Which to Choose: HTC Transfer Tool vs. Phone Transfer

For many, the question of getting a new Android phone isn’t which Android model to choose, but how to transfer data from old Android to the new one. Let’s be honest, it’s such a daunting task to automatically copy data from one device to another regardless of using Bluetooth or by dragging & dropping the content between two devices via the Computer.

Fortunately, there are professional developers that have worked on alternative solutions that give us the possibility to freely manage and transfer data between different Android devices. If you are struggling about getting a reliable program for your new HTC smartphone, HTC Transfer Tool and Phone Transfer are the two of the best ones. In this post we’ve covered the comparison between them to help you decide which one to choose.

1. Connection

HTC Transfer Tool: This tool uses Wi-Fi Direct to transfer your important data from one device to another. But you need to download and installed the program on both devices before syncing the data.



Phone Transfer: To transfer data with this program after downloading and installation, you need to connect both devices to the computer with the USB cables, which means USB debugging option is required.

2. Supported Device

HTC Transfer Tool supports HTC, Sony, LG, Motorola and other Android devices that running Android 2.3 Gingerbread or above.
While Phone Transfer is compatible with cross-platforms devices including Android, iOS, Symbian or Windows Phone. In other words, it allows users to transfer data among different smartphone like iPhone, Samsung, LG, Windows Lumia Phone, etc.

3. Transfer Mode

HTC Transfer Tool: Android to HTC or HTC to Android
Phone Transfer: Android/iOS to Android, Android/iOS to iOS, Windows Phone to Android/iOS/Windows Phone, Symbian to iOS/Android/Symbian/, OneDrive to Android/iOS, etc.

4. Supported Data

HTC Transfer Tool allows you to transfer the following data: Bookmarks, messages, calendar, contacts, music, photos/videos and settings.
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How to Set up HTC Transfer Tool and Sync Files to New HTC

Phone Transfer let you transfer contacts, messages, photos, videos, music, calendar, call logs and apps between two devices.
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How to Transfer Apps from Android to Android

5. Success Rate for Transferring Data

When using HTC Transfer Tool to transfer content, you need to make sure that the Wi-Fi connection is stable and strong otherwise you might not able to complete the transferring process successfully.
Unlike HTC Transfer Tool, Phone Transfer has got a higher success rate for transferring data. Once connected both devices to computer, you can use Phone Transfer to easily copy all files wanted from one device to another.

Which one fits you best? Personally I would say Phone Transfer is a much better option because it’s comprehensive, stable and more powerful. Don’t believe it? Try them out and see it yourself!