A simple app that backs up and restores SMS & MMS messages and call logs.
Pros & Cons
Local backups by default with optional cloud uploads to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive
XML backup format supports easy viewing and transfer
Scheduled backups and selective conversation backups for control and efficiency
Fast WiFi Direct transfers between devices and a dedicated online backup viewer
Restoration requires existing backups or backups created by this app (not a universal recovery tool)
Restores only work for backups created by this app
Requires broad permissions (SMS, CALL_LOG, storage, location) which may raise privacy considerations
About SMS Backup & Restore
SMS Backup & Restore is a tools app developed by SyncTech Pty Ltd.
Download Statistics
SMS Backup & Restore has been downloaded 39 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 150 thousand times.
User Ratings
SMS Backup & Restore is rated 3.83 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 130 thousand ratings.
App Information
SMS Backup & Restore is FREE to download. The APK download size is 19.52 MB. The latest version available is 10.25.005. The last update was on June 8, 2026.
Technical Requirements
SMS Backup & Restore requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play before 2010.
Description
SMS Backup & Restore is an app that backs up (creates a copy of) SMS & MMS messages and call logs currently available on the phone. It can also restore messages and call logs from already existing backups.
Note: This app requires existing backups to be able to restore call logs and messages. It cannot recover anything without existing backups.
To view the contents of the backups, visit https://www.synctech.com.au/view-backup/
For questions or issues please visit our FAQ at: https://synctech.com.au/sms-faqs/
APP FEATURES: - Backup SMS (text) messages, MMS and call logs in XML format. - Local device backup with options to automatically upload to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive. - Choose a recurring scheduled time to automatically backup. - Option to select which conversations to backup or restore. - View and drill into your local and cloud backups. - Search backups. - Restore/transfer backup to another phone. Backup format is independent of the Android version so the messages and logs can be easily transferred from one phone to another, irrespective of the version. - Fast Transfer between 2 phones over WiFi direct - Free up space on your phone. Delete all SMS messages or call logs on the Phone. - Email a backup file. - The XML backup can be viewed on a computer via the online viewer at https://SyncTech.com.au/view-backup/
Notes: - Tested on Android 5.0 and higher - App only restores backups made by this app - Backup is created locally on the phone by default, but has options to upload to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Email. At no time are the files sent to the developer. - Please ensure there is a copy of the backup outside the phone before performing a factory reset on the phone.
This App needs access to the following: * Your messages: Backup and Restore messages. Receive SMS permission needed to properly handle messages received while the app is the default messaging app. * Your Calls and Contact information: Backup and Restore Call Logs. * Storage: To create the Backup file on the SD card. * Network view and communication: Allows the app to connect to wifi for backup * Your social information: To display and store the contact names in the Backup file. * Run at start-up: Start scheduled Backups. * Prevent Phone from Sleeping: To prevent the phone from going to sleep/suspended state while a Backup or Restore operation is in progress. * Test access to Protected Storage: To create the Backup file on the SD card. * Account Information: To authenticate with Google Drive and Gmail for cloud uploads. * Location: Only requested and used during WiFi direct transfer due to a security requirement on Android.
Recent changes: Fix for a crash on older devices when viewing/restoring
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I needed to transfer messages from my old phone to a new one, usually I don't do that but because the previous phone contains messages of my late mother, and I sought a way to transfer them, and this app helped me do that. So thank you to all🙏
★★★★★Akhtcx· Mar 13, 2026
Excellent app! I had just bought a new phone and have spent hours trying to transfer my call logs from my Pixel 8 to my new android phone, the Motorola Edge 70. And no matter what I had tried, nothing worked! Everything was backed up correctly on my G Drive but for some reason, the call logs would not get transferred. Gemini and a few people on reddit, recommended using SMS Backup & Restore. Well, everything worked perfectly. Thank you! I bought the Pro version to support the dev.
★★★★☆Barry Li Marzi· May 22, 2026
I'm happy to have the backups. Not so happy that the program is set to upload daily and delete 1 old backup. But it never deletes, and I run out of space. Have to manually from Google Drive.
★☆☆☆☆James Kowal· Jun 10, 2026
Will overwrite MMS table on restore, so if you have image, etc. not backed up, and you restore, say goodbye to that and any other MMS. And stupidly backs up trash. Stop that or make setting! So this really makes this app useless for MMS. Goodbye.
★★☆☆☆John C. Helweg· May 1, 2026
Tried this app to back up some old texts on my old phone. It backed them up in a XML file, but no images. Not happy with this app either.
★☆☆☆☆rafat zaiba· May 30, 2026
This is the most annoying app, it doesn't work. It purposefully doesn't show local backup, shows wrong non-existent files just to get Google Drive access. Even after restore nothing works no call log oe messages show up.
★☆☆☆☆Ted Faulkenburg· May 26, 2026
Only backup half the conversation, which is the scent messages. So all my backups have what I sent in the conversation but nothing the other person sent, so you can only read one side of the conversation.
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