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PhoneRescue Review: Yay or Nay?

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PhoneRescue by iMobie is a tool for recovering data on your iOS or Android phone. In this review, I’ll test it on my own phone and PC, answer the main questions people are asking about it, and advise whether I recommend using it or not.

How to use PhoneRescue

Once you’ve downloaded the software from iMobie.com (only download PhoneRescue from there — nowhere else), open the installer and you’ll be prompted to install either the iOS or Android version:

This should be done within a couple of minutes:

You’ll then be prompted to connect your phone to your computer via USB:

Once PhoneRescue has recognized your phone, it’ll then need USB debugging to be turned on in your phone for it to work. PhoneRescue provides some instructions for how to do this:

In my case I had to Google how to enable USB debugging for my specific phone, since the instructions PhoneRescue gave me weren’t applicable (there was no “About device” option for me and so on). After a few minutes I found out how to enable USB debugging on my phone:

Once PhoneRescue has detected that you’ve turned on USB debugging, it’ll ask you what files you want to recover. For the purpose of this test I just selected all types of files:

Then you can start scanning. As PhoneRescue tries to go through your files, popups will show up on your phone asking for you to grant permission:

After just a few minutes for me, PhoneRescue had then completed its scan:

Not bad! PhoneRescue was able to find everything on my phone, including tons of files I had previously deleted. You may be surprised at the volume of files that PhoneRescue brings back. In addition to the files you’re actually looking for, it’ll probably bring back a ton of stuff you’re not looking for as well. Fortunately the interface of PhoneRescue works well in that the files are categorized (“Call Logs”, “Messages”, “Photos” and so on) and you can search, so if PhoneRescue brings back the file(s) you’re looking for you should be able to find it.

Is PhoneRescue safe? Is it a virus?

A legitimate question, given that to use PhoneRescue you may need to give it root privilege’s to your phone (if doing a deep scan) and the purpose of it is to scan and analyze everything on your phone. From everything I’ve seen, PhoneRescue is 100% safe and definitely not a virus. Not only have I found no indications at all of it being malicious software during my testing of it, but nowhere online anywhere is calling it a virus or saying it can muck-up your phone. Given the popularity of PhoneRescue, if it was malicious in any way, it surely would have been reported on by now.

Is there a crack/license code/torrent for PhoneRescue?

Unlikely, and as always, we don’t condone stealing software. PhoneRescue is not the kind of software you want to be trying to torrent anyway, as any fake versions of it could be devastating (nuking your phone, stealing your data or anything else).

Are there any discounts or coupons for PhoneRescue?

Yes. Visit the special promotions page here (our referral link) and enter the discount code OUTWITTRADE to get 10% off:

How much is PhoneRescue (under normal circumstances)?

Android version: $39.99 for a 1 year license or $49.99 for a lifetime license.

iOS version: $49.99 for a 1 year license or $59.99 for a lifetime license.

I’m unclear why the iOS version is $10 more expensive, but that’s how it is. As mentioned above, you can get 10% off these prices if you purchase through our link and use the discount code OUTWITTRADE.

PhoneRescue free vs paid

If PhoneRescue has found files for you that you definitely want to recover, you’ll need to pay for the full version. The free version only scans your phone but won’t let you actually recover the files. Note that the scanning functionality between both the free and paid versions is the same — so if the free version of PhoneRescue hasn’t found the files you want, the paid version won’t either. The only difference between free and paid PhoneRescue is the paid version lets you recover the files that have been found.

What are PhoneRescue’s competitors?

These are PhoneRescue’s main competitors:

PhoneRescue vs Recoverit Data Recovery: Recoverit Data Recovery has been around since 2003 and is mainly used for recovering data from PC hard drives, but also works to recover data from phones. Significantly more expensive than PhoneRescue with a minimum cost of $59.95/year.

PhoneRescue vs UltData: UltData by Tenorshare has some mixed reviews compared to other phone recovery tools and is also on the expensive side, but it a legitimate piece of software.

PhoneRescue vs EaseUS: EaseUS is a fairly big player in the data recovery space (I also mentioned them in my Disk Drill review), making data recovery tools for not just phones but also PC. On the basis of cost alone, though, I don’t recommend EaseUS for recovering phone data as its “MobiSaver Pro” product costs $59.95 per month or $79.95/year. That is higher than every other software listed here and seems overpriced for a data recovery tool for phones.

PhoneRescue vs Dr.Fone – Data Recovery: Dr.Fone offers all kinds of tools for your phone that go along with its Data Recovery product (I also mentioned them in my iMyFone D-Back review). Worth looking at.

Do I recommend PhoneRescue?

Based on my experience testing PhoneRescue on my own phone, it’s an excellent tool and I can definitely recommend it. If you’re looking to recover data on your phone, it’s definitely worth downloading the free version of PhoneRescue, running a scan, and seeing what it comes back with — there’s a good chance it’ll find what you’re looking for. Then, only if it’s definitely found missing files that you need to recover do you need to get the paid version.

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Summary
Review Date
Reviewed Item
PhoneRescue
Author Rating
4
Software Name
PhoneRescue
Software Name
iOS, Android, Windows
Software Category
Data Recovery
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