> So when I get a text message, it gets archived to Gmail with a label so it's searchable. And every incoming/outgoing/missed call puts an entry with the details and timestamp in my calendar, so I can look back for reference.

With iOS, these all get synced across your devices through Continuity. They're not really searchable because Apple hasn't figured out a way to do search right, but they're there.

Obviously the data is there, yet one allows you to do whatever you want in a comfortable way while the other doesn't.

This is an often-complained about issue, though, so here's to hoping that Apple fixes it at some point…

You can search text messages through spotlight. The results aren't perfect, but usually serviceable.

Speaking of app interoperability, I can never go back to ios simply because I have an app called gentle alarm that plays a shuffled playlist from my music app to wake me up in the morning. After all these years, ios still doesn't give access to users music, and there's no way to set a playlist for built in alarms.

> every incoming/outgoing/missed call puts an entry with the details and timestamp in my calendar, so I can look back for reference

Now that's a cool trick. How exactly do you do that?

Ah, that's an app I stumbled upon called Calltrack. I installed it a while back, and it's been pretty reliable.

> hen I get a text message, it gets archived to Gmail with a label so it's searchable. And every incoming/outgoing/missed call puts an entry with the details and timestamp in my calendar

What? I have used Android phones for many years and had no idea that is possible. Teach me your ways!

I found two apps a while ago which have been pretty reliable. One is Backup to Gmail [1] for the text messages. The other one is called Calltrack for the calendar things.

It's nice to have it all integrated and searchable inside Gmail and Google Calendar.

[1] Just checked the Play store, and I think it's called SMS Backup+ now. There are a few alternatives too...