Transfer Photos from iPhone to Android, No App on Android

Transfer photos and files from iPhone to Android

Select photos and videos in My Files in Raheeb and tap Send: a QR code and a 6-digit code appear. Scan the code with the Android phone's camera, and a page opens in its browser where you download the files at their original quality, with no cable and no app installed on the Android. Both phones just need to be on the same Wi-Fi.

Abdulrahman Alqadiri · Raheeb developerUpdated: October 30, 20263 min read

In this guide

1Why doesn't AirDrop work with Android?
2Steps
3The other way: Android to iPhone
4No Wi-Fi?
5Quick comparison
6Security

Why doesn't AirDrop work with Android?

AirDrop is for Apple devices only, sending through WhatsApp compresses photos and videos and lowers their quality, and transfer apps have to be installed on both phones. Send to Device in Raheeb turns your iPhone into a transfer page inside your home network: the Android opens it in its browser, any browser, and takes the files as they are.

Steps

1Put the photos in My FilesFrom Import Files → From Photos, or in Photos: select the photos, then Share → Raheeb.
2Select what to sendIn My Files tap Select and choose the files, then Send. For one file: ⋯ then Send to Device.
3Scan the code on AndroidA page shows a QR code, a short address and a 6-digit code. Scan the QR with the Android camera, or type the address in its browser.
4Download the filesThe files appear with small previews: download them one by one, or all at once with “Download all (ZIP)”.

Raheeb options sheet for a video: play, share, move, send to computer, plus trim, compress, speed, extract audio and GIF tools — A file's menu with Send to Device → a folder in My Files with photos and a video.

A folder in Raheeb My Files holding images, a video and a subfolder — A file's menu with Send to Device → a folder in My Files with photos and a video.

The other way: Android to iPhone

The same page in the Android browser has a “Send files to the phone” box: pick photos or drop them there, and they arrive straight in My Files on the iPhone, with each file's name shown as it lands. From My Files, put them in Photos with Save to Photos.

No Wi-Fi?

Turn on Personal Hotspot on the iPhone, connect the Android to it, then open Send to Device. The transfer happens directly between the two phones and doesn't use your data plan, because the files never go over the internet.

Move your photos now: Send to Device is free, and nothing is installed on Android.

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Quick comparison

	WhatsApp	A transfer app on both phones	Send to Device in Raheeb
Quality	Often compressed	Original	Original
On the Android	WhatsApp	The transfer app	Just the browser
Internet	Goes through it	Depends on the app	Stays in the network
In one go	With a count limit	Yes	Yes, and as one ZIP

Security

A code each time: a new 6-digit code every session, and the code in the QR lets you straight in.
Limited tries: after several wrong codes the transfer stops, so nobody on the network can guess it.
No server in between: files go device to device inside your network and are never uploaded anywhere.
Ends when you close it: closing Send to Device on the iPhone stops everything.

The same method works with a Windows or Mac computer. Read transfer files from iPhone to a computer.

FAQ

How do I transfer photos from iPhone to Android?

Put the photos in My Files in Raheeb, select them and tap Send, then scan the QR code with the Android camera and download them in its browser.

Do I need to install an app on the Android?

No. The Android's browser, any browser, is enough.

Do the photos lose quality?

No. Files move as they are, at their original quality.

Does it need the internet?

It needs one Wi-Fi network or the iPhone's hotspot; the files don't go over the internet.

Can I transfer from Android to iPhone?

Yes, from the same page: “Send files to the phone”, and they arrive in My Files.

Is Send to Device free?

Yes, and it doesn't count toward the daily limit.