Move to iOS

- March 21, 2016

Everyone

Tools

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Description

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 for you:

Contacts
Message history
Camera photos and videos
Web bookmarks
Mail accounts
Calendars

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. iOS will also set up your default mail account. That’s it — you can start using your new iPhone or iPad and experiencing its endless possibilities. Enjoy.

Move to iOS is supported on all phones and tablets running Android 4.0 and later.

Reviews

2.8

97,593 total

5 38,053

4 4,498

3 3,838

2 2,508

1 48,696

2iBMX

Not switching... Rather, I bought an iPad air 2 (2 in fact, 1 for me, 1 for the girl) in order to have functioning bluetooth in my 2017 Mustang GT... I had a Note 7, which was perfect, but we all know how that went, dont we? So now I'm stuck with a V20 that constantly skips while playing music through my car's bluetooth... AND ITS NOT A FORD PROBLEM! Both my LG V20 and my Mustang are up to date (Ford Sync 3) yet my Note 7, Note 4, Note 3, girlfriend's S7 and my old iPhone 5s work flawlessly over BT. Thanks LG.

Carl Pottorff

Good for apple lovers Let's be realistic apple is okay if you use it for simple things like business but if you want true freedom then android is the way to go because you don't get nickle and dimed at every corner. Those defending apple need to wake up and smell the modern day coffee. Apple has a lot of features that are still stuck in the past especially when it comes to there ios. But apple tech always seems to be three years in the past.

B. King

This application works great if you know how to use it. I have been a die hard Android fan since I started buying phones. I made the switch to Apple not too long ago. I followed instructions on the Apple website, with a few tweaks. On my Android I turned on Airplane mode. This made it transfer way faster and easier than the continuous crashing. Don't bash Apple just because you don't like the security, that's not their fault. But apparently customization is more important to some people instead of security. I like both OS they have both pros and cons.

S Maybury

Worked Surprisingly Well So, as I say goodbye to android (for now); after taking 3 days to decide weather to remove the wrapper from the iPhone and keep it, I committed. The app easily transfered all my messages (texts), photos and even apps (that are also available on iOS). It doesn't transfer app data (such as whatsapp messages, which sucks) but that would be a big ask. App was easy to use and worked. What more is there to say. HTC M8 running Marshmallow to iPhone 6s on iOS 10.

why would you move Yes iPhones are more accessible but for a more powerful phone and one with more customizability and freedom, stay on an Android. The closest you can get to android on iOS is through jailbreaking, which is what I did before I got my first android phone. It was awesome but for a vanilla phone no mods, androids are better. Case in point, apple sucks at making phones

Keith Ratcliffe

It does work! Please note this will only work when setting up an iPhone for the first time. It will transfer all your photos, messages & apps (if there's an android version on Google Play). Found it to work fine but I still prefer Android. This does NOT delete anything from your Android phone, it simply transfers it.

User reviews

2iBMX November 28, 2016

Carl Pottorff September 13, 2016

B. King February 21, 2017

S Maybury October 11, 2016

December 5, 2016

Keith Ratcliffe December 27, 2016

How to December 22, 2016

Read the discription carefully! OK so I thought this app was going to be like if someone was an android user and they wanted to swap to an iOS user! But I was completely wrong! The way you are supposed to use it is actually kinda good! All you have to be aware of is to read the title very carefully! Yes I'm probably going to undownload it, but well done this app is very useful👍

Richard Johnston September 23, 2016

All Good Great App. Don't let the reviews put you off. It's obvious there is a lot of what can only be described as hatred from some android users towards Apple. I have moved back because I found ios faster, more stable and genuinely a better user experience. I'm not a fanboy and can appreciate both operating systems. It's nice that Google allow an app that allows android users to make the switch. I would imagine this will be happening more and more now following the problems with exploding batteries.

Elina C March 27, 2016

This app only works when you're setting up or resetting iPhone. I also took the previous reviewer's suggestion of removing wifi settings on both phones. This helped make the process of transferring the files easy. However, not all of the apps got transferred, which was expected, and a few of the photos my daughter sent me by text ended up in separate text messages. That being said, I highly advise backing up the Android phone prior to transferring any data.

Jeremy Dumont December 13, 2016

Apple sucks If you have Android, why would you ever change to Apple. They cost more, they are less customizable, and all out just trying to rip off Android. Seriously, not even the phones can keep up. Samsung has a cheaper costing phone that has a better camera, better processer, better battery, better everything. And you can get VR on it. You can't do that with Apple. Instead, your stuck with a phone without a headphone jack. Never use this app please. I hope you don't need to.

sg1742z July 24, 2016

Think a lot better about your apps Apple sucks. Basically it has restrictions on its phones and you need to jailbreak it...but it is different on Android. Even Windows surpasses my standards! And come to think of it, Apple does not release any transfer to other phones...all because it is so protective of its users. My only protip for Apple is: be more open

Afua Martin July 8, 2016

Worked! Thanks so much. I loved my android and was planning on switching to iphone anyway. Being able to transfer 11gb worth of to my new iphone so easily was fantastic. Also, after seeing all these butthurt comments about apple I doubt I'll be going back to android anytime soon. Js you all in the comments seriously need to chill.

Steve Como September 25, 2016

Works Too many Android fanboys giving it bad reviews. I liked the one horrible about both Apple and Microsoft being evil and that eveyone should change to Android and Linux. That just goes to show how tech savy most Android users "think" they are. Android is Linux just a different distribution like Ubuntu, Puppy, or Fedora.

Chris Dimassi April 8, 2016

This app is laughable Wow so you make an app to transfer from Android to iPhone but you don't have an app to transfer back if they're unsatisfied with their switch and lose all of their contacts messages data Etc apple is just plain evil and needs to die like the long-distance companies of the eighties and nineties

TransformiceLover2 August 2, 2016

Why on Earth would somebody want to switch to an iPhone? 😏 I haven't used it but I saw that the rating was 2.5 so I just had to contribute. You know, Apple doesn't even belong to this planet, let alone Play Store. iPhone is for iDiots.

Olivia Bolles September 24, 2016

Reality Are you reviewers seriously arguing if apple is better that Android of vice versa??! There are people being murdered in terrorist attacks, people dying from cancer, and your worried about your stupid expensive phones? This app is fine and gets the job done.

Lisheena Woulard December 14, 2016

3 hours wasted in still nothing done I guess if you don't do it when you first get the new IPhone. You will have a hard time getting a code again to do the transfer because there's no app to just pull it up.. Smh

Galaxy 309 June 3, 2017

IT DOES NOT WORK! I have got this so many times thinking it may be a bug but it never works. It said that I can't switch. If you put this out there then you have to make sure it works. I would love to make this 0 stars.

Christian Alvarez July 21, 2016

Great App This app made me realize that Android users are the most annoying bunch of babies who still live in their mom's basement. Apple doesn't care about your sad and petty comments. You people treat Apple like they're starting a genocide, or killing puppies. Great app for those who want to move to a more secure OS, with guaranteed updates, rather than have an Android device where the OEM decides to no longer support, so it's full of security holes. But hey, customization is more important than security, right? 😂

Catherine Ang November 23, 2016

Tried, wasted 3 hrs. Does not work If close to 50% of reviews gave 1 star, the other close to 50% gave 5 stars, believe those who gave 1 star. This apps does not work. Wasted 3 hrs to know this. I was force to switch back to iPhone because of note 7 recall; further confirm to me that iPhone is an outdated device in terms of Apple apps and phone function and look.

Lee Glanzmann July 1, 2016

Allow landscape mode Hi, in trying to use this to move to iOS but the top of my screen is cracked. I can't click next in the app! If this app rotated I'd be able to manipulate my way around.... ugh... The app is useless if I can't get to the screen to type in my code...

Tom May 11, 2016

Apple, you are acknowledging why Android is so good. You made an app that can transfer all user data to a different device, with a different OS. But if they want to switch back to Android, they'll have a hard time finding a simple app to do the job, because iOS is so restrictive. Android is open, and you should be too. Write a license if you must, so people don't abuse your code. But don't lock them into your ecosystem, and make them lose everything if they want to go back.

Donovan Diamond December 14, 2016

Apple vs Android What really irritates me is that people are giving this app bad reviews because they don't like ios, this is a app for people who DO like ios so if your not moving to ios don't post a review on this app. (Btw I don't hate android or iOS I actually like both and they are both have there pros and cons)

Mark Gale June 18, 2016

Didn't connect just times out. So iPhone gives 10 digits, enter into app nothing happens. #AppleFail. Then apple ID fails to send verification code. Apple support useless. Took phone back got a new Samsung Edge now.

Jeff Meade January 10, 2017

Generally worked, but... ... didn't move all my contacts, including one of my 5 most called numbers. Might be worth adding adding a report to let you know what was moved (or better yet, what wasn't). Holding on to my old phone for a while longer to see if anything else was missed.

Chris Shearer May 19, 2016

Iphone must be reset first Great app if you knew about it. Not so great if you need to transfer data into a iphone you just broke a week in with, grew to like and tweak, and just need to port a few contacts. For all the talk of making things simple Google still does a better job moving my info between phones instantly thats y I went a week without thinking to get the rest!

Melissa Goodnight October 31, 2016

Worked perfectly I initially had an issue where the transfer would lock up and then error out. Read a tip that said to put the Android phone in airplane mode when doing the transfer, something about an issue with the two phones on the same WiFi. That worked perfectly. This app was super helpful. (Nexus 5 to iPhone SE).

Matt Pankey September 19, 2016

Works great. You Android people should be ashamed of yourselves. Just because it's an Apple app doesn't mean that it's awful. It worked perfectly. Yeah, I still have an Android phone and now I have an iPhone. The rudeness is just ridiculous. Acting like a bunch of 10 year olds. Oh and "Apple is desperate?" I don't see any Android phones backordered for two months. Childish butthurt Android fans.

Marc Que October 22, 2016

Tried several time to switch This app continued to crash over and over again. Stating "try again later" I kept trying move then 10+ times and did not transfer any of my information it got stuck at 44% and crash.

Jared Albertson June 20, 2016

Just... wow. So, glad to see the draconian Apple is breaking its own app guidelines. Whatever happened to "no reference to other mobile platforms"? Even if it's not on the surface, it's also banned from being in the source code. Thanks for the sucker punch. Goodbye.

Syed Rizvi October 13, 2016

Note 7 user I dont think there is any phone as good as note 7. Too bad they had to kill it due to batttery problems. I would switch to s7e. Only reason i might switch to iphone is because of good camera. Other than that iphone is way behind in everythjng.

August 24, 2016

You are not the product you use. Do you guys giving this zero stars have any idea how absurd you sound? It is a consumer product, not a political revolution. It is a tool. Why are you so invested in promoting a corporate rivalry? If you think your phone choice makes some big statement about you as a person, your personality is clearly lacking to begin with. This is just truly sad consumerist shilling.

Tiffany Morga Millikan November 4, 2016

Worst Transfer Experience Ever It took me over 24 hours to transfer my contacts and pictures from my Samsung Note 7 to my new 128gb iPhone 7plus. I've never had a problem transferring stuff before. Samsung Smart Switch took only 35 minutes to transfer the same items when I got the Note 7. Really disappointed with this technology. It was extremely irritating. The transfer disconnected several times, which made me have to start over. Once it stop disconnecting, it took a good 10 hours to transfer my pictures & contacts.

Jo An September 4, 2016

Thanks but no thanks It copied contacts,messages and calendar. Great. For email, it set up only my gmail account, 'forgetting' about other four. For corresponding apps, it installed/informed about only a handful, most of which I had on android disabled/uninstalled anyway as they were Samsung bloatware. Well done. Had to look myself for other apps I use (exactly same names on iOS as android),then setup email.. Anyway, getting back to Samsung after all, iPhone,although pretty,proved very limiting my moves and choices. Sorry,love!

Ben Plagerson July 29, 2016

Won't work Have spent hours trying to get it to work. Keeps going back to the enter code screen, or sometimes it gets as far as saying "can't migrate, try again later". Would have saved time writing all my messages and contacts out by hand.

Chris Appellof October 25, 2016

Be nice. If you don't like apple that's fine but don't dis them for creating an app for Android for their future customer's to make the transition easier. This app will come in handy for hundreds of thousand customer's who will be switching in the future. Besides if you never tried the operating system, What right do you have to complain?

Simon Turner June 11, 2016

Simply didn't work I love my Apple Ipad and Ipod however moving things from my Android phone to my Ipod such as purchased music is impossible. I gather you need to completely reset the IOS product to generate the transfer code. All I want to do is share between platforms, both legitimately paid for. Apple reminding us just how self segregating they are.

Femi Adeduro September 13, 2016

This was not thought through at all In my own opinion it would be a lot less headache to just transfer all info(contacts, messages, etc.) To the users newly created iCloud account. I know in advance thst I'm getting an iPhone and don't want to spend hours in the store transferring data.....oh well

Sue Kee September 1, 2016

Can't get it to work Frustrating... Get as far as entering the code but then both phones drop WiFi and my Moto phone tells me it can't connect to the iPhone. Twenty minutes of my life I won't get back!

Brady Edwards October 27, 2016

NOT optimized for the iPhone 7 Plus at all. It's unbelievably terrible, takes hours to move 2 gb of data, and crashes every time half way through transferring. Undisturbed, off exterior wifi, still completely worthless. Way to go Apple, you've found a new way to make me regret going all-in on an iphone.