How Memora Keep compares
See how Finder and iTunes backups work alongside Memora Keep. Compare creating a device backup with browsing and exporting its supported contents.
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How to read a comparison
Every comparison answers the same questions
Rather than scoring tools out of ten, each comparison works through the same six questions and states what is documented for each tool.
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What the tool is for
The job each tool is designed to do, before any feature-by-feature detail.
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Can you browse the backup?
Whether the data written by a backup can be opened again, or only restored to a device.
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Browsing and searching
Whether you can move through the contents, filter them by type, and search within them.
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Export options
What you can take back out, and in which open formats.
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Where the data lives
Where backups, media and parsed data are stored, and who can reach them.
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Cost model
Whether the tool is built in, free, or sold as a license or subscription.
Compare the tools by purpose, browsing, search, export formats, storage and cost.
Available comparisons
Comparisons published so far
One comparison is fully documented today. More will follow as their details are verified.
- Comparison Finder / iTunes backup vs Memora Keep A neutral look at the built-in Apple backup and what Memora Keep adds: reading, browsing and exporting a backup you already have. Read
- Feature Browse and import iTunes backups Select an existing MobileSync/Backup folder, validate it and import it into the local archive. Read
- Feature Local archive A local SQLite archive plus the original backup and media, stored entirely on your own disk. Read
Further comparisons are not listed yet
This section currently covers Finder and iTunes backups. Other comparisons have not been published yet.
Each new comparison will include a review date so you can see when its details were checked.
Related
Keep reading
- Feature iPhone backup What a full-device backup captures, and the pre-checks that run before it starts. Read
- Guides Step-by-step guides Step-by-step walkthroughs for backing up a phone, importing a backup and exporting data. Read
- Download Download and requirements Builds, platform requirements and checksums for each platform. Read
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