SwitchingiPhone app

How to switch from iGiveIt to DeductiBee

The migration itself is short, because iGiveIt logs a donation as a dated dollar amount against a charity name rather than as a list of valued items. Everything transfers except the thing DeductiBee is actually built around, and it is worth being clear about that before you start rather than after.

iGiveIt today
Live at the time of writing, and the oldest product on this list. A free, ad-supported iPhone and iPad app from ChuChu Train Productions with three one-time in-app purchases. Its last update was version 3.0.0 in April 2024.
Can you get a file out
PartlyCSV, HTML
Their App Store listing advertises HTML and CSV exportable data. The developer publishes no user guide for this app, so we cannot give you a verified click path the way we can for the others here.
Before you start

What trips people up moving off iGiveIt

  • The developer publishes no user guide for iGiveIt, though they do for several of their other apps. That is the root of every uncertainty on this page.
  • For two of the developer's other apps, the published guides say the export reflects what is currently shown on screen. If that holds here, a grouped or filtered list would quietly produce a partial file. Treat it as a risk to design around rather than a confirmed behavior.
  • Several App Store reviews, including one on the current version, report a five-entry limit before the Unlimited Entries purchase is needed. That is a user report, not vendor documentation.
  • A separate in-app purchase called Database Transfer sits in the same Settings section as the export control, and the developer never documents which one gates what. Budget a dollar in case export turns out to sit behind it.
  • Deleting the app destroys the local database, and the developer states they have no access to user data, so there is no support-side recovery.
  • The current version shipped in April 2024, so the Settings layout described here comes from their store screenshots and may not match what you see.
Step one

Get your records out of iGiveIt

Be aware of what this guide is and is not. The developer publishes user guides for several of their other apps but none for iGiveIt, so the only firm facts are that their App Store listing advertises HTML and CSV export, that the app's Settings screen has a database section, and what their FAQ says about the data living on your device. Everything about the exact sequence is unverified, and we would rather say that than write you confident instructions for a screen nobody here has seen.

  1. 1Open Settings inside the appTheir App Store screenshots show a Settings screen with three sections: in-app purchases, display options, and database. The export control sits in the database section at the bottom.
  2. 2Widen the view before you exportUnder display options you can set sort order and grouping. Worth widening or clearing before exporting: for two of this developer's other apps, the published guides say the export reflects whatever the summary screen is currently showing. We could not confirm iGiveIt behaves the same way, which is exactly why it is cheaper to widen the view than to find out.
  3. 3Use the export control and choose CSVTheir listing promises HTML and CSV. Take CSV, which another tracker can read; HTML is a formatted report. Where the file goes next (the share sheet, a mail composer, or Files) is not documented for this app, so follow whatever the app offers.
  4. 4Take the raw database file as a second copyThe developer's FAQ documents a manual transfer using Apple File Sharing: find the file ending in .sqlite in the app's folder and copy it to your computer. Most tools will not read it, but it is the complete record and it costs nothing to keep.
  5. 5Verify the file before you delete anythingOpen the CSV on a computer and count the rows against what the app shows. Their FAQ warns that you lose your local data when you delete the app, and the developer states they have no access to user data, so nobody can recover a failed export for you.
  6. 6Expect to add the detail by hand afterwardsAn iGiveIt record is a dated amount against a charity name, so what lands in DeductiBee is the donation and its total rather than a list of valued items. If you want per-item detail with a fair market value behind it, that starts fresh, and the guides on this site can help you build it.
Step two

Bring the file into DeductiBee

DeductiBee works out what the file is rather than asking you, so these three steps are the same whatever you exported from.

  1. 7Open Import in DeductiBee and pick your fileImport lives in onboarding and in Settings afterwards, so it is there whether you are new or have been using the app for a year. Choose the file from Files, iCloud Drive, or whatever app it landed in.
  2. 8Check the preview before anything is savedDeductiBee reads the file, works out which columns are which, and shows you what it found: how many donations, which tax years, and how each condition tier maps onto Like new, Good, and Fair. Nothing is written to your records until you accept that preview.
  3. 9Confirm the organizations it rebuiltMost exports list a charity name on every row rather than a separate list of organizations, so DeductiBee reconstructs the list from those rows and shows it to you to confirm or merge. Re-importing the same file later does not duplicate anything.

Importing your own history is free on every tier, permanently, and so is exporting your raw data again later. Neither is behind the paywall, on principle: your records are yours.

The honest part

What comes with you, and what does not

No migration is lossless. Knowing which half is which before you start is the difference between a move and a surprise.

Comes with you

  • Donation date, organized by month with per-month totals
  • Charity name, as free text with no registry lookup or EIN
  • Location, as a separate free-text field
  • The dollar amount you typed
  • Free-text notes attached to the entry

Does not come with you

  • Item-level detail. An iGiveIt record is one dollar amount per donation, so there is nothing to map to a per-item description, quantity or condition tier
  • Any valuation basis. The amount is a number you typed rather than a looked-up value, so nothing stands behind it under scrutiny
  • Any cash versus non-cash distinction, since one amount field carries both
  • Photos or receipt images, if the app stores any at all
  • In-app purchase entitlements, which follow your Apple ID and are restored rather than migrated
FAQ

Questions about leaving iGiveIt

Will my item lists come across from iGiveIt?
There are none to come across, and that is the honest answer rather than a criticism. iGiveIt logs a donation as a dated dollar amount against a charity name, so what imports is the donation and the total. If you want per-item detail with a fair market value behind it, that starts fresh in DeductiBee.
My export looks incomplete. What happened?
Check the on-screen view first. For two of this developer's other apps the published guides say the export reflects whatever the summary is currently showing, so a grouping or a date filter would narrow the file without warning. We could not confirm that iGiveIt works the same way, but widening the view and exporting again costs nothing to try.
Do I have to pay to export?
Their App Store listing advertises HTML and CSV export as a feature rather than a purchase. That said, a separate Database Transfer in-app purchase sits in the same Settings section and the developer never says which one covers what, so budget a dollar in case.
Is the .sqlite file worth keeping?
Yes, as a belt-and-braces copy. Their FAQ documents pulling it off the device with Apple File Sharing, and since deleting the app destroys the local database with no recovery, a second copy of the complete record costs nothing.
Method

Where these steps came from

The steps above were read off iGiveIt's own public pages on August 9, 2026, and those pages are linked below so you can check the work. Menus and wording in other companies' products change without notice. If something here no longer matches what you see, we would rather hear about it than leave it wrong.

What we could not confirm

  • The exact wording and sequence of the export flow. No iGiveIt user guide exists, and the Settings layout above was read out of App Store screenshots rather than documentation. This is the least verified guide on this site and we would rather label it than dress it up.
  • Whether the export reflects the current on-screen view. That behavior is documented for two of the developer's other apps and we are extrapolating, which is why the step above says to widen the view as a precaution.
  • Whether the export is delivered by a mail composer, the share sheet, or a save-to-Files option.
  • Whether the export control requires the separate Database Transfer purchase.
  • The column headers, date format and delimiter of the CSV. No sample file was obtainable.
  • Whether iGiveIt supports attaching photos to an entry at all.
Keep reading

Next

Moving from something else

Bring it all with you

Your donation history should outlive the app you kept it in.

Import what you already have, value what you gave next with a source attached, and export the paperwork when you file.

Nothing to lose in the move

Import is free, re-importing the same file does not duplicate anything, and you can export your raw data again whenever you want.

Records that stay yours

Everything lives on your iPhone, syncing only through your own private iCloud database.

DeductiBee on the App StoreFree to start, with 20 new item entries a year. Import and raw export are free on every tier.