🗄️Data

Grid Note is designed based on the concept of offline first, and data is only stored safely locally on the device. In order to prevent losing data, Grid Note provides automatic data backup feature. You can also use Grid Note Sync service to automatically sync and backup your data (exclusive for members)

What is data snapshot?

A data snapshot is a backup of your local database. Snapshots contain only the indexes of attachments, so they don't take up much storage space. When you need it, you can export the snapshot as a full backup file (.gnsnapshot). When you restore data from a snapshot, the current data will be overwritten.

Use the snapshot to securely migrate data from one device to another. iOS and Android device snapshots of data are transferrable.

iOS

By default, the Grid Note App automatically generates a daily snapshot of your data. The automatically created snapshot will only keep the latest 30 copies. We recommend using iCloud to store snapshots, which will preserve the data for you when you delete the app.

Android

Using an Android device, please manually store snapshots to another secure location on a regular basis. Please note: Never delete an app without backing up your data or you will not be able to restore it.

Snapshots and synchronization

Restore data snapshot only works on the current device, the data on the sync server will not be affected. When you enable the sync feature, the local data will still be overwritten by the updated data on the sync server. Therefore, when you restore from a snapshot, Grid Note will automatically turn off the sync feature. If you need to overwrite the version on the server with the data from the snapshot, please make changes to the specific notes before turning on sync.

What is JSON?

JSON is the common data description file supported by Grid Note. You can open it with a text editor and extract the required data directly from the file.

Importing a JSON file in Grid Note does not overwrite your current data; the effect is the same as the data on your current device plus the data in the JSON file.

Data Security Best Practices

In most cases, Grid Note's sync service can completely replace the backup feature. the JSON and data snapshot features provide an additional layer of security for your data. For the security of your data, we recommend:

• Keep the default automatic snapshot creation option on

• Export JSON regularly and save it to a secure location

• Turn on synchronization to keep a copy of your data on the Grid Note server