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Back up & restore your data

Snack App keeps everything on your device - no account, no server, nothing collected. That privacy comes with one responsibility: if you delete the app or lose your phone, the data goes with it. A backup is a single file you save to your own cloud, so you can bring it back any time.

Save a backup

  1. Open Snack App and go to Settings → Data & backup.
  2. Tap Backup.
  3. Your phone's share sheet opens - tap Save to Files (iPhone/iPad) or pick a destination (Android).
  4. Choose where to keep it:
    • iCloud Drive (iPhone/iPad) or Drive (Android) is best - it lives off your device, so it survives a lost, broken, or wiped phone. Dropbox, OneDrive, and the like work too.
    • On My iPhone works in a pinch, but the file stays on the device - fine for a quick copy, not for true safekeeping.
  5. Tap Save. A dated file like snack-app-backup-2026-06-07….json is written to your cloud. Every export is its own file, so nothing gets overwritten.
Settings → Data & backup
Settings → Data & backup
Tap Backup
Tap Backup
Tap Save to Files
Tap Save to Files
Pick iCloud Drive (or another cloud)
Pick iCloud Drive (or another cloud)

Restore a backup

On a new phone - or after reinstalling - bring your data back:

  1. Go to Settings → Data & backup and tap Restore.
  2. Confirm Replace. ⚠️ Restoring replaces everything currently in the app with the backup's contents, and it can't be undone - so restore onto a fresh install, or only when you mean to overwrite.
  3. Pick your backup .json file from wherever you saved it. Snack App restores it and confirms how many records came back.
Restoring replaces what’s on the device
Restoring replaces what’s on the device
Choose your backup file
Choose your backup file
Your data is back
Your data is back

Don't forget - get reminded

Because backups are manual, it's easy to let them slip. In Settings → Data & backup, turn on Weekly backup reminder and pick a day and time, and Snack App will give you a gentle weekly nudge.

Where your backup goes

The file travels straight from your phone to the cloud you choose - we never receive it, and we couldn't read it if we wanted to. How it's stored after that is governed by that provider's privacy policy. See our Privacy Policy for the full picture.