Swift Backup
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Back up your Android apps, messages and more

Save backups on your phone, an SD card, Google Drive or your own server. Restore them when you switch phones. Root is optional.

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500K+ installsAndroid 8.0 and laterNo ads16 languages

Swift Backup home screen with storage, root status and backup types

How it works

From your phone to your cloud, and back again

  1. Step 1

    Pick your apps

    See every installed app with the date of its last backup. Back up one, a few or all of them.

    App list with last backup dates
  2. Step 2

    Choose what to keep

    APKs back up without root. With root, app data comes along too. Save to your phone, the cloud or both.

    Cloud backups of apps come with Premium.

    Backup options with APKs, data, device and cloud
  3. Step 3

    Send it to your cloud

    Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and seven more. Or your own WebDAV, SMB, SFTP or S3 storage.

    Google Drive connected with backups tagged by device
  4. Step 4

    Let it run on its own

    Premium schedules back up apps, messages and more on the days you choose, at a set time.

    Scheduled backups at 3 AM when charging
  5. Step 5

    Restore on any phone

    Sign in with the same account on your new phone and restore from your device or the cloud.

    App detail with device backups and a Restore button

Root and Shizuku

What works without root, and what needs root

Most backups need nothing extra. Shizuku adds batch restores and more without rooting. Root unlocks app data.

BackupWithout rootWith ShizukuWith root
Apps
APKsIncluding split APKsYesYesYes
Restore many apps at onceOne at a timeYesYes
App dataNoNoYes
External data and OBBExpansion files and data outside the appUp to Android 10YesYes
Permissions and app settingsNotification, accessibility and battery settings. SSAID needs root.NoYesYes
MessagesSMS, MMS and RCSYesYesYes
Call logsYesYesYes
FoldersYesYesYes
WallpapersYesYesYes
Wi-Fi networksShizuku on Android 11 and laterNoYesYes

Storage

Your backups go where you choose

Keep them on your phone, in the cloud drive you already use or on a server you run.

On your phone

No account or internet needed.

  • Internal storageThe SwiftBackup folder
  • SD card
  • USB drive

Cloud drives

10

Connect the drive you already use. Backups are tagged by device.

  • Google Drive
  • OneDrive
  • Dropbox
  • MEGA
  • Filen
  • Drime
  • Box
  • pCloud
  • Yandex Disk
  • Cloud Mail.Ru

Your own server

Back up to a NAS, a home server or object storage.

  • WebDAV
  • SMB
  • SFTP
  • FTP and FTPS
  • S3-compatible

Ready-made setups for

  • Nextcloud
  • ownCloud
  • Synology
  • WD My Cloud
  • Koofr
  • Seafile
  • HiDrive
  • Amazon S3
  • Cloudflare R2
  • MEGA S4
  • Backblaze B2
  • DigitalOcean Spaces
  • Wasabi
  • Hetzner
  • OVHcloud
  • Scaleway
  • IDrive e2
  • Storj

Free and Premium

Local backups are free

Premium is a one-time Lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription through Google Play.

Free

  • Back up apps, messages, call logs, Wi-Fi, wallpapers and folders on your phone
  • Cloud backups of messages, call logs, Wi-Fi and wallpapers with a Google account
  • Keep your previous app backup when an app updates

Premium

  • Cloud backups for apps and folders
  • Scheduled backups
  • Up to 10 backups per app, with notes and protection
  • App labels and custom configs
  • Incremental folder backups

Encryption

Encrypted on your phone first

Your backups are encrypted on your phone before they're saved or uploaded. App data, messages, call logs and folders use AEGIS-256. APKs, expansion files and wallpapers are not encrypted.

Add your own password to app, message and call log backups. It stays on your device.

Account screen signed in with Premium

Back up your Android apps, messages and more

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