FightFlow Backup Is Here: Export and Restore Your Training Safely

FightFlow is local-first: no account, no forced cloud, no waiting on a server before you can train.

The downside: if you changed phones, reinstalled the app, or wanted to wipe data safely, your setup and training history had no easy way to come with you.

Backup is live in FightFlow: export your data to a local backup file and restore it later when you need it.

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What Backup Does

FightFlow can now generate a local .ffbk backup file from inside the app.

From Settings → Data, you can:

• Tap Export Backup
• Choose which categories to include
• Save the file wherever you want
• Import that file later from Import Backup
• Preview exactly what is recoverable before you restore it

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What You Can Include

Backup is category-based, which means you are not forced into an all-or-nothing export.

Depending on what you select, your backup can include:

• Core settings
• Goals and reminders
• Training defaults
• Knowledge stars
• Session progress and streak data
• Skill Academy progress
• Custom combos
• Routines
• Shadowboxing content
• Conditioning content

Everything is selected by default, and there are quick actions for All, Settings, and Clear so you can make the file as broad or as narrow as you want.

That gives you three practical backup styles:

• All Data Backup for the full supported app state
• Settings Backup if you only want your preferences and setup
• Custom Backup if you want a specific mix

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Why This Matters

Your setup is only useful if it survives a new phone or a reinstall.

When to use it:

• Switching devices: Keep your setup, combos, and progress when moving to a new phone.
• Pre-reset protection: Export a file before deleting app data or troubleshooting a bad state.
• Experiment safely: Test new flows, routines, or changes without feeling like your current setup is trapped.
• Keep what you built: If you spent time tuning reminders, building combos, logging sessions, and shaping routines, that work can now move with you.

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Restore Without the Usual Risk

Before anything is restored, FightFlow shows you what's in the file. The import preview lists:

• the file you selected,
• the categories inside it,
• what is recoverable,
• and any recovery notes if something is missing, unsupported, or corrupted.

Restore behavior is also intentionally scoped:

• A Settings Backup replaces the settings categories included in the file.
• An All Data Backup replaces the supported settings and user-data categories in the file.
• A Custom Backup only replaces the selected categories contained in that backup.

Anything not included stays unchanged.

Some things are deliberately left out of a restore because they belong to the device, not to you: notification permission state, scheduled notifications, and voice selections that aren't available on the new device.

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How to Use It

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to the Data section.
3. Tap Export Backup.
4. Leave everything selected, choose Settings, or build a custom selection.
5. Tap Save Backup File and store the .ffbk file somewhere safe.
6. Later, tap Import Backup.
7. Review the preview, then hit Restore.

If you are about to delete app data, reinstall, or move devices, export first. It takes less time than rebuilding your whole setup from memory.

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What Backup Is Not

This feature is intentionally simple:

• It is not cloud sync
• It is not automatic background backup
• It is not live multi-device mirroring

It is a manual backup file that you control: you choose where to save or send it.

That matches the rest of FightFlow: private by default, offline-friendly, and usable without an account.

Open Settings → Data → Export Backup and make your first file before you need it.