How to Transfer Data from iOS Devices to Android Phones

Part 1. iOS VS Android

iOS is running exclusively on Apple devices like iPhones, iPads, iPods touch. The latest version is iOS 8.3 released on April 2015. Android operating system is developed as an open source by Open Handset Alliance, a GROUP with 84 Companies including Google, Dell, HTC, Sony, Motorola, Samsung. The latest version of Android is 5.1 released on March 2015.

We will present you features for both operating systems and let you decide which you want to use with pros and cons opinions depending on your needs and characteristics that you are looking for at one operating system.

Features	iOS	Android
Company	Apple, Inc	Open Handset Alliance/Google
Latest version	8.3 released on April, 2015	7.1 released on August, 2016
Multi-user	No	4.2+
Wireless system updates	5+	Yes
Market share	15.0%	81.2%
Search multiple internal applications at once	Yes	Yes
Search all fields of internal objects	6+	Only search Contacts name field, but not any other field
Privacy of synchronization	When synchronizing locally and not using iCloud (that keeps data unencrypted)	Not possible since there is only Google synchronization (that keeps data unencrypted)
Sync to cloud communication encryption	Yes	2.3.4+
Desktop sync	Yes	No
Local full backup	Yes, using external computer	Limited backup for 4.0+ using external computer. Possible with 3rd party apps with rooted phones or a custom recovery
Contact groups	3rd party software	4+ or 3rd party software
Addresses link to maps	Yes	In Contacts, but not in Calendar nor in Gmail
Major available browsers	Safari, Chrome for iOS, Opera Mini	Chrome for Android, Firefox
Call recorder	Prevented by OS restrictions, but possible with 3rd party software on jailbroken devices	Prevented by OS restrictions, but possible with 3rd party firmware
Move apps to external storage	No	2.2+

Part 2. Easy solution: 1 click to transfer data from iOS to Android

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With Wondershare TunesGo, you can transfer all the data that you want like contacts, photos, messages, songs, videos from your iPhone to your Android phone. In order to proceed, first you must to connect your devices to a computer. Actually, here are all devices and tool that you need to transfer the data through this method: your iPhone, your Android phone, your computer and the Wondershare TunesGo tool. By following the steps from below, you will be able to transfer all your data from one phone to another phone.

Step 1 Connect both phones and open Wondershare TunesGo

Connect both your Android phone and iPhone to the computer, make sure the USB debugging option is activated before the connection.

Start Wondershare TunesGo and the program will connect to the both phones automatically.

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Step 2 Select the source device and target device

Click "Phone to Phone Transfer" on the main interface of TunesGo, then select the source device as iPhone and target device as the Android phone in the pop-up window.

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