Confusing Hierarchy
Don't know if I should have bought the similar looking pro version, I like using it and use it often but don't like shady practices
FileBrowser for iPad
This app is an essential complement to the native Files app on iPadOS and iOS. FileBrowser’s multiple connection methods markedly ease file transfers from device to device. I consider this tool indispensable for file management in daily use.
Music
I use this app to store and listen to music. Is it possible that you could add the option to be Abel to fade out music at end of song
Great app but 2 issues lately
I have been using this app for long time till now. It was working flawlessly. But 2 issues are absolutely adjustable, requesting them to fix them. 1. Image slideshow shows little flickering before next image btw transition is set as none. I view images via ftp server, this app crashes while loading the images over ftp.
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Response from developer
Hi, we're aware that the slideshow system has developed a flicker on transition, so we're addressing that for the next update. We haven't seen any crashes with image viewing over ftp, so please email support@stratospherix.com and describe your setup/ftp server and we'll try to reproduce it.
Media compression
05/29/26
I don’t know why do you do that guys?
Why the application has to reduce the capacity of the media tho?
I tried and I compared both medias, the one in this app was certainly compressed.
I’ll give you more stars, when you’re done dealing with this matter, because it’s useless, why would I use an app that kills the quality of my medias?
The purpose is not only to save, organize, but to keep the native quality level at its best.
To keep the medias as they are.
And I verified with other apps, they are doing awesome.
Fix…
I don’t know why do you do that guys?
Why the application has to reduce the capacity of the media tho?
I tried and I compared both medias, the one in this app was certainly compressed.
I’ll give you more stars, when you’re done dealing with this matter, because it’s useless, why would I use an app that kills the quality of my medias?
The purpose is not only to save, organize, but to keep the native quality level at its best.
To keep the medias as they are.
And I verified with other apps, they are doing awesome.
Fix…
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New design made it unusable
For some reason you've taken away the ability to choose to fit image on screen, only letting us fit height. so browsing though a bunch of photos CROPS the photo with the side cut off. This makes it IMPOSSIBLE to swipe left or right to the next image. It just swipes around the now zoomed in on photo.
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Response from developer
When viewing an image, tap the menu button and then Options... to see the Fit/Fill option. This setting will be remembered between sessions, and we put it here because there are now four view settings you can choose, and the main image menu was getting cluttered. Hope this helps! Please email support@stratospherix.com for more info.
How to encrypt my files?
Edit:
Thank you for your quick response. Much appreciated.
However… I have zero access to those encryption keys. Apple only needs to change their T&C’s, plus change a few lines of code, then they can do whatever they like. Much like removing the word “not” from the line “we will not sell your private data”. It doesn’t take much, and I trust Apple like I trust Google. About 0%.
I wasn’t expecting a different answer, to be honest. You would have already added encryption, if it was possible. iOS has never been FOSS, and I’m sure it never will be. Time for me to move on… Thank you again.
Review/comment:
I’m pretty sure this app does not have any encryption abilities, other than the standard iOS encryption. But, since the iOS encryption keys are held by (or can be made accessible to) Apple, that’s the same as having no encryption at all.
Right or wrong, I suppose the encryption included with FileBrowser Pro has the same drawbacks. Assuming that is the case, I can’t justify upgrading to Pro.
I love this app. I’ve been using it for years. But since most governments look as though they are moving towards some kind of authoritarian rules, and social media now is just spyware, if I can’t trust my phone or its storage, then this iPhone has become useless to me.
Can “owner controlled” encryption be added to this app, or the Pro version?
Or should I begin to move away from smartphones. I never really liked them much anyway. Plus, an average £500 Laptop is far more use to me than any £1000 phone.
Assuming I can’t get more security for my private files, I thank you for about 10 years of a superb app, but I’ll be off to the world of Linux, and more exercise from lugging around 5KG of Notebook.
Thank you for your quick response. Much appreciated.
However… I have zero access to those encryption keys. Apple only needs to change their T&C’s, plus change a few lines of code, then they can do whatever they like. Much like removing the word “not” from the line “we will not sell your private data”. It doesn’t take much, and I trust Apple like I trust Google. About 0%.
I wasn’t expecting a different answer, to be honest. You would have already added encryption, if it was possible. iOS has never been FOSS, and I’m sure it never will be. Time for me to move on… Thank you again.
Review/comment:
I’m pretty sure this app does not have any encryption abilities, other than the standard iOS encryption. But, since the iOS encryption keys are held by (or can be made accessible to) Apple, that’s the same as having no encryption at all.
Right or wrong, I suppose the encryption included with FileBrowser Pro has the same drawbacks. Assuming that is the case, I can’t justify upgrading to Pro.
I love this app. I’ve been using it for years. But since most governments look as though they are moving towards some kind of authoritarian rules, and social media now is just spyware, if I can’t trust my phone or its storage, then this iPhone has become useless to me.
Can “owner controlled” encryption be added to this app, or the Pro version?
Or should I begin to move away from smartphones. I never really liked them much anyway. Plus, an average £500 Laptop is far more use to me than any £1000 phone.
Assuming I can’t get more security for my private files, I thank you for about 10 years of a superb app, but I’ll be off to the world of Linux, and more exercise from lugging around 5KG of Notebook.
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How to encrypt my files?
I’m pretty sure this app does not have any encryption abilities, other than the standard iOS encryption. But, since the iOS encryption keys are held by (or can be made accessible to) Apple, that’s the same as having no encryption at all.
Right or wrong, I suppose the encryption included with FileBrowser Pro has the same drawbacks. Assuming that is the case, I can’t justify upgrading to Pro.
I love this app. I’ve been using it for years. But since most governments look as though they are moving towards some kind of authoritarian rules, and social media now is just spyware, if I can’t trust my phone or its storage, then this iPhone has become useless to me.
Can “owner controlled” encryption be added to this app, or the Pro version?
Or should I begin to move away from smartphones. I never really liked them much anyway. Plus, an average £500 Laptop is far more use to me than any £1000 phone.
Assuming I can’t get more security for my private files, I thank you for about 10 years of a superb app, but I’ll be off to the world of Linux, and more exercise from lugging around 5KG of Notebook.
Right or wrong, I suppose the encryption included with FileBrowser Pro has the same drawbacks. Assuming that is the case, I can’t justify upgrading to Pro.
I love this app. I’ve been using it for years. But since most governments look as though they are moving towards some kind of authoritarian rules, and social media now is just spyware, if I can’t trust my phone or its storage, then this iPhone has become useless to me.
Can “owner controlled” encryption be added to this app, or the Pro version?
Or should I begin to move away from smartphones. I never really liked them much anyway. Plus, an average £500 Laptop is far more use to me than any £1000 phone.
Assuming I can’t get more security for my private files, I thank you for about 10 years of a superb app, but I’ll be off to the world of Linux, and more exercise from lugging around 5KG of Notebook.
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Just a native file browser shortcut - why would I need this?
You cannot use it as a replacement for the native “Files” browser app in iOS. This is nothing more than an app that launches the native app when you need to browse files ON the iOS device itself. Worthless. Also, MP4 previews are not shown; just a generic “MOVIE” icon. So you see a list of timestamp filenames and no visual previews so dashcam SSD browsing is useless also.
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Great App for Network Access. Could a visual upgrade.
Great for accessig network drives. I use it to access my Windows SMB. It’s robust and I love the automatic return to position and easily accessible folder path bar, it can even open .html files locally.
Improvements:
Dark mode should attempt to apply white text on black background to textual files such as .pdf. Currently iOS Smart Invert works as a substitute for this feature.
The word search in text files is very poorly optimized, not total results fractional counter, and the jump to position doesn’t work well with large text files, can be improved greatly.
Improvements:
Dark mode should attempt to apply white text on black background to textual files such as .pdf. Currently iOS Smart Invert works as a substitute for this feature.
The word search in text files is very poorly optimized, not total results fractional counter, and the jump to position doesn’t work well with large text files, can be improved greatly.
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愛用しています！
私はこのアプリを、自宅に設置しているNextcloudサーバーへアクセスするために日常的に利用しています。実際に使ってみて、全体的に非常に素晴らしい出来だと感じています。動作は安定しており、複数のタブを同時に開いて作業ができる点は特に便利で、作業効率が大きく向上しました。ブラウズやファイル操作をストレスなく快適に行えるため、日々の業務や個人利用の両方で重宝しています。
一方で、改善の希望として一つ挙げるとすれば、テキストファイルを開いた際に文字コードが自動的に適切なものに選択される機能があるとさらに便利だと感じます。現状でも十分に満足していますが、この機能が追加されれば、より一層快適でスムーズな利用体験になると思います。
また、動画をピクチャーインピクチャーしながら、作業できるようになるといいと思う。
総合的には、安定性と利便性を兼ね備えた優れたアプリであり、Nextcloudユーザーには強くおすすめできます。今後のさらなる進化にも期待しています。
一方で、改善の希望として一つ挙げるとすれば、テキストファイルを開いた際に文字コードが自動的に適切なものに選択される機能があるとさらに便利だと感じます。現状でも十分に満足していますが、この機能が追加されれば、より一層快適でスムーズな利用体験になると思います。
また、動画をピクチャーインピクチャーしながら、作業できるようになるといいと思う。
総合的には、安定性と利便性を兼ね備えた優れたアプリであり、Nextcloudユーザーには強くおすすめできます。今後のさらなる進化にも期待しています。
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One of my best iPad purchases
I bought my license over a decade ago for my first iPad. The app has only gotten better in the intervening years. When my current employer issued me an iPad, this is one of the first apps I installed. It gives me access to everything, everywhere, all at once. Being able to easily access cloud and local server storage in one app is *chef’s kiss*.
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The easiest interconnected app
This is the easiest way to reach across connections in a local wan.
It's a no from me
The UI far to user Unfriendly just can't get any logic from it.
Best i can do is get photo files up.
Can't get any other files to show no matter what I try.
Unfortunately asking for refund.
Guys try the KISS
best of luck
Asking for refund sorry can't use.
Best i can do is get photo files up.
Can't get any other files to show no matter what I try.
Unfortunately asking for refund.
Guys try the KISS
best of luck
Asking for refund sorry can't use.
Misleading — requires separate $15 Mac purchase
The app presents itself as part of a Mac-to-iPhone file sharing solution but is client-only. To actually use it with your Mac you need to separately buy “FileBrowser Pro for Mac” — a completely different $14.99 app. This is not made clear anywhere in the listing. To make it worse, there’s also a “FileBrowser Professional” bundle for iPhone, making three similarly named products that are easy to confuse. Save yourself the frustration and just use macOS’s free built-in SMB file sharing with the Files app.
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グーグルドライブとの相性が悪い？
iPhoneで、自宅のPCとミラーリングしているグーグルドライブの中身を確認するために購入しました。
同期直後は問題ないのですが、しばらくしてから、問題なかったフォルダにこのアプリのブクマ機能でアクセスしようとすると存在しないと言われてエラーがでます。トップから直接ファイルの位置を探そうとすると該当箇所は空白になっています。
もちろんpc側でフォルダ、ファイルには一切手を付けていません。
この現象はドライブとこのアプリの接続を切り、再度接続し直すと確実に治るのですが、使うたびに認証などを設定し直すのはやはり手間なので直していただけと嬉しいです。
同期直後は問題ないのですが、しばらくしてから、問題なかったフォルダにこのアプリのブクマ機能でアクセスしようとすると存在しないと言われてエラーがでます。トップから直接ファイルの位置を探そうとすると該当箇所は空白になっています。
もちろんpc側でフォルダ、ファイルには一切手を付けていません。
この現象はドライブとこのアプリの接続を切り、再度接続し直すと確実に治るのですが、使うたびに認証などを設定し直すのはやはり手間なので直していただけと嬉しいです。
Bug
In grid option with lot of photos, viewing a photo and get back, you lost where you were. Must use slide bar to retrieve your photo.
Response from developer
Thank you for this info. We will investigate this. If you can, please email support@stratospherix.com with device/iOS version information which will help us.
Bad update
With new update, hard to change tabs, need to be very accurate
Speed playback option.
Hi, was wondering if we can have the 1.04 in the speed adjustment list like you did before. Cause it judders a bit on 1.05 would you be able to bring back on this and the other apps to. regards jamie.
Doesn’t allow you to find/check/delete duplicates
I searched for “delete duplicate files” in the App Store. This app came up, but it doesn’t allow you to do that. Very frustrating as I just wasted $8.
