Feature 08 · Backup & restore
Your journal, in a file you hold
Everything Go Hike knows lives on your phone, which means moving to a new one is entirely up to you. Save your whole journal to your phone's storage, with or without photos, then restore or delete a snapshot later. Set backups to daily, weekly or monthly and the app takes one for you. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Last backup · 2.4 MB
How a backup works
Take one
A backup saves your whole journal to your phone's storage. You choose whether to include photos, which is the difference between a small file and a complete one.
Keep or clear
Backups are listed with their size and date. Restore from one, or delete the ones you no longer need — it is your storage.
Let it happen on its own
Switch automatic backups on and pick daily, weekly or monthly. The check runs when you next open the app, and if that long has passed it takes one then.
Move phones
Copy the file across however you like — cable, AirDrop, your own cloud drive — and restore it on the new device.
What you can do
- Save your whole journal, optionally including photos
- Restore from a backup, or delete the ones you no longer need
- Automatic backups on a daily, weekly or monthly interval
- See exactly what the app is holding, if you like knowing
- Files land in your own storage, not on someone else's server
What is in a backup
The file lands in your own storage, and it stays there. Nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload it to.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Your journal | Every hike, observation, badge and setting. |
| Photos | Optional. Leaving them out makes a much smaller file. |
| How often | Daily, weekly or monthly — or only when you say so. |
| When it runs | Next time you open the app, if that long has passed. |
| Last backup | Shown with its date and size, so you know where you stand. |
| Where it goes | Your phone's own storage. You can move it anywhere. |
Common questions
Is automatic backup really automatic?
Not while your phone is in your pocket, and it is worth being straight about that. Go Hike takes an automatic backup the next time you open the app after the interval has passed — not at a fixed hour in the background.
Am I locked into this app?
No. A backup is an ordinary file that you hold and can move anywhere you like. Your years of walking are not trapped behind an account or a subscription you have to keep paying.
What happens to my data if I uninstall the app?
It goes with it, because it only ever lived on your phone. Backups you took stay in your storage until you delete them — which is exactly why taking one before switching phones matters.