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Keep your messages for good

Bubbletin opens the iPhone backups already on your Mac, and saves your Messages and WhatsApp chats as PDFs ready to print, with the time and sender of every message. Their photos, your contacts and your call history come too.

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Coming soon for Mac, for $4.99 once after a 7-day free trial. Your messages never leave your Mac.

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Backups

The iPhone backups on this computer

Try it: open the backup, then save a chat. A sketch of the window to come, with made-up messages.

Every chat, as it was

Your iPhone's backup holds every Messages and WhatsApp conversation, but Finder can only put it back on a phone. Bubbletin opens it and shows them all, as they looked when they were sent.

Your backups, found

Every backup Finder has made on your Mac, with each one's phone, iOS version and date. Or open one from any folder, such as an external drive.

Encrypted ones, unlocked

Type the password you set for the backup and it opens. Bubbletin never keeps the password, and nothing can get round a forgotten one.

Messages, as on your iPhone

Every thread, texts and iMessages, in its bubbles, with names from the contacts in the backup, and the replies, edits and tapbacks too.

WhatsApp beside them

Your WhatsApp chats and groups, with their media, in the same place, all of them at once rather than one chat at a time.

Photos, videos and voice notes

What was sent shows in the thread where it was sent. Anything kept only in iCloud says so, rather than going missing.

Search and dates

Find a message by what it says, across every chat, or narrow a thread to the dates you need.

Bubbletin only reads the backup. It never changes it, and it needs neither your iPhone nor your Apple Account to open it.

Saved, ready to print

Save one thread, the months you need or every chat at once: as PDF to print or send, HTML to read in a browser, or CSV for a spreadsheet.

A PDF ready to print

Pages laid out for paper, with the chat and its dates at the top and page numbers at the bottom, to print, file or send on.

The time and sender of every message

Each message says who sent it and when, to the minute, so a printed page stands on its own.

Where it came from

A footer on every page names the phone, the date of its backup and when the chat was saved.

One thread, some months or everything

Save a single chat, just the dates you need, or every chat in the backup at once, each in a file of its own.

HTML, with its attachments

A page to read in any browser, laid out like the chat, with its photos, videos and voice notes in a folder beside it.

CSV for a spreadsheet

Every message as a row, with its date, time, sender and text, and the name of any attachment, to sort and count.

Photos kept only in iCloud aren't in a backup, so a saved chat says where one was rather than leaving a gap.

How it works

A backup you already have, then a few clicks.

  1. Back up your iPhone

    Already have a backup on your Mac? Skip this. If not, connect your iPhone and back it up with Finder, encrypted to keep your call history in it too.

  2. Open it in Bubbletin

    Pick the backup from the list, and type its password if it's encrypted. Unlocking takes a little while, since the encryption is slow on purpose, and the window shows how far along it is.

  3. Save what you want to keep

    Find the chat, choose the dates, and save it as PDF, HTML or CSV, with its photos and voice notes. Or save the photos, contacts and calls.

On your Mac, and only there

A backup is your whole phone. Bubbletin reads it where it is, and nothing in it goes anywhere.

Read where it is. Bubbletin opens the backup in its own folder and only reads it. It never changes the backup, and never touches your iPhone.

Your password, never kept. An encrypted backup's password opens it for as long as it's open, and is forgotten when it closes. It isn't saved, sent or written to the log.

Never uploaded. Your messages, photos, contacts and calls never leave your Mac. There's no Bubbletin server for them to go to.

No iCloud sign-in. It opens only the backups on your computer, so it never asks for your Apple Account, and nothing goes online to read them.

No account and no tracking. No sign-up, no analytics and no ads. All Bubbletin asks the internet is whether there's an update and, once you've bought it, whether your license is still good.

Details

Photos and videos. The Camera Roll in the backup, to look through and save to a folder, all of it or the ones you pick. Photos kept only in iCloud Photos aren't in a backup, and Bubbletin says so.

Contacts. Every contact in the backup, saved as vCards that any contacts app opens.

Call history. Calls made, received and missed, with who, when and for how long, saved as CSV. iOS only keeps it in encrypted backups.

Long threads. Years of messages in one chat are drawn a page at a time, as you scroll and as it saves.

Any backup. Those Finder makes, encrypted or not, and from any folder, such as one copied from another computer or kept on an external drive.

Windows. Coming soon The backups iTunes and Apple Devices make on a PC, with one license for one Mac and one Windows PC at a time.

Updates. Bubbletin keeps itself up to date, as each new iOS changes how its backups keep messages.

Pricing

Try it free for 7 days, then buy it once. No subscription, no account and no Pro plan to upgrade to.

Bubbletin for Mac

$4.99once

Every backup, Messages and WhatsApp saved as PDF, HTML or CSV, the photos, contacts and calls, and its updates. One license for you.

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Buying or using Bubbletin means you agree to its license agreement.

Questions

Do I need my iPhone?
No. Bubbletin reads a backup that's already on your Mac. To make one, connect your iPhone and back it up with Finder.
Does it upload my messages?
No. Everything happens on your computer, and nothing in your backup leaves it. More about privacy.
My backup is encrypted. Can it open it?
Yes, with the password you set for it. Bubbletin can't open an encrypted backup without its password, and doesn't try to guess it.
What if I've forgotten the password?
Then nothing can open that backup, Bubbletin included, which is what the encryption is for. If you still have the iPhone, you can clear the password on it and make a new backup with one you know: on the iPhone, go to Settings, General, Transfer or Reset iPhone, Reset, and choose Reset All Settings, which keeps your messages and photos.
Why are some photos missing?
Photos kept only in iCloud Photos aren't in a backup, so Bubbletin can't show them. It says so where they'd be.
Why is there no call history?
iOS leaves it out of backups that aren't encrypted. Turn on Encrypt local backup in Finder and back up again, and it's there.
Does it open iCloud backups?
No, only the backups on your computer, so it never needs your Apple Account and nothing goes online.
Why does it ask for Full Disk Access on a Mac?
macOS keeps the folder Finder puts backups in private, even from apps you run yourself. Full Disk Access lets Bubbletin find your backups there, and it only ever reads them. Or skip it and pick a backup's folder yourself.
Can I try it before I buy it?
Yes, once it's out. You'll be able to use all of it free for 7 days, and open your own backup and see your messages before you pay anything.
What happens when the trial ends?
Bubbletin stops opening backups and saving from them until you buy it. Everything you've already saved is yours to keep.
Is it a subscription?
No. It's $4.99 once, with no account to make. Buy it, paste the license key from your email receipt into Bubbletin's window and you're done.
Who takes the payment?
Lemon Squeezy, which sells Bubbletin for us. It handles the checkout, the payment and any sales tax or VAT, and emails you the receipt with your license key. Not for you? Ask within 14 days for a full refund.
Does my computer need the internet?
Only to activate your license key, and now and then after that. Bubbletin checks the license with Lemon Squeezy once a day when it can, and keeps working offline for up to 7 days after the last check.
Can I move it to a new computer?
Yes. Choose Deactivate in Bubbletin's window on the old one, then enter your license key on the new one. One license covers one Mac and one Windows PC at a time.
Is there a Windows version?
It's coming, for the backups iTunes and Apple Devices make on a PC. One license will cover one Mac and one Windows PC.
When can I get it?
We're making it now. Join the waitlist and we'll send you one email when it's ready.