SMS Locker™ imports your iPhone text messages into a secure, searchable archive on your computer. Find any message from any conversation in seconds.
14-day free trial. No credit card required.
Built for people who value their conversations
Import all your iPhone messages from any iTunes/Finder backup. Supports iMessage and SMS.
Full-text search across every conversation. Find any message from any year in milliseconds.
View all your shared photos, videos, and attachments inline — just like on your phone.
Blue and green bubbles, reactions, group chats — everything looks just like your iPhone.
Your messages are stored on YOUR computer. Nothing is uploaded to the cloud. Ever.
Export any conversation as a beautiful PDF. Perfect for legal, sentimental, or archival purposes.
Protecting conversations that matter
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Start with a 14-day free trial. No credit card required.
$9.99/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
SMS Locker™ reads your iPhone backup created by iTunes or Finder. Simply back up your iPhone to your computer, then open SMS Locker™ and click Import. Your messages are copied into a local database — your backup is never modified.
No. SMS Locker™ stores everything locally on your computer. Your messages, photos, and attachments never leave your machine. We take privacy seriously.
Currently, SMS Locker™ requires an unencrypted iTunes/Finder backup. You can temporarily disable backup encryption in Finder, create a backup, then re-enable encryption.
Yes! SMS Locker™ uses full-text search indexing, which means you can search across hundreds of thousands of messages and get results in under a second.
Yes. All group chats are imported with full participant information, message attribution, and reactions (tapbacks).
SMS Locker™ imports all attachments including photos, videos, audio messages, PDFs, and other files. Images and videos are displayed inline, and you can open any attachment in its native app.
Absolutely. You can cancel anytime. Your messages remain on your computer even after cancellation — you just lose access to new imports and search features.
Sign up and start your 14-day free trial today. Desktop apps for Mac and Windows coming soon.
Free trial. No credit card required. Desktop apps require macOS 12+ or Windows 10+.