Everything off an iPhone or Android phone, onto a Windows PC
Without iTunes sync and without iCloud. One guide for each kind of data, each a few steps over the cable with nothing uploaded.
Last updated 25 October 2026. Written by BlackBox Tools, the maker of PhoneFerry.
What PhoneFerry copies
PhoneFerry is a Windows program that reads an iPhone or an Android phone over the USB cable and copies what you pick to a folder on the PC: photos and videos with their dates, iMessage, SMS and WhatsApp conversations with their pictures as web page, PDF and text, contacts as vCard, calendar as .ics, call log and reminders as CSV, notes as text files, Safari bookmarks, music and playlists, voicemail and voice memos as audio. It has no account, no cloud and no telemetry. The first 100 items are free; then $14.99 once for two PCs.
iPhone guides
- How to copy iPhone photos to a Windows PC: the camera roll by month, albums and Live Photos, HEIC to JPG.
- How to export iPhone text messages to a PC: iMessage and SMS as PDF, web page and text with attachments.
- How to export WhatsApp chats from an iPhone to a PC: every chat with photos and voice notes, no 10,000-message cap.
- How to export iPhone contacts to a PC: one vCard file for Outlook, Gmail or another phone.
- How to copy music from an iPhone to a PC: songs as files, playlists as M3U and CSV.
- How to save iPhone voice memos and voicemails to a PC: audio files with titles and dates.
Android guide
- How to copy an Android phone to a Windows PC: photos and files with File transfer; messages, contacts, call log and calendar with USB debugging.
Against the alternatives
Questions
Can I copy an iPhone to a PC without iTunes?
Yes. PhoneFerry reads the phone over the cable through Apple's USB driver, which the free Apple Devices app installs; iTunes itself is not needed and nothing syncs. Photos, videos, messages, WhatsApp, contacts, files, music, notes, calendar, reminders, voicemail, voice memos and Safari bookmarks all come across.
Can I copy an iPhone to a PC without iCloud?
Yes. Nothing goes through iCloud or any server. The phone is read on your own PC over the cable, and the copies land in a folder you choose.
Does the same program work for Android?
Yes, on the same licence. Photos, videos and files with File transfer; messages, contacts, call log and calendar with USB debugging on.
What does PhoneFerry cost?
The first 100 copied or exported items are free with no time limit. Then $14.99 once, for two Windows PCs, for life. No subscription, no account.