Importing from another app

Done Bear can take your existing backlog from most task managers. You find it under Settings → Integrations & Import → Import from another app.

Two things are true of every import:

• Your other app is never changed. Done Bear only reads what you give it. It does not sign in on your behalf, and it does not write, edit or delete anything on the other side.
• Nothing is written here until you say so. Every import does a dry run first and shows you exactly what it will create, change and leave alone. You choose whether to go ahead.

Where your export comes from

App	What to bring
Todoist	Settings → Backups, then the .json file. A per-project CSV works too.
TickTick	Settings → Backup, then the .csv file.
Microsoft To Do	A JSON export of your lists and tasks.
Any.do	Settings → Account → Export my data, then the .json from the archive.
Apple Reminders	Open Reminders on a Mac, select a list, File → Export as .ics.
Things 3	A copy of your Things database file.
Trello	Board menu → More → Print and Export → Export as JSON.
Asana	The project menu → Export/Print → CSV or JSON.
Notion	The database's ⋯ menu → Export → Markdown & CSV, then the .csv.
Google Tasks	Google Takeout, then Tasks.json.

The import screen shows the same instructions next to each app, along with the file types and size limit it accepts.

If your app is not listed

Almost every task manager can export a spreadsheet or a calendar file, and Done Bear reads all three of the common ones: CSV, JSON and iCal / ICS. Pick one of those instead, and you get an extra step where you say which of your columns holds the task title, which holds the due date, and so on.

There is also a link on that screen to ask us to build an importer for an app we do not cover yet.

What comes across