We all likely have thousands of photos on our phones that we have to sift through if we want to make use of them—a nearly impossible task to do manually unless you have lots of time. Thankfully, photo management apps let you do that automatically (and for free, to a point).

If you have an iPhone, the built-in Photos app does that for you and syncs your library to your iCloud account. However, Google Photos does the same and is particularly useful if you have non-Apple devices.

I backup my photos on the cloud so that I can always access them no matter what device I use. It’s also important so that I don’t lose my entire library if I lose, change, or upgrade my phones. I initially stuck with the free cloud storage that both Apple and Google offered—5 GB for the former and 15 GB for the latter. However, they quickly filled up, especially as Apple Photos uses the same 5 GB iCloud account for backing up my iPhone and iPad. I used up Google’s free 15 GB to save documents on my Google Drive account.

There are ways to free up your iCloud space without deleting photos or paying for a subscription, but it’s inconvenient for me as I’m too busy to deal with it. I also tried cleaning out my Google Drive to get more space, but I just can’t delete my work files from there. So, I ended up comparing then signing up for a plan on both services.