How it works

No iTunes. No setup. No tech skills.

Getting the truth off an iPhone usually means wrestling with iTunes, Finder, and a pile of guesswork. truth spores skips all of it — plug in your phone and it does the rest, right on your own computer.

We bypass iTunes entirely

The hard part is already done for you.

The usual way

Virtually impossible for an iPhone user.

Your data is locked inside encrypted iPhone backups
Reading it takes forensic-grade tools that cost thousands
— plus the technical skill to actually run them
So most people never get to see their own truth at all

With truth spores

Plug your iPhone in with a cable
We detect it and pull the backup ourselves
Pick the reports you want
Read your timeline
That’s it.

Before you start

What to have ready

A couple of minutes of prep and you’re set. Here’s everything you’ll need.

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Your iPhone and a cable
Any cable that connects your iPhone to your computer.
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A computer with some free space
Your backup is copied to your computer so everything can be read locally. A few gigabytes of free space is plenty for most phones.
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Your iPhone passcode
The first time you connect, your iPhone asks you to tap “Trust” and enter your passcode. That’s normal — it’s how your phone lets your own computer read it.

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Your backup password — check this one first

If your iPhone backup is encrypted (many are — and encrypted backups actually hold more of your history), you’ll need that password to unlock it. It’s the “Encrypt Local Backup” password you set in iTunes or Finder — not your Apple ID password and not your phone passcode.

Can’t remember it? You’re not alone — people set it once and forget. truth spores walks you through finding it, and the app has built-in help for your options if it’s truly lost.

Four steps, start to finish

Built so anyone can use it.

Plug in your iPhone

Connect it with a cable and truth spores detects it automatically — no iTunes, no Finder, no setup. Already have a backup? Use that instead.

truth spores source picker — connect iPhone via USB or use an existing backup

Pick your backup

truth spores shows the backups on your computer — with the device, iOS version, date, size, and whether it’s encrypted. If it is, you enter the password once; everything is unlocked and read locally, and never leaves your machine.

truth spores backup picker — selecting an encrypted iPhone backup

Choose what you need

Pick the reports that matter — Call Log, Full Messages, Per-Contact Archive, Location History, or a Master Timeline that merges everything — and narrow to a date range to skip what you don’t. Each one runs entirely on your computer.

truth spores report builder — choosing which reports to extract

Read your timeline

truth spores saves clean, timestamped reports right to your computer — open them, save them, share them. Organized so anyone can follow them, including the people who doubted you.

truth spores · done

Done.

2 files saved to …\Desktop\truthspores

Call Log · HTML

…\truthspores\call_log.html

Show in folder Open

Call Log · TSV

…\truthspores\call_log.tsv

Show in folder Open

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No technical skills

If you can plug in a phone, you can use it. Every step is guided in plain language.

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No iTunes required

We talk to your iPhone directly over the cable and handle the backup ourselves.

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Stays on your device

Reading, decrypting, and report-building all happen on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.