How to export lists from Sofa

Follow this step by step guides to export all your apps, books, board games, movies, tv shows, podcasts, music albums, and video games from Sofa and import them on Listy.

Exporting your data from Sofa is a straightforward process, and here’s how you can do it:

Export Sofa data

  1. Access Settings:
  2. On the home screen of the Sofa app, tap the ‘•••’ button located in the top right corner.
  3. Then select Settings​​.
  4. Scroll down to Data Management
  5. Go to Manual backups button​​.
  6. Tap the Sofa Backup [Export] button​​.
  7. Save the file to your device.

Sofa allows you to export your whole data in Sofa Backups format.

After selecting your preferred export option, the iOS Activity Sheet will appear. This feature enables you to place the exported data wherever you prefer, such as emailing it to yourself, saving it in Files, or opening it in another app​​. These steps will help you easily export all your data from Sofa, ensuring you have a backup or can utilize the data in other applications or services.

Import on Listy

  1. Open Listy
  2. Tap the top-right Settings icon
  3. Scroll down to Import from other apps
  4. Scroll down and tap on Sofa
  5. Tap on Select your file to import
  6. Find your Sofa backup file on your device with the extension .sofa3bk
  7. All your data will be imported to Listy.

Listy will import all your data from Sofa, including your lists, items, notes, completed items, and the the Pile.