SMS Backup +

- June 23, 2015

Offers in-app purchases

(51,037)

Description

Automatically backup SMS, MMS and call log entries using a separate label in Gmail / Google Calendar. It is also possible to restore SMS and call log entries back to the phone (MMS not supported yet).

Remember to enable IMAP in Gmail.

Please note that auto backup might not work reliably when SMS Backup+ is installed on the SD card. Future version will hopefully fix this, in the meantime please move it back to phone memory if possible.

For those of you worried about app permissions: there is a detailed explanation in the FAQ section of the website.

Also, please consult the FAQ on the website before sending me an email.

Reviews

4.4

51,037 total

5 35,100

4 7,922

3 3,025

2 1,663

1 3,297

Stephen Wilcox

Does not support WhatsApp any more. Hello developers, more messages are exchange by non-SMS technologies these days.. ! I know WhatsApp keeps changing encryption but you could either try to fix it yourself (as the people at OmniCrypt have done) or you could keep the backup option in an advanced menu for users who know how to work it. Calls, MMS and SMS - how very 1990s :(

Ed Campos

No more WhatsApp backup?!?! I've been using this incredible app for a while now and suddenly it gets updated and I found out that WhatsApp is not being backed up anymore!! Fix it please!! That was a great plus your app had, please get it back!!

A Google User

Used to have this rated at 5, but with the most recent upgrade, backing up of whatsapp messages has been removed, hence my decrease to a 3 star. The whole reason I had gotten this was for the whatsapp support.

Tina Bates

Won't Restore This app use to have 5 stars from me but lately I can't get it to restore backed up calls or sms messages....please help. It's been saying calculating for over an hour now 😞

Andy S

Small, efficient, and very useful I started using this app way back on my Google G1. Back then, it did not yet have the ability to pass along the dates to make sense of conversations as they all came into Gmail with a timestamp of whenever it synched up. It didn't yet have the ability to pull down attachments in MMS messages. To be honest, I didn't care because there was nothing else like this and it has only gotten better since. I consider my donation as money well spent and hope this app continues to stick around at least as long as I do.

A Google User

It's great ... But I really wish it handled group messages. As it is it breaks them up into multiple conversations in Gmail. Sort of frustrating.

User reviews

Stephen Wilcox June 30, 2015

Ed Campos July 11, 2015

A Google User June 26, 2015

Tina Bates July 14, 2015

Won't Restore This app use to have 5 stars from me but lately I can't get it to restore backed up calls or sms messages....please help. It's been saying calculating for over an hour now 😞

Andy S June 24, 2015

A Google User June 26, 2015

It's great ... But I really wish it handled group messages. As it is it breaks them up into multiple conversations in Gmail. Sort of frustrating.

Dat Nguyen July 1, 2015

Broken update The June 23rd update broke the app. Haven't been able to back up anything since that update.

Jeff H June 24, 2015

Piece of crap This is one of the worst apps I have ever downloaded. I wish I could give it a minus 5 stars.

D'Andre Manigo June 24, 2015

Works Horribly It will definitely back up your messages...I say that but I installed the app June 22nd got a new phone...23rd and it restored messages only from prior to Sept. 2014...that doesn't help me...thank you for a half done app. I'm not a fan.

Sam Hemberger July 7, 2015

Phone screwed up It didn't do this on my other phone, but immediately after using this my messages will not open unless I restart, but when I try to go to a conversation it is blank and I cannot send anything.

A Google User July 21, 2015

Awesome appliction I waslooking for this type of application for a long time...like it, thanks! now we can have our sms's in the cloud and look at any time

Gerald Gardner July 22, 2015

I used to love this app. It hasn't updated anything since May 2015 no matter what settings you use and how many times you click "Backup".

K. Campbell June 26, 2015

Used to work Upgraded to the S6 edge and this app hasn't worked once. Please fix. Still doesn't work after latest update.

Mark Rentz July 16, 2015

Baby mama drama! Love this app! Saved every txt between me and my baby mama so now her lies will catch up to her!

Matteo Micheli July 18, 2015

NOT working on MOTO G2 + Lollipop After backing up and restoring, almost all of my SMS are gone. So, well...it didn't work.

Charles Foster Kane June 25, 2015

I used it almost just because of the Whatsapp backup to gmail feature, so from the last update it is near to useless to me. Please add back Whatsapp support.

Jan Hurren July 14, 2015

Ok. Tried it again and it backed up properly. Only suggestion would be ablilty to narrow back ups to a single individual or specific date range. The email categories or groups are not very useful to me when it comes to texts.

Michal KRZEMINSKI June 23, 2015

Excellent application Have been using it for years and I'm fully satisfied. Never sent any mms so I do not need any mms support. Rest is really as expected.

sheila mckinze June 30, 2015

Won't back up responers sms Used to work perfect. Now only backs up my msg not the responders too.

Marian Jenkins July 5, 2015

AWESOME!!! This helps me SO MUCH!! I've been looking for an app that would save my text messages. Didn't expect to find one this good. Had to change phones recently, and needed to save my messages. Going from a MOTO X to a Galaxy S5, neither brand's migrating app would work with the other phone; and AT&T's app needs LOTS of work. But THIS APP has saved ALL of my texts AND my call log to my Gmail account effortlessly. GREAT JOB!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

Ze Ro July 8, 2015

Very good app I like this app why no what's app support i dont know. Think there should be a password protection option.

A Google User June 23, 2015

Co-parenting Text Log Makes documenting/saving text messages so much easier.

Lance Jensen June 25, 2015

Only backs up my side of the conversion This app was working perfectly until the new year when randomly it stopped saving my partners side of the conversion. Maybe the lollipop upgrade broke it.

Nicole S July 23, 2015

Won't restore It used to restore my SMS but it was only restoring who it was with, not the actual content. After the update it won't even do that.

John Augustsson July 1, 2015

In a future update, I'd love to see three things: 1) MMS support, 2) bigger freedom to customize a backup through date, contact and message type filters and 3) a 1-1 ratio between contact and amount of threads. I'd be happy to chip in if those three wishes were fulfilled. Still a great app though, thanks!

L Hudson June 25, 2015

Hopeless Got new phone today. Backed up sms on old. Installed this app on new phone and selected to restore. It restored every sms from 2012 and 2013. Nothing newer. Waste of time. No control over what it restores. Zero stars!

Nancy L. Williams June 26, 2015

Needs to back-up both recieved texts and sent Now this app doesn't work on my phone.

Crystal Tupa July 20, 2015

Serious Issues I used to love this app because it saved SMS & MMS as well as automatically linking to Gmail, but it has not backed up anything since SEPTEMBER 2014! That's a serious problem, too say the least. It also says there's "nothing to backup" when trying to manually backup items (obviously, there's plenty in the past 10 months).

Edwin Klabouch July 21, 2015

Trusted (updated) OK weird. As soon as I wrote a good review my backups are all gone all the way back 4 months. Wtf. How can I get those back?

Andreas Rønning July 5, 2015

Only backs up outgoing messages Great in concept but has some critical flaws. Only incoming mms are backed up, and only outgoing sms. Very weird.

Davie Martin July 24, 2015

Simple & Superb ✔ 📱📲 Managed to recovery important messages from years back (Moto Razr, Moto G and other devices without external micro SD cards to export to) also can now backup/restore whenever I want or simply schedule for instant (1min - 30min) or backup every 24hr. Also supports call logs and MMS too (I get some folk will have privacy issues, but hey if your reading this the NSA/MI5 know who you are...✔) Lol 😁 That fact that this app does its job very well indeed I felt compelled to make a donation,which I did. Regards

A Google User June 23, 2015

Review This app is incredable! Sms & call log syncing to gmail and gcal. This is what makes Android so good.

Max Khan July 7, 2015

M khan So happy made donation $5..Thank-you.

Daniel Cerulean July 21, 2015

Omggghgh!!?! No more WhatsApp! Who fu%king cares? It's SMS backup, idiots. That was an extra feature.

Fitz Efraem Caldit July 23, 2015

Very useful It really works. However it cant be transferred to my sdcard storage.

dominic sy July 18, 2015

Dual sim support? I have not tried restoring my sms but I think it will not tag which sim is under which messages if I restore it (upon checking sms folder in my gmail). Never the less it backs up my messages to gmail which can be handy.

A Google User July 13, 2015

This used to be one of my favorite apps This app all of a sudden became very unreliable. good thing I checked. it had not backed up anything for 2 weeks. also never have been able to use the Restore feature all it did was give me blank pages. samsung galaxy s4 and s6. Also reported doing a backup approximately one week prior to the actual date. This is really gotten bad.

Cindy Baughman July 9, 2015

Need help How can I connect it to another gmail address other then my own?

Laura Lee Ivey July 19, 2015

Awesome This is a really super app. Really easy, really fast, really helpful. Thanks!

Gytis Bliūdžius June 30, 2015

Has problems I like that it synchs with Gmail, but it started to get buggy and slow. I have 27k SMS and I hate that if the program fails at the 20k restoration point, the restoration needs to be started all over again...and over... Also Gmail gets clogged