AppKeeper
Backup & Restore for Android

Every app you install, kept as a file you own.

AppKeeper saves your apps as APK files in a folder you choose and puts them back whenever you need them. After an update that broke something, an app you removed by mistake, or a move to a new phone.

Get it on Google Play Free. Premium is one purchase, no subscription.
  • No ads
  • No root
  • Android 6 and newer
AppKeeper's Installed tab: 5 apps need a backup, with Back up 5 apps and each app's backup state
Internal storage/AppKeeper/
Trailmate_com.demo.trailmate_3.2.1.apk40 MB
Chorus_Podcasts_com.demo.chorus_4.0.3.apk44 MB
Pixel_Garden_com.demo.pixelgarden_1.9.3.apks49 MB
appkeeper-index.json5 KB
What it does

Back up what changed. Restore what you need.

Your backups are ordinary files. Copy them to a computer, keep them on an SD card, or let AppKeeper keep a copy in your Google Drive.

No backup

See what needs a backup

Each app shows whether it has a backup, an outdated one, or none. Back them all up in one tap, or pick from a list. Apps from Google Play made of several parts are saved as one .apks file.

Installed

Restore with a check first

Before reinstalling, AppKeeper checks the file opens, is complete, is signed with the same key as the installed app, and was made for a phone like yours. Problems are explained before anything is installed.

Newer version installed

Roll back or move phones

Keep older versions to go back after a bad update. On a new phone, import your app list and get each app back from its backup or from Google Play.

The app

Clear about every backup.

Archived tab with 11 saved APKs, 288 MB, and buttons to restore missing apps and check all backups
Your archive at a glance
Dialog: All backups are fine. All 11 backups open and are complete, so they can be restored.
Check all backups at once
Settings with automatic backup, backups per app and Google Drive
Automatic backup and Drive
The Installed tab in night mode
Night mode
Free and Premium

Everything to back up and restore by hand is free.

Premium adds automation and history. You buy it once in the app and keep it.

Free

No ads
  • Back up any app, one or many at a time
  • Restore with checks for damaged files, signing keys and phone fit
  • Check all backups at once
  • Restore several apps in a row
  • See where an app came from
  • Your own backup folder, on internal storage or SD card

Premium PRO

One purchase
  • Automatic backup of new and updated apps, soon after they install
  • A copy in your own Google Drive, on Wi-Fi only if you like
  • Several versions per app, and roll back after a bad update
  • Pin good versions so they are never removed
  • Restore all missing apps in one go
  • Export and import your app list for a new phone
  • Free up space in one tap
  • Quick Settings tile and home-screen widget
Privacy

Your backups stay where you put them.

AppKeeper keeps your backups in the folder you choose. They leave your phone only if you turn on the Google Drive copy, and then they go straight to your own Drive.

Read the privacy policy

Only its own files in Drive

With the Drive copy on, AppKeeper can see only the files it created there, nothing else in your Drive.

No accounts, no ads

There is nothing to sign up for. AppKeeper sends limited usage and crash information to improve the app, described in the policy.

Good to know

AppKeeper backs up the app itself (the APK), not its data such as logins, settings or game progress. Android asks you to confirm every install. Some apps check their license or download extra content at first start, so the APK alone may not be enough for them.