Backup & Co.

Backup your apps

2020-09-25

These helpers are to backup your apps (.apk files), not their data!

Apk Extractor (4.4@742) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-01-17
APK Extractor (4.3@122) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2016-11-17
aremon backup apk (4.3@105) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-04-27
AppMonster Free Backup Restore (4.2@25,016) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-02-02 / AppMonster v5 (3.1@504) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 / AppMonster Pro Backup Restore (3.9@5,821; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-06 / AppMonster v5 Pro (3.2@207; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-25 Apps / Apps & Data (root)
App List Backup (4.2@4,601) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-22
App Backup & Reinstall (4.2@3,582) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-12-31
Apk Extractor - Backup (4.2@859) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-25
Backup Apk , Share Apk (4.2@91) 13 3 LastUpdate: 2018-10-26
ABR App Backup & Restore (4.2@5) 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-05-04 Github
Backup & Restore (4.1@241,679) Ǥ 20 4
APK Extractor 2017 (Backup Apk) (4.1@1,614) 4 13 LastUpdate: 2017-12-20
APK Extractor•APP Share/Backup (4.1@1,199) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-12
Apk Extractor (4@63,797) Ǥ 7 1 Video Howto 11/2018
Apps Backup (4@2,121) Ǥ 11 4 LastUpdate: 2017-03-04
Uninstaller -Quick App Manager (3.8@4,603) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2015-10-14
APK Extractor, Root Checker & SafetyNet Checker (3.8@2,706) Ǥ 10 3
App/APK extractor (3.8@366) 4 4 LastUpdate: 2018-12-20
Easy Backup Restore - Apps Backup (3.8@226) Ǥ 9 2
App Backup & Restore, App Manager,App Uninstaller (3.7@216) 9 2
App Backup And Restore (3.2@1,074) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2017-11-16
AppWererabbit (3.1@1,861) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AppWererabbit (DONATE) Key (4.1@55; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-25 like AppMonster
Apk Extractor (2.9@1,647) Ǥ 15 8 LastUpdate: 2019-03-18
APK Kit (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
OAndBackupX (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; fork of oandbackup; apps+data
oandbackup (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github; backup / restore of single apps and of multiple apps incl. their data are supported; root and Busybox required

Also see: AndSync with Perl via ADB => ICS+, no root required

Backup SMS/MMS

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🔥SMS Backup, Print & Restore -Export PDF,HTML,CSV (4.4@5,771) Ǥ 13 3
SMS from PC / Tablet & Sync Text from Computer (4.3@143,842) Ǥ 21 9 / SMS from Tablet & MMS Text Messaging Sync (3.9@18,833) Ǥ 11 4 SMS from within any browser; keep in mind this will need to upload your contacts and SMS to the cloud to work
SMS Backup & Restore (4.1@112,681) Ǥ 23 2 / SMS Backup & Restore Pro (4.3@1,482; ~EUR 5.00) 21 1 Guide 10/2013; SMS/MMS & call logs in XML format / Video Intro 6/2019
Backup SMS (3.8@272) Ǥ 8 3
SMS Backup Restore (3.5@277) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2019-03-14
SMS to Text (3.5@40) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2017-03-05 plain text and CSV
Epistolaire (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Backup call logs

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Call Logs Backup & Restore (4.5@5,910) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-02-05
Smart Call Logs (4.2@2,641) Ǥ 10 7

Backup calendars

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iCal Import/Export CalDAV (4.5@7,207) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / iCal Import/Export CalDAV Pro (4.6@1,792; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Calendar Import - Export (ics) (3.5@374) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-29 Github; Import/export your Android calenders as ics files without using the Google cloud
Calendar Import Export (Excel) (3.3@31) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-03
Calendar ICS adapter (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-27 Github; Import and export calendar files

The easiest way to export/import your contact data can be found in the Contacts app itself: it offers to export/import data using the VCard format, which is also understood perfectly by most desktop applications. From the main window, simply activate the menu, and chose Export/Import – there you are.

Easy Backup - Contacts Transfer and Restore (4.7@33,237) Ǥ 18 7 local backup; move contacts between accounts
Contacts Backup -- Excel & Email (4.7@25,581) Ǥ 10 6
MCBackup - My Contacts Backup (4.5@26,556) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2018-11-01
Export Phone Contacts to Excel (4.5@233) Ǥ 8 3
Contact Backup & Restore (4.4@4,105) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-16
Contact Backup (4.3@220) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2018-11-24
SA Contacts Lite (4.1@4,404) Ǥ 13 2 / SA Contacts (4.3@813; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 13 1 Vorstellung 2/2014
Contacts Backup (4.1@223) 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-04
Contacts Backup (4@1,224) 6 2 LastUpdate: 2019-02-22
123 Contact Backup (4@56) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-02-18 sends backup (CSV/text) via mail
Contact2Sim (3.9@9,264) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2018-11-18
Contacts backup and restore (3.9@1,294) Ǥ 12 3
My Contacts Backup - Merge, Save, Restore & Share (3.9@1,061) Ǥ 11 8
Backup Contacts (3.8@3,366) Ǥ 5 1 LastUpdate: 2013-03-05
Contacts Backup & Restore (3.6@1,350) Ǥ 11 2
Export Import Excel Contacts (3.6@526) 7 4
Contact Backup (3.5@12) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-08

Backup bookmarks

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Bookmarks manager (deprecated) (4.3@296) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2012-06-28
VisiMarks: Bookmark Manager (4.2@4,642) Ǥ 9 3
NEO Bookmark (3.9@629) 6 1 / NEO Bookmark Pro (4.2@65; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ bookmark manager & backup; per-bookmark memos
Mobile Bookmarks: Free bookmark manager (3.6@57) 5 4
Bookmark Sort & Backup (1.7@3,774) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2016-08-06

Backup contacts, SMS, and more

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MyPhoneExplorer Client (4.4@40,498) Ǥ 36 2 Video Review 8/2017; Video Demo 12/2015; Vorstellung 3/2014; Video Walk-Through 7/2017 (DE) | 8/2017 (DE); Wikipedia; Anleitung; requires Windows client; complete remote management
Phone Copier - MOBILedit (4.4@22,991) Ǥ 39 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-24 Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry …
Super Backup & Restore (4.2@169,482) Ǥ 39 5 / Super Backup Pro: SMS&Contacts (3.6@2,398; ~EUR 2.25) Ǥ 30 1
Phone Backup and Restore (4.2@285) 12 LastUpdate: 2016-11-25 Contacts, Call Logs, SMS, Apps & Bookmarks to SDCard
Backup Master (4.2@76) 14 LastUpdate: 2017-07-29
All Backup & Restore (4.1@2,437) Ǥ 21 3 local backup & copy-to-cloud
Backup & Restore (4.1@1,647) 20 5 LastUpdate: 2018-01-05
Backup Master: Contact, Apps, SMS, Call Log Backup (4@2,267) Ǥ 24 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-07
Mobile Backup 3 (3.9@3,052) 23 3
SMS, Call - XML, PDF, CSV(Super Backup & Restore) (3.9@522) 9 2
Phone Backup + (3.9@154) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
Rapid Backup & Restore - SMS, Apps,Contacts,calls. (3.8@53) 13 2 LastUpdate: 2018-10-23
Seagate Backup (3.6@4,816) 31 LastUpdate: 2017-04-26 requires the Seagate Dashboard software
Save Phonebook & SMS to Excel (3.1@599) Ǥ 8 2 backup only, no restore
Slight backup (0@0) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-03

Full Backups

Full Backups (root required)

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ROM Toolbox Lite (4.6@36) Ǥ 26 5 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.5@25,597; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 25 5
G Cloud Backup (4.5@304,059) Ǥ 32 13 / G Cloud Apps Backup Key * root (4.6@1,081; ~EUR 4.00) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-09-08
Swift Backup (4.3@2,193) Ǥ 25 3 Backs up to Google Drive; without root no app data, WiFi networks etc.
Titanium Backup ★ root needed (4.2@372,181) 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Titanium Backup PRO Key ★ root needed (4.3@72,026; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Testbericht 1/2014 | 5/2016; Howto EN 11/2013 | DE 11/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014 | 3/2014; Video Tutorial 1/2014 (DE) | 9/2018 (EN)
Partitions Backup & Restore (3.8@1,234) Ǥ 8 1

Full Backups without root

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Not all of these "complete backups" do really backup everything (if they do, I've pointed it out). An (almost) full backup without root is only possible via ADB on Android 4.0+.

Backup Your Mobile (4.3@20,646) Ǥ 30 7 Anleitung 2/2020
JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.3@14,872) Ǥ 46 3
Huawei Backup (4.2@125,217) 46 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.
My Backup (3.9@18,823) Ǥ 35 4 / My Backup Pro (4.2@38,720; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 32 3 real "full backup" requires root
Helium - App Sync and Backup (3.4@68,204) Ǥ 24 3 LastUpdate: 2019-03-07 / Helium (Premium) (3.8@19,573; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-28 Anleitung 3/2015 | 3/2016 | 3/2017; full how-to; Intro 7/2013; Video Howto 9/2013 (EN); Testbericht 11/2013; Backup apps & data! root optional. Without root, app needs to be initialized via PC with ADB.

Also see: Adebar, a small project of mine. Utilizes ADB and Bash to generate scripts for backup/restore, also taking care for re-disabling apps following a restore.

In the works: A FOSS pendant to the built-in Google Cloud backup, where you can shose your own resources (e.g. local card, Nextcloud) to back up to. A video demo of the Beta can be found at PeerTube. It’s called Seedvault, and you can find the source here.

Full Backups: Nandroid

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Nandroid Backups require a rooted device with Custom Recovery.

ROM Toolbox Lite (4.6@36) Ǥ 26 5 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.5@25,597; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 25 5
Tipatch • Backup internal storage (4.4@111) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-27 Github; XDA 8/2018; patch TWRP to include internal storage
ROM Installer (4.2@42,805) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2018-12-09 Review 10/2013
Online Nandroid Backup * ROOT (4.2@4,532) 8 LastUpdate: 2014-08-04 Kurzvorstellung 12/2013; requires BusyBox; Nandroid backup without booting to recovery
Ultimate Backup (4.1@7,031) Ǥ 22 LastUpdate: 2016-10-12 Testbericht 12/2013; real "full backups" might require root.
TWRP Manager (Requires ROOT) (3.9@34,507) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2017-07-02 Video Review 12/2013; Live Nandroid Backup for TWRP
[ROOT] CRAB - Custom Recovery Auto Backup (3.9@25) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-22
TWRP Explorer (2.1@240) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-14 Restore from TWRP backups

And then there're also various PC-Tools for Backups:

HoloBackup: Graphical FrontEnd for ADB Backup (formerly: SimpleADBBackup)
Ultimate Backup Tool: Command-line tool to ease the use of ADB Backups
tetherback: Create Nandroid backups remotely (requires TWRP on the device)

Also see: Full Backup of non-rooted devices

Backups to the Cloud

Also see: Synchronizing Files and Folders.

Backup SMS into the Cloud

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Nextcloud SMS (3.4@112; ~EUR 1.50) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-14 Github

Backup contacts into the Cloud

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Easy backup contacts (4.3@3,529) 10 4

Backup SMS, MMS, and more into the Cloud

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CM Backup -Restore,Cloud,Photo (4.7@711,951) Ǥ 30 LastUpdate: 2017-07-05
All Backup and Restore (4.4@939) Ǥ 19 LastUpdate: 2018-11-26
All Backup Restore (4.1@4,241) Ǥ 24 6
SMS Backup+ (2.8@66,968) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-24 Github; SMS, MMS, Call Logs – & WhatsApp?

Various Cloud Backups

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JS Backup – Restore & Migrate (4.3@14,872) Ǥ 46 3
AT&T Tech360 Backup and Go (3.5@208) 7 2 access files from PC-Backups

Other Backups

Backup WiFi APNs

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This generally requires root. And it's a fact: root has permission to access everything…

Wifi Password (Root) (3.9@3,001) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-04-17
WIFI Key Recovery [ROOT] (3.7@3,287) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-25
WiFi Key Recovery (needs root) (3.6@41,827) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-05-09 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; restore manually

For more apps, also see WiFi Password Recovery

Photo Backup

2020-09-19

Shoebox - Photo Storage and Cloud Backup (4.6@26,121) Ǥ 13 5
PhotoSync – transfer and backup photos & videos (4.6@11,850) Ǥ 21 4 / PhotoSync Bundle Add-On (4.8@2,144; ~EUR 4.00) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ between phones, tablets and computers/NAS; instantly, on WiFi, or on a specified location
Photomatic - photo backup (4.2@30) Ǥ 8 5 LastUpdate: 2016-05-13 backs up to your Windows computer; desktop pendant required.
PhotoBackup (4.2@6) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-08 Github; automatically backup your photos as soon as they are taken – to your own backup server
Photo Transfer App (4.1@5,188) Ǥ 10 1 device to device (including your computer), no cloud (local WiFi)

Various Backups

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MOBILedit Forensic (4.1@172) 30 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-03-08 r/o Backup (i.e. no restore) for forensics. Requires PC pendant (Windows only?)
Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup (4@2,431) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 4/2017 | 3/2018; Camera photos/videos only?
ROM Settings Backup (4@952) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-09 Vorstellung 8/2014; Screencast 6/2018
Backup All Apps (0@0) LastUpdate: 2015-04-13 enable ADB backup for apps blocking it; Github

Further Readings:

General
- Artikel zum Android Backup bei MobilSicher.DE
- DroidWiki: Backup erstellen ohne Root
- Backup fürs Handy: Diese Möglichkeiten gibt es (10/2017 - 2/2020)
- Android-Backup im c't-Check: Auf Google darf man sich nicht verlassen (8/2017)
- Komplettbackup bei Android-Geräten (9/2015 - 3/2018)
- How to Upgrade to a New Android Phone and Take Everything with You (12/2014)
- Android Backup Apps Übersicht (12/2014)
- Backup-Apps für Android: Alles sichern mit und ohne Cloud (1/2014 - 12/2018)
- Backup 3.0 ausprobiert: So sichert Ihr Smartphone-Einstellungen offline (7/2014)
- Top 5 Best Backup and Restore Apps for Android (12/2013)
- Google Mail: Backups von E-Mails und Kalenderdaten herunterladen (12/2013)
- Complete Data Backup Guide for Android Smartphone and Tablet Users (10/2013)
- Backup Apps, Contacts, Logs, Messages and Settings without Rooting Your Android Phone (3/2013 - 5/2018)
Contacts, SMS/MMS
- 5 Android Apps To Backup Your Contacts & Messages (5/2014 - 12/2018)
- 5 Contact Backup Apps For Android (3/2014)
- Datensicherung in der Praxis: SMS per App sichern (12/2013 - 12/2014)
- 8 Apps to Save and Back Up Texts on Android (10/2013)
Nandroid Backups
- What is a Nandroid backup TWRP, and how to create and restore it? (1/2019)
- The Right Way to Make a Full Nandroid Backup using TWRP Backup Method (11/2018)
- Nandroid Backup Was es ist und wie man es erstellt (9/2018)
- So funktionieren Nandroid-Backups (3/2014)
- What Is A Nandroid Backup and How Exactly Does It Work? (1/2014)
Others
- 4 Ways to Sync and Upload Photos to Cloud Storage on Android (8/2018)

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