Beta: for now Castor Cloud runs on our own servers in Switzerland and will move to larger infrastructure as the service grows.How the beta works

Features

Everything Google does for you. Without Google.

Book only what you need. Every service is included in single sign-on and the same app.

Photos · Immich

All your photos. Safe in Switzerland.

Your photo and video library like Google Photos – except it belongs to you. Your phone backs up every new picture automatically, and you find any photo in seconds.

  • Automatic backup from your phone, even in the background
  • Face recognition: all photos of a person in one click
  • Smart search in your own words, e.g. “dog at the lake”
  • A map of every place you took photos
  • Share albums – with your family or by link
  • “One year ago” memories, videos and live photos included
Moving in
Bring your whole Google Photos library via Google Takeout – including dates and places.
Apps
Free Immich app for iPhone and Android; in the browser on any computer.
Replaces
Google Photos, iCloud Photos
CHF 3.00 per monthStart with Photos

Documents · Paperless-ngx

Never search for paperwork again.

Scan or photograph letters, invoices and contracts – text recognition makes every page searchable and files it automatically in the right place.

  • Full-text search across all documents thanks to OCR
  • Learns as you go: assigns sender, document type and tags automatically
  • Import invoices automatically by forwarding e-mails
  • Custom fields such as amount, due date or contract end
  • Long-term archive as PDF/A, the original is kept
  • Share documents within your household with clear permissions
Moving in
Simply upload existing PDFs and scans or forward e-mails – the rest happens automatically.
Apps
Community apps Swift Paperless (iPhone) and Paperless Mobile (Android); in the browser on any device.
Replaces
Google Drive scans, paper folders
CHF 2.00 per monthStart with Documents

Timeline · Dawarich

Your timeline – without Google reading along.

Where were you last summer? Your trips, routes and visits on a map, with statistics per year, country and city – privately in your own cloud.

  • All your routes on the map, as tracks or heatmap
  • Trips with duration, distance and your photos from the way
  • Statistics: kilometres, countries and cities per year and month
  • Visited places are detected automatically
  • Record your location history with an app – as precise as you like
  • Export any time as GPX or GeoJSON
Moving in
Import your Google Maps Timeline from Google Takeout – years of history in minutes.
Apps
Official Dawarich app for iPhone and Android; alternatively OwnTracks or Overland.
Replaces
Google Maps Timeline
CHF 1.50 per monthStart with Timeline

Flights · AirTrail

Every flight of your life on one map.

Your personal flight log: every journey on the world map, with statistics on distance, flight time, airlines and airports.

  • World map with all your flight routes
  • Statistics: distance, flight hours, countries, airlines, airports
  • Details such as seat, class, aircraft type and notes
  • Log flights for the whole family
  • List and search across all past and upcoming flights
  • Export your data at any time
Moving in
Bring your flights from myFlightradar24, App in the Air or JetLog by import.
Apps
In the browser on computer and phone.

In the browser – can also be installed as an app on your home screen.

Replaces
TripIt, flight apps
CHF 1.00 per monthStart with Flights

Files · OpenCloud

Your files, in your own cloud.

A drive for the whole household: upload, organise and share files and folders, with previews for documents, photos and videos.

  • Personal folders for everyone, shared spaces for the household
  • Share files and folders by link, always protected by a password
  • Preview of PDFs, images, videos and text files
  • Version history and trash bin
  • Search by file name and content
Moving in
Download your Google Drive or Dropbox folder and drag it into the browser – folders stay as they are.
Apps
In the browser on computer and phone. Desktop and phone sync apps follow later.

In the browser – can also be installed as an app on your home screen.

Replaces
Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud Drive
CHF 2.00 per monthStart with Files

Assistant · Hermes Agent (Nous Research)

Ask your own data.

The assistant knows your photos, documents, places and flights – and answers questions in plain language. It runs in your cloud and remembers what matters to you.

  • Questions across all services: “When was I in Lisbon?”
  • Finds documents: “Where is the bike warranty?”
  • Memory for preferences and facts – stored in your cloud
  • Only the question and matching excerpts go to the language model
  • No training on your data
  • Hard monthly limit via your AI credit
Moving in
Nothing to import – the assistant uses the data already in your cloud.
Apps
Chat in the portal, installable as an app on your phone; optional Telegram.

In the browser – can also be installed as an app on your home screen.

Replaces
Gemini, ChatGPT
CHF 3.00 per monthStart with Assistant

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