One of the biggest advantages of RENDR is that you don’t need an internet connection to capture or edit a project.

Whether you’re scanning a basement with poor reception, working in a new construction site without Wi-Fi, or remodeling in a remote location, RENDR is designed to keep working.

Understanding how RENDR saves your work—and when it syncs to the cloud—can help you confidently work offline and know when your project is fully backed up.

When you finish capturing a scan, RENDR immediately saves the project to your device.

This happens before the project is uploaded to the cloud.

That means:

Think of it as a two-step process:

You can continue working even without an internet connection.

While offline you can:

Everything you do is saved locally on your device.

Once your device reconnects to the internet, RENDR automatically begins uploading any work that hasn’t yet synced to the cloud.

RENDR automatically checks for changes and syncs them to the cloud whenever possible.

Syncing typically occurs:

Most of the time, you don’t need to do anything—RENDR handles synchronization automatically.

Uploading doesn’t prevent you from working.

You can continue:

If additional changes are made while a project is uploading, RENDR will continue syncing the newest version automatically.

For very large projects or projects with many photos, it’s best to keep the app open in the foreground until syncing completes. This helps prevent iOS from pausing the upload before it’s finished.

It’s important to understand the difference between a project being saved and backed up.

Immediately after capture or editing, your work is saved on your device.

If you’re offline, this is completely normal and your work is safe on that device.

Once an internet connection is available, RENDR uploads your project to the cloud.

After syncing finishes, your project is available:

The cloud status icon next to each project lets you know whether that upload has finished.

For more information about cloud icons and sync status, see Troubleshooting Syncing to the Cloud.

Until a project has finished syncing to the cloud, your device is the only place that project exists.

Before you:

make sure your important projects have finished syncing.

Important: Deleting the app before a project has synced will permanently remove any unsynced data stored on that device.

Don’t panic.

If the scan was never uploaded but still exists on the original device, you can usually recover it by:

As long as the app hasn’t been deleted and the local data is still present, RENDR can continue syncing the project once you’re signed back in and connected to the internet.

Yes. Capturing and editing projects works without an internet connection.

Your work will upload automatically once you’re back online.

Yes.

You can continue editing while RENDR uploads your project. Any new changes will also sync automatically.

Projects only appear in the cloud after they’ve finished uploading.

If you’re offline—or the upload is still in progress—you may need to wait until syncing completes.

For most projects, syncing finishes quickly.

For larger scans or projects with many photos, it’s recommended to leave RENDR open in the foreground until the upload completes.

No.

Your project is saved locally first. If your connection drops, RENDR simply waits until you’re back online before uploading.

If a project doesn’t finish syncing after several minutes, even with a reliable internet connection, or if it appears stuck after trying the recommended troubleshooting steps, contact RENDR Support at [email protected].