Just how much data on the iPhone is backed up by iTunes?

Hi, I have an iPhone 5S running IOS 7.0.4 and I'm considering to upgrade the iOS to 8.1.2. My question is, when iTunes backs up my iPhone does it also backup the application data such as twitter drafts (draft of tweets that you haven't yet sent)? I cannot update my iPhone over the air as I want to backup all the data with iTunes, restore my iPhone as a new one and then restore my backup into the newly updated iPhone. Will my Application data be restored into my iPhone that is running the newly updated iOS? for example will the draft of tweets be restored as well? Or are the apps going to be clean with no data in it?
Thanks

Whether or not the information in third party apps is back up depends on the app. My experience has been that it is, especially if you use an encrypted back up (remember your password as Apple cannot help you recover it). Twitter should be storing data, such as drafts on its own servers. Verify that the information is saved by looging into your twitter account through a web browser. Or just send the drafts before you update.
It's always a good idea to run a back up before a major update. However, there's no particular need to restore the device as new, update and restore from the back up. Sounds as if you're making extra work for yourself. Back up (just in case) then update.

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