I lost two years of API collections because my tool had no backup. here's what I use now.
Okay so let me tell you about the worst part of switching phones.
Not the setup process. not transferring photos. the part where you open your API client on the new device and everything is just... gone. all your saved collections, your environment variables, your auth configs, vanished. because the app stored everything locally and had no idea iCloud existed.
If you've been there, you know the specific frustration of rebuilding requests you've run a hundred times before. it's not hard, it's just deeply annoying. and completely avoidable.
Here's the thing about most API testing tools, they were built for desktops, by people who assumed you'd always be at a desk. the idea that you might test an endpoint from your iPad on the couch, then pick up on your Mac, then check a response on your iPhone while waiting for coffee, that workflow wasn't in the original design spec.
But that's just how a lot of developers actually work now.
When an app integrates properly with iCloud, your data lives with you. change something on one device, it's updated on the others. wipe your phone, restore from iCloud, open the app - everything's exactly where you left it. it sounds obvious. it should be obvious. and yet the number of developer tools that still treat local storage as the default in 2026 is genuinely baffling.
HTTPBot gets this right. it's a native iOS and macOS API client that syncs your collections and environments across all your Apple devices through iCloud Drive. your requests don't live on a single machine. they live in your Apple ecosystem, following you wherever you go.
But it's not just about backup.
iCloud sync in HTTPBot means something more practical than disaster recovery. it means you can genuinely split your workflow across devices without losing context.
Draft a complex POST request on your MacBook. pick up your iPhone an hour later and it's there, ready to send. spot a weird response on your iPad, switch to your Mac to inspect it in more detail. the request history, the environments, the saved auth tokens, all of it travels with you.
On top of that, you can import and export collections to iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other file providers. so if you're working with a team, sharing collections is just sharing a file. no proprietary cloud account required, no per-seat collaboration fees.
Beyond iCloud, HTTPBot covers the full daily API testing stack β all HTTP methods, GraphQL, WebSockets, environment variables, authentication (OAuth 2.0, JWT, Basic, Digest β the full list), response inspection with syntax highlighting, JSONPath and XPath filtering, and Apple Shortcuts automation for anyone who wants to go full productivity nerd with their testing workflows.
It's free to download with a 7-day trial to unlock everything, and the pricing after that is the kind that doesn't make you do sad math β yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Your API collections took time to build. they should be safe, synced, and available on every device you own. that's not a premium feature. that's just what a well-made tool does.
π Download HTTPBot and let iCloud do the heavy lifting.













