Q&A

TorchPhoto is an iOS app designed to help you browse photos and videos stored on FTP or NAS servers quickly like an album on iPhone and iPad. It focuses more on photo and video viewing than a typical file explorer.

TorchPhoto is optimized to stay lightweight and efficient, helping save storage space on your iOS device. The app itself is kept as small as possible, and it also includes an app data cleanup feature to reduce unnecessary storage usage. Although TorchPhoto has a relatively small app size compared to the number of features it offers, its features are designed to work together smoothly and reliably.

No. TorchPhoto is not a separate cloud storage service. It connects directly to your FTP or NAS storage so you can view photos and videos there.

FTP is widely supported across many servers and NAS environments. TorchPhoto is designed around a simple flow where you first generate thumbnails at home or on local Wi-Fi, then browse more comfortably afterward.

Yes. If your NAS supports FTP access, you can connect it to TorchPhoto and browse photos and videos. It works well with NAS devices such as Synology and QNAP that can enable FTP.

Yes. Photos and videos in the same folder can be displayed together, so mixed media folders can be browsed naturally like an album.

Yes. You can use both grid and list layouts while browsing folders depending on your preference.

Yes. The app supports video preview and playback so you can immediately check clips stored on the server.

Yes. Search and sorting are supported, making it easier to focus on photos only or videos only when needed.

Yes. For supported files, you can check metadata such as capture time and location. Files without location data show time information only.

Yes. You can select photos and videos and upload them to the folder you want on an FTP or NAS server, including multiple files at once.

Yes. You can review successful and failed upload records in the Upload Log.

Yes. You can download photos and videos stored on the server to your iPhone or iPad.

If the app appears in the App Store on your device, you can use the iPad-designed version and its features on Mac as well.

Yes. It supports sharing through the iOS share sheet, and you can also share directly from the video preview screen.

Generating thumbnails in advance allows faster and lighter browsing even in large folders or on slow networks. It is for browsing thumbnails, not downloading full originals.

Yes. Once generated and cached, thumbnails remain viewable even when there is no internet or the server is not connected.

Yes. Since it uses thumbnail-based browsing, it is useful for quickly checking visual previews even in weak or unstable signal conditions.

Yes. Thumbnail Share lets you share light and fast preview images instead of originals. It is useful for sample delivery or quick selection work.

Yes. Generated thumbnails can be displayed in iOS widgets, and slideshow playback is supported for digital-frame style use.

Yes. Even when photo and video files are stored separately on NAS or FTP servers, TorchPhoto helps you browse them more naturally together.

Yes. As long as each person has access permissions, they can browse the same FTP or NAS library on their own device.

Yes. The Share QR feature lets you send server connection info as a QR code, so another user can register the server more easily without manual typing.

Yes. If the host and port combination is different, it is treated as a different server, and caches and browsing data are managed separately.

Yes. You can delete cache per server, and you can also clear the cache for all servers at once.

Yes. TorchPhoto is designed to work on both iPhone and iPad.

Free provides the core TorchPhoto experience, while PRO removes key limits for more comfortable browsing of larger libraries. For example, it includes unlimited thumbnail cache, video pairing, large video thumbnail generation, slideshow, and no time limit on thumbnail sharing.

It is especially well suited for photographers, media teams, field workers, and resellers who store many photos and videos on servers and need to review, browse, and share them quickly on mobile.

While a typical FTP app focuses on file management, TorchPhoto focuses more on media browsing with features like photo and video viewing, thumbnail generation, offline thumbnail browsing, QR sharing, metadata viewing, and slideshow.

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