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:

Contacts
Message history
Camera photos and videos
Mail accounts
Calendars
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.

Ratings and reviews

This app is garbage. I have done every bit of troubleshooting but it keeps getting stuck at 1 minute left (for 7+hours) until I give up, cancel it, and try again. My WiFi connection is absolutely not the problem, nor is the amount of data being transferred, yet here we are. This is my first iPhone ever and this nightmare of a transfer process has made me seriously question my decision to switch to iOS.

First of all, this app should be called "copy data" or "replicate data" not "move" since it doesn't move or delete anything, it simply replicates your Android data. I ran it twice and both times it gave me an error and said it failed. Well, it copied most of the data so the error message isn't labeled correctly. It also should give an estimated time and show progress of what's been imported, but it doesn't. Ended up it copied my contacts and gmail but not photos. I can live with that.

The app works perfect if you want to transfer apps, settings, accounts. However, if you want to transfer your text/call log it doesn't work. Have been trying for 3 days longest the I left the transfer up was 23 hours and nothing. Text/call log was most important for me as there's info I still need from them. All the other things are easy to setup/re download.

What's new

Fixes an issue where messages may be missing or imported out of order (requires iOS 16.2)