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How to back up your loyalty cards and move them to a new iPhone

StoreCard keeps cards only on your iPhone, with no iCloud sync, so the one way to keep a copy is Export Cards in Settings. It writes every card to a single JSON file; on the new phone, Import Cards reads that file back in.

3 min read · Updated 2026-09-23

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Why you need a backup

Keeping cards on the device is exactly what makes StoreCard work offline and without an account. The flip side: nothing lives anywhere else. Delete the app, lose the phone, or move to a new one without exporting first, and the cards are gone, which means re-scanning every card after an unplanned phone swap.

How do I export my loyalty cards?

  1. Open StoreCard and tap the gear button at the top left to open Settings.
  2. In Export & Import, tap Export Cards.
  3. The share sheet opens with a file named StoCards_Export.json. Save it to Files, send it to your computer, or AirDrop it to your new iPhone.
  4. You see Export Successful when the file has been created.

The file contains every card: name, company, code, barcode format, category, colours, notes, tags and dates. It is plain JSON, not encrypted, so treat it like the plastic cards themselves: anyone with the file can see your card numbers.

How do I move loyalty cards to a new iPhone?

  1. Export the cards on the old iPhone as above and put the file where the new phone can reach it, for example in Files or via AirDrop.
  2. Install StoreCard on the new iPhone.
  3. Open Settings and, in Export & Import, tap Import Cards.
  4. Pick the StoCards_Export.json file.
  5. The app confirms how many cards it brought in, for example "Successfully imported 12 cards."
What moves with the file and what does not
ItemIn the export file?After import
Cards: code, format, name, companyyesready to use
Colours, notes, tags, favourite statusyeskept
Widget choicesnopin again with Add to Widget and set up the widget
Pro upgradenorestored by the App Store on the same Apple ID, not by the file
App settings such as Themenoset them again

Common mistakes

  • Importing the same file twice, which just duplicates everything: import adds to what is already there rather than replacing it, so either delete the extras afterward or only import once into an empty app.
  • Assuming the file keeps updating itself. It is a snapshot of the moment you exported it — a card added on the old phone afterward is not in there. Export again whenever you add cards.
  • Picking a file that was never a StoreCard export: the app just says "That file couldn't be read as a StoreCard backup." and stops, nothing imported.
  • Deleting the app before exporting, which is the one mistake with no fix — once the app is gone, its cards go with it.

Questions and answers

Does StoreCard back up my cards to iCloud?
No. There is no iCloud or cloud sync. Use Export Cards to make a backup file yourself.
Can I import the file on an iPhone that already has cards?
Yes. The imported cards are added to the ones already there. Cards that exist in both places will appear twice, so remove the duplicates.
Do I need Pro to export or import?
No. Export Cards and Import Cards are free.
Will my Apple Watch get the imported cards?
Yes. Once they are on the iPhone, StoreCard sends the updated list to the Watch app like any other change.

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