Where Does FatSecret Store Food Diaries?
FatSecret syncs food diaries through your account with the phone holding a private cache in its sandbox.
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FatSecret diaries are account-backed. Logged meals, weights, and exercise sync to FatSecret servers. The sandbox holds cached days and login state.
Premium features attach to the store subscription or account, not the device. Restore purchases on the new phone to unlock the same plan. The diary itself never needed the old files.
Where FatSecret stores this, by platform
/data/data/com.fatsecret.android
Private sandbox for cached diary and session. History is account-side. Full archive comes from the privacy export rather than local files.
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<guid>/Documents
Sandboxed container with the same account archive. Health sync re-links after reinstall. Premium restores through the store account.
Frequently asked questions
How do I export all FatSecret data?
Request the archive through the privacy settings data export. It covers diary, weights, and exercise history beyond the visible diary range. The sandbox copy is a cache, not the record.
How do I move FatSecret to a new phone?
Log in and the diary syncs from the account. Favorites, recipes, and community data follow. The old sandbox held cached days that rebuild on first browse.
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