How to Move a Pet Photo Diary to a New Phone
Short answer: before you reset or trade in the old phone, export your diary to a single backup file that contains the photos themselves, save that file somewhere off the phone (Google Drive, a computer or a USB drive), then import it on the new phone. If your app cannot export a file like that, the diary lives only on the old phone.
Why pet diaries vanish after a phone change
The most common complaint in reviews of pet diary apps is simple: "I changed phones and every record was gone." Many apps keep only a link to a photo in your gallery, or store data on the phone with no export. When the gallery changes or the app is reinstalled, months of daily photos cannot be recovered.
What a good backup looks like
- One file. A single ZIP is easy to move and hard to lose half of.
- Photos included. The backup must contain copies of the images, not just the diary text.
- Stored somewhere you control. A cloud drive or computer, not only the phone you are about to replace.
- No account required. Nothing to remember and no server that could shut down.
Step by step
- On the old phone, open the diary and create a backup file.
- Save it to Google Drive or copy it to a computer.
- On the new phone, install the same app.
- Choose restore and pick the backup file. Check that last month's calendar looks right before wiping the old phone.
Make it a habit
Phones break or get lost without warning. Making a fresh backup once a month means you can lose at most a few weeks.
Doing it with Pawlendar
Pawlendar copies each photo into the app's own storage, so deleting a picture from your gallery does not break the calendar. From settings you can create one ZIP backup with every pet, photo and note, save it anywhere, and restore it on the new phone. There is no account and no server.