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TECH CorroboratedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

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2
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 4w ago
see the posts →
2
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
4
rivals shipping · web scan
how verified →

In their words

"I don't need a lot of permissions, just something simple to backup to a readable file" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

SMS Backup & Restore — "it has kind of failed every time backing up on a weekly schedule" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Google's own MMS backup — "they only back up to a certain point" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

over 12 GB“the file is over 12 GB last I checked”

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

split up backupfull backup with multiple chunkswhole backupsimple backup to readable file

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $4.99-$7.49/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
31 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
16d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

4 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
2 builder posts asking · 2 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
2 demand signals vs 4 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 95 days ago → conversation is quiet lately.

Signal history

2 posts on record since Jun 2026 — not enough to plot a trend. We plot history once a gap has 3+ posts spanning 3+ weeks.

Evidence pool

2 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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