Is there a difference between backing up your iphone on icloud and itunes?

I reset my phone and couldn't find the backup on iTunes however I found it on iCloud, is there any difference between the backup?

Yes, if you back up your iPhone on icloud, the back-up is on the internet. If you back up your iPhone on iTunes, your back-up is on your computers harddrive.

Depends on when each backup was done. That would be the difference.

If you back it up on iTunes then the data will be stored on your harddrive so you will only be able to restore the data when the iPhone is connected to your computer; if you damage your harddrive or don't have access to it then you won't be able to restore your iphone.iCloud is cloud based so your data is stored on apples servers so you can access the data anywhere from any device as long as you have a internet connection. Its better to do it on iCloud

The difference is when you back up your iPhone with iCloud you will just get your information (Contacts, Calendars, Safari Data, etc backed up but not your apps or your settings)

If you back up via iTunes you will get an entire back up of your iPhone (All of your apps, settings, etc) It will be like you get an exact copy of your iPhone (Everything will be the exact way that you have it down to the the wallpaper and lock screen)

To find your back up on iTunes:
1) Plug your iPhone into your computer
2) Launch iTunes
3) Right click on your iPhone under the Devices cateogry
4) Click on Back Up

THEN
1) Right click on your iPhone in the Devices category
2) Click Restore from Back Up
3)Select the iPhone back up you want to restore from

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