Move your Google Photos into OneDrive. Every date right, nothing lost, no duplicates.
One tool that merges your clouds, then tidies them. It skips everything OneDrive already has, so you can stop paying for two.
Built on my own library first
I'm testing every step on my own photos, around 430 GB across both clouds, and sharing the real numbers as I go.
The problem
Lots of us end up paying for two clouds: Google One for Google Photos, and Microsoft 365, which already includes 1 TB of OneDrive. Since March 2025, apps can't read a whole Google Photos library any more, so the way out is Google Takeout: a pile of zip files, album photos exported twice, and each photo's real date tucked away in a separate .json file that OneDrive doesn't read. Moving it by hand means messy folders, wrong dates and duplicates everywhere.
How it works
- Export from Google. Run Google Takeout for Google Photos. Your export usually lands in Google Drive.
- Pick your export. You choose the zips with Google's own file picker, and we read them where they sit. Nothing to download, nothing to install.
- See your free report. What's already in OneDrive, what's missing and which dates need fixing. Nothing changes yet.
- Merge. We copy only what's missing, write the right date and place into each photo, recreate your albums and check every copy.
- Tidy. Find the duplicates already sitting inside OneDrive. Coming next
Safe by design
- Read-only until you click Merge. The free report changes nothing.
- Additive. Nothing is deleted from Google Photos or OneDrive.
- When we're not sure, you decide. And if you don't, we copy it. A wrong guess never costs you a photo.
- Every copy is checked against OneDrive's own fingerprint, and everything is logged.
- Undo for 30 days.
- No photo is stored on our servers. Files are processed as they pass through, then gone.
Planned launch prices
One-off payments, no subscription. Every Merge Pass includes the tidy-up of exact duplicates inside OneDrive. US prices exclude sales tax. Not on sale yet.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free report | $0 | What's already in OneDrive, what's missing and which dates need fixing. Nothing is copied. |
| Merge Pass Small | $19 | Exports up to 100 GB |
| Merge Pass Standard | $29 | Exports up to 500 GB |
| Merge Pass Large | $49 | Exports up to 2 TB |
| Extra Google account | +$12 | Merge a partner's or child's export into the same OneDrive |
| Repeat merge after 60 days | $12 | Pick up what's new since your last merge |
Questions
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. It runs in your browser and on our servers. Your export stays in Google Drive and your photos go straight into OneDrive.
Do you need access to my Google account?
Only to the Takeout files you pick, through Google's own file picker. Nothing else in your Google account.
Will it delete anything?
No. The merge only adds files. The tidy-up that's coming next will only ever move duplicates you approve to the OneDrive recycle bin, and you can undo it.
Do you see my photos?
The service reads the files it needs to match and copy them. It never stores a photo on our servers.
What if something goes wrong?
Every copy is checked, everything is logged and you can undo a merge for 30 days. Your originals stay exactly where they are.
Does it work with iCloud?
Not yet. The first version does one route really well: Google Photos into OneDrive.
When does it launch?
I'm aiming for a private beta in early 2027 and a US launch by May 2027. Dates can slip; the waitlist hears first.
Is it affiliated with Google or Microsoft?
No. MergeMyLibrary is independent. It works with Google Takeout and OneDrive, but Google and Microsoft don't make, endorse or sponsor it.
Who's building it
Hi, I'm David. I'm an online English teacher, not a developer. Back in 2017 I paid some freelancers to build a duplicate photo remover for Windows, then let it die. Now I'm rebuilding it from scratch with AI, in public, on a cheap Claude plan and the old laptop I teach on.
I'm building it to stop paying for two clouds myself. If that's you too, join the waitlist or follow along on X.