Import a wordbook from a file

Use this to add words from a SnapVerbo file someone sent you, or to restore your own backup on a new phone. Importing is free on every plan, and works without an account.

To make a file in the first place, see Share or back up your wordbooks as a file.

Start an import

First save the file to your phone, from a message, email or cloud drive. Then use any of these:

Settings → Backup & transfer → Import from file…
On the Wordbooks screen, tap the file icon at the top (tooltip Import from file).

Pick the file. If it came from a cloud drive and the picker can’t open it, download it to the phone first.

Look at the preview

SnapVerbo checks the whole file before it changes anything. For a file with many pictures you’ll see Checking pictures: N of M. A large backup takes a few minutes, and leaving the screen cancels it.

The preview shows who shared it and when it was made, how many words are new, and what will be left out. A file that is damaged, too big, or not from SnapVerbo is refused, and nothing is added. If you picked a picture by mistake, Open as a photo opens it for reading instead.

Choose what to do

Words you already have — pick Keep mine to add only the new words, or Update mine to take translations, notes and definitions from the file. Your review progress is kept, and nothing you wrote is replaced with a blank.
Wordbook — for each wordbook in the file, choose Add to my an existing one, create a New wordbook, or Don’t create a wordbook.
Add the Favorites in this file to mine — only shown if the file has Favorites.
Keep review progress from this file — only shown when some of the words would take it. Handy when restoring a backup.

Tap Import. The button shows how many words will be added.

After it finishes

The result screen says how many words were added, updated, or already yours, and how many pictures were saved. If you already have everything, it says Nothing new to add. Tap Open wordbook to go straight to it, or Done.

Imported words behave like ones you captured yourself. If Cloud Sync is on, they sync to your other devices.

If something is missing

Pictures that couldn’t be used are left out, and the preview tells you how many. The words still come in.
The wordbook limit on your plan still applies. The preview tells you if a new wordbook can’t be created.
Don’t see Import from file? Update the app to the latest version.