If you are fed up with iTunes for no preview and overwriting after restoring backups, you can get rid of it now. In 2024, a year of increasingly advanced technology, it’s lucky for us because we can easily find an alternative to iTunes to manage, back up, and transfer data from iOS devices. That is iReaShare iPhone Manager, a reliable tool used by many iOS users. Let’s put this software to the test and see if it’s as good as they say.
About iReaShare iPhone Manager
iReaShare iPhone Manager aims to help iOS users transfer, back up, and restore the data of iPhone/iPad/iPod touch on a PC, allowing users to preview and select specific data on the interface. This software supports different data types, including contacts, text messages, photos, videos, apps, notes, calendar, music, and documents.
- Transfer data from an iOS device to a PC and vice versa.
- Manage contacts, bookmarks, apps, notes, and more on a computer.
- Save media files with the original quality and file format.
- Back up and restore iOS data on a PC via USB.
- Support iOS 5.0 and later, including iOS 18.
Who Is iPhone Manager For?
The iPhone Manager software is suitable for those who:
- Like to back up their iOS data to their PC.
- Want to restore backups without overwriting existing files on their iPhones/iPads/iPod touch devices.
- Desire to preview and opt for target files before transferring data.
- Like to manage iOS data, such as editing contacts, on a Windows PC with a larger screen.
- Want to get an easy-to-use alternative to iTunes.
In-Depth Feature Testing
Data Preview and Transfer
iReaShare iPhone Manager displays data by category. As long as it recognizes your connected iOS device, it will sort out the data automatically. You can click one data type on the left panel, and then preview specific data information and files on the interface.
For instance, if you preview your contacts, you can view the contact names, phone numbers, groups, email address, fax, etc. As for text messages, you can know senders, and message content, and even the whole conversations.
You can also preview media files. To preview photos, you can view the thumbnails, names, size, formats, creation date, and storage types of your pictures.
The preview feature is useful for data selection and transfer. You can easily check the items you want through preview, and then transfer your target files accurately. Furthermore, the data will be stored as a accessible format, so you can access it on your PC with ease.
Data Backup and Restore
This software allows users to back up an iOS device to the default iTunes backup location or a folder you select. With this one-click backup feature, you can complete data backup efficiently without preview.
Besides, it enables you to restore your data from the backups you saved previously to any iOS device. As long as the connected iOS device is compatible with the data, it can import the data seamlessly.
The backup and restore feature supports these file types: contacts, messages, notes, bookmarks, camera roll, photos, voice memos, and reminders.
Data Management
In addition to data transfer, iPhone Manager provides management features for iOS data. For example, it enables you to edit your contact information, delete unwanted contacts, and create new ones. Plus, you can make new playlists for your songs, uninstall user apps, edit your bookmarks, and remove useful files. All the modifications you complete on your PC will be synchronized to your connected iOS device.
Connection and Interface
After discussing its main features, so what about the connectivity and user-interface design? We connect several different iOS devices one by one to the same PC, and observe how iPhone Manager detects and recognizes these mobile devices.
First, we launched the software on a PC, and then connected an iPhone to the PC with a USB cable. Then the program detected the iOS device.
Second, it required the user to choose “Trust” on the mobile phone. After we chose the “Trust” option, the software quickly recognized the iPhone. The connection was done.
We also found that iPhone Manager needs a driver for connection. If you have installed iTunes on your PC, it will use the driver of iTunes. But if you don’t want to install iTunes, you can choose to install Apple Mobile Device Driver directly, which will be popped up in the process, and it will offer you a download link of the driver.
Tips: You can read this detailed guide to use iReaShare iPhone Manager step by step.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- The interface is user-friendly, which is easy to use for a novice.
- Transfer data efficiently. It takes about 5 minutes to complete a backup of 15 GB of data during the testing.
- Access transferred and backup data on a PC without effort. It saves data in readable formats, like CSV, HTML, TXT, XML, etc.
- Restore backups without overwriting the current files on iOS devices.
Cons
- The backup feature doesn’t support music, videos, and eBooks.
- Not suitable for those who prefer wireless data transfer.
- Preview the thumbnails of photos instead of original pictures.
Pricing
It has different license plans:
- 1 Month License
On 1 PC: $19.95
On 5 PCs: $29.95
On 10 PCs: $39.95
- 1 Year License
On 1 PC: $29.95
On 5 PCs: $39.95
On 10 PCs: $49.95
- A Lifetime License
On 1 PC: $39.95
On 5 PCs: $49.95
On 10 PCs: $59.95
Conclusion
That’s the result of our test of iReaShare iPhone Manager, hoping that it will be some use to you. If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the comments. We’re pleased to help.
