iPhone Backup Extractor reviews & coverage

Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor helps people access their data in ways they couldn’t otherwise.

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Reincubate and iPhone Backup Extractor were born of a passion for helping people access and recover their data, built from the founder’s own need to recover his data. From the very start, we’ve been humbled and inspired by the response to our software.

So many users have shared emotional stories to keep us going, or offered feedback on how we can improve, just as many reporters and sponsors have covered or otherwise helped us. And that’s not to mention the kindness of Apple and Google along the way. Thank you. 🙏

Through the feedback of millions of our users, Reincubate is rated one of the UK’s top 10 most loved software companies by TrustPilot.

We publish iPhone Backup Extractor, the best tool for helping users recover their data from iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch backups. Our software can rescue photographs, address books, call histories, text messages, voicemail, videos and all sorts of other interesting data. It's used by a wide range of people -- from stay-home parents to national crime and forensics centres around the world -- and is available in both free and registered versions.

The software was launched in mid-2008 when it was released as a simple script and it was the first tool available for users to recover their data. Since then the complexity of Apple's backup formats has grown steadily, and we've continued to make the software easier and easier to use. iPhone Backup Extractor runs on Windows and macOS, will work with any version of iTunes and any iPhone, iPad or iPod, and can extract data in powerful and flexible formats.

The software has proved particularly useful for users recently where they've been struggling with painful iOS upgrades or downgrades.

External recognition & awards

"Reincubate Ltd. of London is uniquely skilled in accessing and recovering content from Apple's iOS and iCloud systems." 👸🇬🇧 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has twice recognised Reincubate with the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise, recognising outstanding achievement in innovation and international trade. The award is Great Britain’s highest business honour.

"This tool is awesome." - Joanna Stern, WSJ’s Personal Technology Columnist

"This of it as a 'personal forensics' utility. It’s pretty awesome." - Jonathan Zdziarski, Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (and author of "iPhone Forensics" and "Hacking and Securing iOS Applications")

"An easy way to use WhatsApp" - J. D. Biersdorfer, NYT’s Personal Technology Columnist

Don't just take our word for it. See what our users say…

Miss dlb

After losing all my data on my iPhone 7, due to an encrypted backup in which I didn't not set an encryption key, I cried for days having lost 25,000 photos, all my contacts, voice memos, notes, etc. I reread the Reincubate article. I had read it the first night, but by this time I became desperate enough to reach out. They were able to work with me to recover the password and I was able to restore my data! I have never been so happy in my entire life. I highly recommend Reincubate! It's been 5 days and I still can't stop smiling.

4:52 PM · Jan 19, 2022 · Trustpilot

Ivana St

Today I thanked God for giving mind to the people who created this program! Thanks to you, I had tears of happiness! All my 33,000 photos have been restored . THANK YOU FROM THE SINCERITY !!! With love from Ukraine!

10:57 PM · Feb 4, 2022 · Trustpilot

Regine S.

I lost 10 years of some incredibly important and emotionally significant info when I changed over from an iPhone 11 to a 13Pro and the app that I had been using all these years suddenly disappeared and was nowhere to be found. Contacting Apple was a TOTAL waste of time as they neither took responsibility nor offered any help. I saw the Reincubate program advertised when trying to find a way to get the data back; got the program and was able to extract a back up from my computer but could not get the files to open in any readable format. Contacted the team at Reincubate with little expectation that anything could be done and man oh man, apparently EVERYTHING could be done! They were so exceedingly nice, cheerful, kind, and patient; always responded so promptly and personably that it honestly kind of blew my mind. Several times ;-) Needless to say, I am thrilled .... and... they are SIMPLY AWESOME.

6:58 PM · Feb 10, 2022 · Trustpilot

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This is why we think what we do matters:

In a world with increasing concern around tech companies collecting and selling personal data, our products empower individuals to access data held on them by tech companies.
We pioneered technology that companies are now required to build and adopt to safeguard personal data as a part of GDPR — and have opened our technology for others to build on.
Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor was the world’s first consumer tool (2008) for accessing iPhone data, and subsequently the first to introduce encryption support, iCloud access, and an API.

Datasheet

Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor for macOS and Windows
Latest release March 6th, 2024 (7.7.43.11413)
First release September 8th, 2008
Available from iphonebackupextractor.com

Pricing

iPhone Backup Extractor is available in a perpetually free edition
Paid upgrades are available with more functionality
From $39.95

Publisher

Reincubate, a British software company (read more)

Contacts

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