. It is a great way to manage and share photos/album with family and friends. However, if there is one feature that I need from this Apps will be the ability to do slides show f…

About the developer

Google has published on the App Store since Oct 27, 2008: 90 app(s), 14 of them no longer in the store.

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• Google Translate4.3★

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Questions people ask

How much does Google Photos: Backup & Edit cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at £1.79 per month.

How do I cancel Google Photos: Backup & Edit?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Google Photos: Backup & Edit and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Google Photos: Backup & Edit have a free trial?

Yes: 100 GB Month offers a 1 month free trial, then £1.79 per month.

Is Google Photos free to use?

The core features of Google Photos, including storage and editing, are free. However, there are in-app purchases available for printing photo products like photo books and canvas wall art.

Google Photos: Backup & Edit in one paragraph

Google Photos: Backup & Edit by Google is a Photo & Video app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at £1.79 per month across 8 plan(s). App Store rating 4.8 from 1,628,902 ratings. 72 of 3,845 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (2%). The developer has 90 app(s) on the App Store, 14 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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