Private backup & restore

Your backup. Your password. Your choice.

Prayer Guard keeps personal content on your device by default. When you want a copy for a new phone or reinstall, you can create your own password-encrypted backup and save it somewhere you control without sending the file or password to Sevenfold Studio.

How it works

1. Open Settings → Private backup & restore.
2. Choose Create private backup and create a password.
3. Select a save location through Android's document picker: your phone, personal Google Drive, USB storage, or another available provider.
4. To restore later, select the saved file and enter the same password.

What the backup can restore

Journals, streaks, prayer history, guarded apps and modes, schedules, prayer times, personalization, quiz answers, and durable Family Guard or Commitment Lock settings.

Encrypted before the file leaves Prayer Guard

• AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption
• PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 password-based key derivation
• A new random salt and encryption IV for every backup
• No broad Android storage permission required
• No backup file or password sent to Sevenfold Studio

If you choose Google Drive, Drive receives an already-encrypted file in your personal storage. Prayer Guard does not upload it to a Prayer Guard cloud account, because no Prayer Guard account or Sevenfold Studio cloud database of personal prayer content is required.

Important password warning

Your backup password is not recoverable by Sevenfold Studio. Without the correct password, the encrypted backup cannot be restored. Store the password somewhere you can recover independently.

What is intentionally excluded

The backup does not copy Google Play subscription entitlement, Android permissions such as Usage Access, active temporary access windows, temporary parent-unlock sessions, or other installation-specific temporary state. Google Play re-verifies subscription status and Android permissions must be granted again on a new installation.

What “private by design” means here

No Prayer Guard account is required. No Sevenfold Studio cloud database stores your personal prayers or journal. Personal content remains local by default, and the optional encrypted backup goes only where you choose. Read the full Privacy Policy.