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Top Alternatives to File Explorer & Player

File Explorer & Player [Pro] by Remote Sunrise LTD

stream video & music from Mac

Editor's Choice

🔧 Utilities

4.6😊(832 ratings)

Free

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Transform your iPhone or iPad into a wireless drive for your Mac, enabling you to stream videos, view photos, and access documents remotely. Transfer files, store content on your iOS device, and even mount it as a drive on your computer.

What We Love

🚀 Invaluable app
🚀 Fantastic app
🚀 My go to app to access my media on my MacBook
🚀 Super
🚀 Fantastic File Explorer
🚀 My favorite app
🚀 Excellent App
🚀 Great app
🚀 One Awesome App!
🚀 很不错
🚀 رائع
🚀 Honestly
🚀 Brilliant app!
🚀 File explorer review
🚀 Works great
🚀 Does what it says!
🚀 Great Tool.
🚀 Works great!
🚀 I'm figuring it out
🚀 Great app!
🚀 Great app!
🚀 great app
🚀 Love it
🚀 Very useful.
🚀 Stable and does what you imagine it should
🚀 Works perfectly
🚀 Super application!
🚀 Very Useful
🚀 Great app
🚀 Great app
🚀 So useful!
🚀 Great App!
🚀 Too Good To Be True
🚀 For me, an app to focus on cleaning my iMac remotely on iPad
🚀 Hey You Should Check This Out!
🚀 Invaluable app
🚀 Great simple file browser
🚀 Awesome File Explorer.
🚀 Great app
🚀 Valuable
🚀 Beau travail !
🚀 A great App!
🚀 Works Like I need
🚀 App
🚀 Convenient and highly recommended
🚀 Great functionality, great app
🚀 App is awesome
🚀 Very Good App
🚀 Makes working between my devices a breeze
🚀 Super Convenient
🚀 File Tree
🚀 Useful
🚀 Nifty app

Room to Improve

🐛 Meeds
🐛 Reliable app, but annoying placement of subtitles button. Could benefit from a couple features.
🐛 Connection
🐛 Can't move files?

OPlayer Lite - media player by Suzhou Totoro Network Technology Co., Ltd.

video file manager

Strong Contender

🔧 Utilities

4.5😊(4.4K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

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This app plays virtually any video or audio file format without conversion. It also offers robust file management, network streaming capabilities, and playback customization options.

What We Love

🚀 Plays wide range of file formats
👍 Easy to use interface
🚀 Smooth playback
🚀 Convenient file transfer via WiFi
🚀 Supports background audio playback
👍 Remembers playback position
👍 Customizable playback speed

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional playback issues (freezing, stuttering)
🔋 Drains battery when playing videos
💤 Automatic pause when app is backgrounded
🔍 Lack of thumbnail previews for files
📢 Intrusive ads in free version
🔒 Concerns about data privacy and security

FileBrowser: Documents Manager by Stratospherix Ltd

File Explorer & Media Player

Worth Considering

🔧 Utilities

4.7😊(5.6K ratings)

$7.99

#60in Utilities

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Access and manage files across your home computers, network drives, and cloud storage. Upload, download, copy, and edit documents directly from your device, with built-in viewers for various file types and streaming capabilities.

What We Love

👍 Great file manager
🚀 Powerful and versatile
🔒 Secure access to files
💡 Excellent integration with iOS Files app
👍 Reliable and stable
👍 Fantastic customer support

Room to Improve

🐛 SMB connection issues
🐛 Misleading directory caching
🐛 Video playback problems
🐛 Buggy UI changes
🐛 Inability to rename photos

More apps like File Explorer & Player

Photo, Video and Music Player

$4.99

Transform your iOS device into a wireless flash drive. Effortlessly manage local and cloud files, stream media, and transfer data via WiFi from your computer. Includes a robust file manager, document viewer, and media player.

Wireless flash drive functionalityCloud storage integrationMultimedia streaming and playback

(2.3K)

FoxFM Offline Music MP3 Player

Cloud video saver, web browser

Download cloud filesOffline media playbackVideo to audio conversion

Download files from cloud services, manage them with a built-in file manager, and play media. Convert videos to audio or ringtones, and protect your files with a passcode. Offers unlimited playlists and supports various file formats.

(30K)

freemium

File Manager & Browser

Manage Files & Documents

Integrated PDF ReaderMicrosoft Office & Apple iWorks supportMultiple cloud integrations

This app acts as a virtual USB drive and file manager for your iPhone and iPad. It allows you to easily view, organize, and share various document types, including Office and iWorks files, as well as media. It also offers cloud integration and secure file protection.

(54K)

File Manager, AV Player, PDF

File Hub by imoreapps

Cloud service integration (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox)Network server access (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Samba)Document viewer (PDF, Office)

$2.99 | 100% OFF

Manage files on your iOS device with this app. Access cloud services and network servers, view documents, and play media without conversion. It offers robust file management, viewing, and playback capabilities for millions of users.

(1.1K)

Access files on computer & NAS

FE File Explorer

$4.99

Manage files across your devices and cloud storage. Access and transfer documents, photos, and media from computers, NAS, and cloud services directly on your iPhone or iPad without downloading.

Access network shares (SMB/CIFS)Connect to WebDAV, FTP, SFTP serversIntegrate with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box

The go-to Cloud File Manager

Manage local and cloud filesIntegrates with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloudVirtual folders for project grouping

This app acts as a central hub for managing files across multiple cloud storage services and local storage. It offers advanced search, PDF annotation, and file compression, streamlining organization and access to your data.

(67K)

Browser & Video , Music, Docs

Files Go - media player

Local and network file managementPowerful web browser with ad-blockingEbook reader for multiple formats

Manage, transfer, and preview files locally and over networks. This app offers a powerful browser with ad-blocking, a reader for various ebook formats, and a versatile video player. It also supports extensive compression/decompression and secure file privacy.

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