Save Keeper Vita
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| Author | falkenhawk |
| Type | Utilities |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Last Updated | 2026/07/05 |
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Back up your PS Vita and PSP save games and sync them to your own Google Drive. Made for people with more than one Vita (or a PS TV) who want their saves to follow them.
Features
- Creates timestamped ZIP snapshots of Vita, game card, and PSP/Adrenaline saves
- Uploads snapshots to a `PSV Saves` folder in your own Google Drive
- Downloads and restores snapshots on any of your devices, so a save made on one Vita can be picked up on another Vita or a PS TV
- Shows your games in a grid with real titles and icons, grouped into Vita / Homebrew / PSP tabs
- Sorts by name, by last saved, or by last synced (whatever was uploaded most recently, from any device, bubbles to the top)
- Signs in to Google by scanning a QR code with your phone - no typing on the Vita, and you stay signed in until you disconnect
- Keeps multiple snapshots per game, so you can go back to an older save at any time
- Before a restore overwrites anything, the current save is snapshotted automatically (shown as `[AUTO]`), unless an identical backup already exists
Installation
What you need:
- A PS Vita or PS TV with HENkaku / h-encore homebrew enabled
- "Enable unsafe homebrew" turned on in HENkaku settings (the app reads save folders and the system app database)
- VitaShell (or another way to install a VPK)
- A Google account and about ten minutes for the one-time Google setup
Install:
- Copy `save-keeper.vpk` to your Vita (for example over FTP to `ux0:/data/`)
- In VitaShell, press X on the file and confirm the install, including the extended permissions prompt
- Do the one-time Google setup, then launch Save Keeper from the LiveArea
Google Drive setup (one time):
Save Keeper talks to your own Google Drive, so it needs credentials that belong to you. The setup walks through creating a free Google Cloud project ("PSV Save Keeper"), enabling the Drive API, and creating a "TVs and Limited Input devices" OAuth client. The short version of what you end up with: a small `google-client.json` file at `ux0:data/save-keeper/google-client.json` on each device. After that, connecting is a single Triangle press: scan the QR code with your phone, approve, done. The sign-in survives app exits, reboots, and reinstalls. The app can only see files it created itself. It cannot read anything else in your Drive.
Controls
| Button | Action |
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| D-Pad | move through the game grid |
| L / R | switch between the Vita / Homebrew / PSP tabs |
| Right stick | move through the backup list |
| Cross | create a backup (on "New Backup") or restore the selected one (press twice) |
| Select | upload the selected local backup to Google Drive |
| Start | delete the selected backup, locally or from Drive (press twice) |
| Square | change sorting: by name, last saved, or last synced |
| Triangle | connect Google Drive, or re-sync the remote backup list |
| Circle | cancel a pending confirmation or the Google sign-in |
On Japanese-region consoles Cross and Circle swap automatically, following the system setting. Backups from Google Drive show a `[GD]` prefix in the list. Use the PS button to leave the app.
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Changelog
v1.0
- First Release.