Move to iOS

Apple

About this app

Everything about iOS is designed to be easy. That includes switching to it. With just a few steps, you can migrate your content automatically and securely from your Android device with the Move to iOS app. No need to save your stuff elsewhere before switching from Android. The Move to iOS app securely transfers all kinds of content data for you:

Apps
Calendars
Call logs
Contacts
Camera photos and videos
Mail accounts
Message history
Voice memos
WhatsApp content

Make sure to keep your devices nearby and connected to power until the transfer is complete. When you choose to migrate your data, your new iPhone or iPad will create a private Wi-Fi network and find your nearby Android device running Move to iOS. After you enter a security code, it will begin transferring your content and put it in the right places. Just like that. Once your content has been transferred, you’re ready to get going. That’s it — you can start using your new iPhone or iPad and experiencing its endless possibilities. Enjoy.

Required App Permission

Location: To establish a Wi-Fi connection between the Android device and the iPhone or iPad, which is needed to migrate the data.

Optional App Permission

- SMS: To migrate your text messages, including multi-media messages and group chats, on iPhone or iPad.
- Photos and Videos: To migrate your photos, videos, and related metadata to iPhone or iPad.
- Notifications: To allow local Android notifications about the status of your migration to iPhone or iPad.
- Contacts: To migrate your contacts to iPhone or iPad.
- Music and Audio: To migrate your downloaded media, audio recordings, and voice memos to iPhone or iPad.
- Phone: To migrate your SIM and carrier information so you can make and manage phone calls on iPhone or iPad.
- Calendar: To migrate your calendar events to iPhone or iPad.
- Call Logs: To migrate your call history to iPhone or iPad.

You can use Move to iOS even without providing consent to any of the above optional app permissions. However, some features of the service may not be available.

Ratings and reviews

Very frustrating experience. Data data transfer from my Samsung Galaxy failed on the first two attempts. On the third attempt the transfer ran to completion, but the app failed to transfer about 60% of my photos, about 30% of my contacts, most of my app data (understandable, different OS), and all of my messages. Ended up having to use Google applications to transfer and salvage what I could.

Biggest POS ever. Apple clearly doesn't want your business, because this is THE WORST piece of software ever. Several years ago, I switched from iPhone to pixel for the photography; plugged in the cable, and 20 min later, my messages, photos, etc were on my new phone easy peasy. Now, trying to go back to iOS, this is the only option; it just plain doesn't work. Looking at reviews, it seems as though it hasn't for years, and 🍎 just doesn't seem to give a damn. Don't waste your time.

At this point it's pretty well noted that the app basically doesn't work. What the creaters could probably easily do is allow transfer of small amounts of data at a time, so when it inevitably fails, you can pick back up where you left off--whether it be transferring photos, contacts, etc. At the moment it forces an all or nothing strategy, which pretty clearly explains its current rating. Very sad that there aren't better options.

What’s new

• Faster data migration using a cabled connection between your iPhone and your Android phone (USB-C or USB-C to Lightning)
• Connect over WiFi or Personal Hotspot
• iOS tips are now displayed during migration
• Call history and Dual SIM labels are now migrated
• Voice recordings are now migrated to the Voice Memos app or the Files app depending on the file format
• New languages supported: Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu