How to Backup Apps to iCloud on iPhone/iPad/iPod/Mac

Can you put apps in iCloud storage?

The Answer is Yes! As a cloud service operated by Apple iCloud enables users to store and sync data across devices, including Apple Mail, Apple Calendar, Apple Photos, Apple Notes, contacts, settings, and other app data. So it's easy to back up your apps on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Mac to iCloud. 

Now just keep on reading to get how to make it easily!

How to backup apps to iCloud for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

To add apps to iCloud backup, you can do the following: 

Go to Settings > iCloud > Tap Manage Account Storage or tap Manage Storage, then tap Backups > Tap the name of your iOS device > Select the apps that you want to back up or turn off those that you no longer want to back up.

iCloud Backup contains data from the applications installed on your device, encompassing information from third-party social media platforms, games, and messaging applications, along with Apple applications that do not synchronize with iCloud. Nevertheless, when an app utilizes iCloud Drive for data storage, that specific data will be retained in iCloud rather than in your iCloud Backup.

How to backup apps for Mac with iCloud

For macOS 13.3 or newer: Go to the Apple menu > System Preferences, select your name in the sidebar, then navigate to iCloud and iCloud Drive. Enable Sync this Mac, proceed to Apps Syncing to iCloud Drive, and switch on the desired application.

For macOS 13 to 13.2: Access the Apple menu > System Preferences, click your name in the sidebar, go to iCloud and iCloud Drive, and click Turn On. Click on Options, and then choose the app you wish to sync.

For macOS 12 or earlier: Open the Apple menu > System Preferences, select Apple ID, navigate to iCloud, and choose iCloud Drive. Click on Options, then select the specific app.

Certain third-party applications provide access to their iCloud Drive-stored data, visible as a folder with the app's name on iCloud Drive.

Best way to backup apps on iPhone/iPad/iPod without iCloud

iCloud offers a wireless & convenient way to help users easily sync app data between Apple devices. But sometimes, it may also trouble you a lot.

• iCloud only offers 5GB of storage for free users. If you have too much data and don't want to upgrade by paying, backing up data can become quite troublesome.
• If your network connection quality is poor, syncing large amounts of data will be slow.
• After backing up, users cannot directly view the specific files in the backup unless they restore it to a device.
• For users looking to create a new Apple ID, transferring backup data across accounts can be very inconvenient.

Under these situations, AOMEI FoneBackup will be your better helper to solve the problems.

Now just keep on reading to get how to back up all apps on iPhone/iPad/iPod.

Step 1. Connect your device to the computer > Launch AOMEI FoneBackup >  Choose Phone Backup > Full Backup and tap on Get Started. (If need, you can also choose Selective Backup to back up your photos, videos, music, contacts and messages.)

Step 2.  If necessary, you can check Enable Backup Encryption option to encrypt private data such as Fitness records, Health and Keychain > Choose Backup Storage Path to change the backup location on PC > Click Start Backup to begin.

Once the process is finished, you can go to My Backups to view, delete or restore your backups to any iOS device you like, even if they are using different Apple IDs.

Conclusion

Now you can know how to backup apps to iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac. If the wireless backup way is too troublesome for you, you can use the professional iPhone data backup software named AOMEI FoneBackup to help you easily back up all app data to PC in one click.

For people who want to know how to delete photos from iCloud storage, AOMEI FoneBackup also offers a convenient feature for you to manage your iCloud data. Just go to My iCloud > Log in with your Apple ID and click Manage iCloud to make it!