You’ll likely regret it. If you’re used to the customization Android provides, you’re in for a rude awakening on iOS. You still can’t move your icons where you want on iOS 16 in 2023.

Don’t get me wrong, iOS is solid and it works. It’s more stable than Android in my opinion. It works but you’re going to use it exactly how Apple says you’re going to use it.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201196

I’m not sure app subscriptions are transferable from Google play to AppStore. If they are tied to the app store on the individual OS, I don’t see how you could convert. However I am likely wrong.

With rare exceptions app subscriptions are not portable. Beyond that Apple has an Android app to help with migration.

>You still can’t move your icons where you want on iOS 16 in 2023.

You still can't trivially delete the carrier/manufacturer advertising loaded on Android phones.

It's a matter of perspective: Google is an advertising company that uses Android to help sell ads and profit from licensing. Apple is a hardware/software company that sells some ads but doesn't try to monetize every aspect of your life. macOS vs. Windows is a similar story.

I used the Nexus phones from 1 through 5 and still have a "Motorola" for running a couple of Android only apps.

Think again before changing ships. You may end up regretting your choice.

After enjoying the freedom Android offers, you will hate the closed and limited iOS.

I have an iPhone 13 Pro now, it's ok but I don't enjoy it. I miss Android... I'm currently planning to buy an S23.

You can actually delete any app you want on Android if you’re willing to do the work involved. Any app can be uninstalled using adb commands.

Also, Google’s own Pixel phones don’t come with any 3rd party apps or bloatware.

I have a 14 Pro Max and a iPhone 12 and while I like the iOS experience, it’s just too bland for me. I miss the customization of Android and being able to install any app I want.

I like Apple a lot but… they do monetize you in more ways than people think they do.

And they are on their way to do it more.

i am not saying Google is better, nope they are worse.

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But what most people think about Apple on that regard, is half truth.

As to removing apps and privacy on Android, out of the box Apple is better and you are right.

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But the freedom Android gives means you can change and remove everything you want, and have total control of you privacy, it’s just that you need to put some effort in that, that’s why out of the box Apple is easier.

As for Windows same story, my Windows installation is more privacy friendly than MacOS, because you can do that.

But just like with Android, it doesn’t come out of the box, you need to put effort in it.

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However I would argue that is much and much easier to do on Windows than on Android.

iOS is my daily driver, but Apple is not some sort of utopia, if anything Apple would want even more money, even if they absolutely don’t need it anymore, considering their financial size.

I switched recently and I really enjoy it, the app location thing isn’t really that big of a deal, I still keep a lot of my Google apps, such as using gmail rather than the apple mail app and still have google photos back up all my pictures.

Google drive is useful to transfer files, but the Move to iOS app transfers pretty much everything. Although it may take a while for iMessage to load all the old RCS conversations since it has to convert them.

None of the subscriptions transfer, you have to cancel them on one then Subscribe on the other, but I kept my old pixel to tinker so I haven’t cancelled anything and still manage the few subscriptions I have through that since you can still log on with the same info. I probably will eventually, but it’s not high on my priority list lol.

The biggest thing is keep in mind that iOS won’t do things the same way or keep things in the same place as Android, but it does make sense how it does it and you’ll be used to it within a day as long as you keep that in mind and explore the phone a bit.

Don’t forget your 2FA stuff. If you use Authy or 1Password, great. If not, set up the 2FA app on your new iPhone BEFORE you wipe your Android.

I switched recently and here’s some things that come to mind:

• Not every android app has an iOS version
• Even if an iOS version exists, it doesn’t mean you can always migrate your data. For example: WhatsApp can only migrate your chat history during the setup of the phone and using the move to iOS app. Once the phone has been set up, it’s too late. The chat history of the messaging app Signal can not be migrated between iOS and Android. Microsoft authenticator can not migrate your authentication codes so you have to set them up from 0 (cannot export > import and it saves the cloud version differently for iOS and android
• The notification management on iPhone is a mess. You have to manage it on a per-app basis (just getting used to) but they way it shows and keeps notifications is just… terrible. I was quite shocked about this and still frustrated
• lack of freedom (f.e positioning shortcuts Home Screen. Due to this I chose to have almost no icons and use the search function for everything
• no fingerprint sensor, but the facial Id works surprisingly well (and smooth)
• app specific: I have Reolink camera’s and the iOS version doesn’t support PiP video on screen (even though some other apps like Plex somehow managed to do it). Not sure what the exact reason is but Reolink support said it was due to the OS
• MagSafe is really neat and handy

And my biggest frustration: no universal back gesture on the right side of the screen. There’s a gesture on the left side (but I’m right handed) and there’s some apps that don’t support gesture. In this case you need to press the X or Close button which is always at the left top corner which forces me to use 2 hands (small hands). Hands down almost made me go back to android.