Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Text2Store
Back up your iPhone or iPad messages. Keep them forever.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Free Mac app for recovering deleted text messages on iPhone
2019 · minicreo.com · its alternatives →
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Save one iMessage conversation as a private offline album
Aug 2026 · messagealbum.com · its alternatives →
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Strings▲71A messaging app that lets you take messages back
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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PhoneRescue▲102Recover 31 types of lost iPhone data & fix iOS update errors
2016 · imobie.com · its alternatives →
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Phone Expander▲249Mac app that frees up storage on your iOS devices
2015 · phoneexpander.com · its alternatives →
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Transloader▲123Remotely download things on your Mac from your iPhone
2015 · eternalstorms.at · its alternatives →
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Transcribe & summarize looooong voice memos
2025 · macwhisper.com · its alternatives →
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Export text messages to PDF with photo/video attachments.
2025 · deciphertools.com · its alternatives →
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I've spent a long time reverse engineering nearly every aspect of Apple's iMessage SQLite tables to build this program. As far as I know, there are no other tools that support the full corpus of iMessage features, including edited messages, app messages, reactions, and threads. I built this software to preserve some conversations with loved ones; I hope others find it useful as well. For the curious, here are some of the more interesting aspects of the database I came across: - Dates are stored as Unix timestamp with an epoch of 1/1/2001 00:00:00 - Messages can have multiple parts,…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Backblaze 2.0▲100Easily access your files nearly anywhere with your iPhone
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Retro telegrams delivered by iMessage
2017 · teletype.website · its alternatives →
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Text a number to store and share photos together
2015 · texteventpics.com · its alternatives →
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This app help you to backup and restore your SMS/MMS
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Recover data from iPhone and iPad backups on your PC or Mac
Jun 2026 · wideanglesoftware.com · its alternatives →
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http://app.given.to is the only API that automates the process of buying iPhone/iPad apps, iTunes music , movies, books, and anything else in the app store individually or in bulk . Then those digital goods can be distribute through email, text message, Facebook, Twitter, QR codes, physical cards with branding, or any other way someone care to distribute them. The links Given create allow for a digital item to be downloaded in one click without going through the hassles of the app store. These links have been used for marketing campaigns, incentives, rewards, contest and more.
2013 · its alternatives →
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After switching to 100% Linux a couple of years ago there was basically only one thing I missed about macOS and that was what Apple calls "Continuity". It's where you get texts, notifications, clipboard sync, file transfer (to/from) the iPhone from the Mac desktop. Especially that thing where OTP codes via text autofilled into the browser form I was waiting on. It took about 4 months of work: - reverse-engineering Apple/iOS Bluetooth behavior - MAP / OBEX - Bluetooth LE + Wi-Fi working together - iMessage through the iPhone's own cellular/iMessage stack - iOS app, Linux…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I built a tiny offline tool to help back up iPhone/iPad photos and videos to PC or Mac via USB. No iCloud, no accounts, no cloud storage — just straight device-to-device transfer. Originally made it for someone close to me who had tens of thousands of photos but didn't want to deal with subscriptions or cloud storage. Thought it might be useful for others too, so putting it out there. It keeps Live Photos, 4K videos, RAW files, and transfers quickly without compression. Works on both Windows and macOS. Site (simple landing page):…
2025 · albumsbackup.framer.website · its alternatives →
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Export text messages from WhatsApp, Instagram, Slack etc.
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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