Move guest words into your new account
If you played with SnapVerbo as a guest before signing in, your vocabulary, wordbooks, tags, and favorites are saved on the device. The first time you sign in on that device, SnapVerbo offers to move them into your account so they get backed up and follow you to your other devices.
When you’ll see the migration dialog
It appears once, immediately after you successfully sign in with Google or Apple, only if:
- You have at least one saved entry as a guest, and
- The account you’re signing into is empty (no vocabulary on this device for that account).
What the dialog says
Title: “Import your existing words?”
Body: “You’ve saved N words as a guest on this device. Because this account is new, we can move them into your account so they’re backed up and available on your other devices.”
A second paragraph in smaller text:
Import will move these guest words into your account so they’re backed up. If you skip for now and later start saving new words to this account, you won’t be able to import these guest-only words. Start fresh keeps them in guest mode only on this device.
Two buttons:
- Start fresh — leaves your guest words alone (still on the device, still in guest mode); your new account starts empty.
- Import into account — moves everything (entries + wordbooks + tags + favorites + review progress) into your account.
What “Import into account” actually does
- Moves every guest entry, wordbook, tag, and favorite into your account’s local database.
- Clears the guest sandbox on this device — the data is now in your account, not in guest mode.
- Triggers a sync so the cloud copy gets the new data.
- Shows a snackbar — “Imported N words, M tags, K wordbooks into your account.”
After import, those words appear on every other device you sign into with the same account.
What “Start fresh” does
Nothing destructive. Your guest data stays exactly where it was, only accessible when signed-out (i.e., guest mode). Your account just starts empty on this device.
You can’t change your mind later — once you start saving words to the signed-in account, the import option is gone. So pick deliberately.
What if my account already has words on this device?
You’ll see a different, informational-only dialog: “Guest words not imported.”
You already have words saved in this account on this device. For now, SnapVerbo cannot merge guest words into an account that already has vocabulary.
The only option is Continue without import. Your guest words stay in guest mode on this device; your account data continues as before. Merging two non-empty libraries isn’t supported (it would risk silently colliding entries).
Troubleshooting an import that failed
If the migration hits an error, you’ll see “Import failed. Your guest data is still saved on this device.” Nothing’s been lost — try again later, or contact support if it keeps failing.