Migrate from Simple to Online

StoDo Online → Settings → Databases

StoDo Simple keeps everything on one phone; StoDo Online keeps it in the cloud, syncs it across devices, and lets you invite your team. When the business outgrows one pocket, your Simple data moves over — the Online app imports a Simple backup directly. As the app puts it: “You can also import data from backup stored locally on a device. This is especially useful if you wish to transfer data from the ‘StoDo Simple’ (our offline application)”.

1. In StoDo Simple, make the backup pair — Settings → Backup and Restore: Backup database, and Backup images if you keep photos. The backup guide has the details.

2. Install StoDo Online and sign in — your account starts with an empty database of its own. If you’re switching phones at the same time, get the backup files onto the new device first.

3. Open Settings → Databases, choose your database, and tap Restore from local backup. Pick the database file; the app then asks — “Do you have a backup of images and wish to restore them?” — point it at the images .zip.

4. Let it upload. Your goods, operations, and contractors become cloud data, ready to sync to any device you sign in on. Check the catalog and a few recent operations, then set up the app’s preferences (like My Company) — settings live outside backups and don’t migrate.

Good to know

• Simple stays installed and untouched — keep it around until you’re happy with Online, then retire it.
• StoDo Simple and StoDo Online are separate apps with separate subscriptions: moving your data doesn’t move a Premium purchase.
• The import brings data, not accounts: once in Online you can invite users and control what they see — that’s Online’s own toolset.
• The import replaces, not merges — the app warns in red: “Current database will be deleted. Do you want to restore database from backup?” Migrate into a fresh database, not one you’ve started filling.