Best Data Recovery Software in 2026
Updated
121 data recovery software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
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0free plans on this page
4 Oct 2026last checked
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 101 Scalpel No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Recovery sources: disk imagesOperating systems: Linux, Windows, macOS
- 102 Magic Uneraser No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, SSHD, internal disks, external USB drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, SD cards, CompactFlash cards, digital cameras, MP3 players, USB-connected devicesOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
- 103 PhoneRescue No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Recovery sources: iOS devices, iTunes backups, iCloud backups, Android phones and tabletsOperating systems: Windows, macOS
- 104 JpegDigger No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Recovery sources: logical drives; physical drives; disk images; memory cards; hard drivesOperating systems: Windows
- 105 btrfs restore No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Recovery sources: Btrfs filesystem deviceOperating systems: Linux
- 106 Magic Photo Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Recovery sources: HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drive, external USB disk, memory card, SD/SDHC/SDXC card, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MMC, xD card, internal device storage, digital camera, virtual machine disk imageOperating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux
- 107 FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Recovery sources: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iTunes backups, iCloud backupsOperating systems: Windows, macOS
- 108 Kernel for Linux Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Recovery sources: Linux partitions and file systems; USB, SATA, ZIP, SCSI, EIDE, PAN, FireWire, and DE drivesOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server
- 109 deep-recover No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Recovery sources: USB sticks, SD cards, hard drive images, disk images
- 110 Advanced Disk Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0 Recovery sources: Hard drives, partitions, CD/DVD, removable storage, USB devices, SSDs, external drives, memory cardsOperating systems: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP
- 111 forefst No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0 Recovery sources: raw ReFS volume images, raw disks or partition devices, and E01 images exported to raw
- 112 Magic Rescue No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0 Recovery sources: Block devices, including drives or partitionsOperating systems: Unix-like systems (the project specifies a C library and a UNIXish system to build; Linux support is not separately enumerated)
- 113 Kernel for Mac Data Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Recovery sources: IDE, EIDE, SCSI, SATA drives; iPod; USB drives; Mac hard disks; HFS/HFS+ volumesOperating systems: Windows 365, 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, NT, 98, 95, Windows Server 2022 and older versions
- 114 NTFS Undelete No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Recovery sources: IDE/ATA/SCSI hard drives, SSD drives, flash drives, external USB storage devices, digital camera cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia, Secure Digital memory cardsOperating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
- 115 RecoverPy No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Recovery sources: raw partitions, disk images, disksOperating systems: Linux
- 116 Starus RAID Restore No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Recovery sources: RAID arrays, single- and multi-disk volumes, DAS/NAS devices, virtual disk images, memory-card file systemsOperating systems: Windows (including Windows Server 2000–2019)
- 117 recoverjpeg No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Recovery sources: memory cards; USB drives; disks; filesystem images; peripheralsOperating systems: Unix
- 118 FreeUndelete No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.8 Recovery sources: NTFS drivesOperating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016
- 119 RecoveryTool No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.8 Recovery sources: drives or partitions; NTFS and FAT32 file systems
- 120 Starus Photo Recovery No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.7 Recovery sources: hard drives, SSD drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, digital camerasOperating systems: Windows
- 121 Recovery Toolbox File Undelete Free No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.7 Recovery sources: Windows Recycle Bin; internal HDD; external hard drive; NTFS drivesOperating systems: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11; Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | Free plan | Paid from | Recovery sources | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Scalpel | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | disk images | Linux, Windows, macOS |
| 102 | Magic Uneraser | 5.2 | No | No | — | HDD, SSD, SSHD, internal disks, external USB drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, SD cards, CompactFlash cards, digital cameras, MP3 players, USB-connected devices | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 103 | PhoneRescue | 5.2 | No | No | — | iOS devices, iTunes backups, iCloud backups, Android phones and tablets | Windows, macOS |
| 104 | JpegDigger | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | logical drives; physical drives; disk images; memory cards; hard drives | Windows |
| 105 | btrfs restore | 5.2 | No | Yes | — | Btrfs filesystem device | Linux |
| 106 | Magic Photo Recovery | 5.1 | No | No | — | HDD, SSD, SSHD, USB flash drive, external USB disk, memory card, SD/SDHC/SDXC card, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MMC, xD card, internal device storage, digital camera, virtual machine disk image | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 107 | FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery | 5.1 | No | No | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iTunes backups, iCloud backups | Windows, macOS |
| 108 | Kernel for Linux Data Recovery | 5.1 | No | No | — | Linux partitions and file systems; USB, SATA, ZIP, SCSI, EIDE, PAN, FireWire, and DE drives | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, NT, 95, and Windows Server |
| 109 | deep-recover | 5.1 | No | Yes | — | USB sticks, SD cards, hard drive images, disk images | — |
| 110 | Advanced Disk Recovery | 5.0 | No | No | — | Hard drives, partitions, CD/DVD, removable storage, USB devices, SSDs, external drives, memory cards | Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP |
| 111 | forefst | 5.0 | No | Yes | — | raw ReFS volume images, raw disks or partition devices, and E01 images exported to raw | — |
| 112 | Magic Rescue | 5.0 | No | Yes | — | Block devices, including drives or partitions | Unix-like systems (the project specifies a C library and a UNIXish system to build; Linux support is not separately enumerated) |
| 113 | Kernel for Mac Data Recovery | 4.9 | No | No | $69one-time | IDE, EIDE, SCSI, SATA drives; iPod; USB drives; Mac hard disks; HFS/HFS+ volumes | Windows 365, 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, NT, 98, 95, Windows Server 2022 and older versions |
| 114 | NTFS Undelete | 4.9 | No | No | — | IDE/ATA/SCSI hard drives, SSD drives, flash drives, external USB storage devices, digital camera cards, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia, Secure Digital memory cards | Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| 115 | RecoverPy | 4.9 | No | Yes | — | raw partitions, disk images, disks | Linux |
| 116 | Starus RAID Restore | 4.9 | No | No | — | RAID arrays, single- and multi-disk volumes, DAS/NAS devices, virtual disk images, memory-card file systems | Windows (including Windows Server 2000–2019) |
| 117 | recoverjpeg | 4.9 | No | Yes | — | memory cards; USB drives; disks; filesystem images; peripherals | Unix |
| 118 | FreeUndelete | 4.8 | No | Yes | — | NTFS drives | Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 |
| 119 | RecoveryTool | 4.8 | No | Yes | — | drives or partitions; NTFS and FAT32 file systems | — |
| 120 | Starus Photo Recovery | 4.7 | No | No | — | hard drives, SSD drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, digital cameras | Windows |
| 121 | Recovery Toolbox File Undelete Free | 4.7 | No | Yes | — | Windows Recycle Bin; internal HDD; external hard drive; NTFS drives | Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11; Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above |
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