FTP Client Lite User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience48.4% of reviews
Neutral3.1% of reviews
Negative experience48.4% of reviews

~ Based on 64 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is FTP Client Lite Safe?

FTP Client Lite appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for FTP Client Lite is 76/100.

This assessment is based on 75 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.9/5.

Safety Analysis

74.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
25.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 75 App Store ratings for FTP Client Lite.

Is FTP Client Lite Legit?

FTP Client Lite appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FTP Client Lite is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Yes a lightweight FTP client

Bit unusual as to how it works as it does not seem to show you your local files but your downloads from remote ftp site go into a cache of sorts which you can see from within the app but I can't see them (or finding them in search) from Apple Files app.

However you can tap and select a file (big pale arrow) and then use the more normal Apple Share (box with arrow) to then email or Save to local or iCloud.

Odd but works and maybe feels a bit more normal to apple only users rather than it does to me.
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Won’t connect to sftp server

Failed to connect with no explanation. Another app worked fine with the same credentials. Uninstalling.

Do NOT use to edit code files!

The text editor for this app will convert all your quotes to smart quotes. So, don’t use it to edit any code files or it’ll hose them!

I got a developer response telling me to disable smart quotes system wide to fix the issue. That is not a solution when other FTP apps, that I now use, do not have this issue. The app shouldn’t allow smart quotes, it shouldn’t matter what my system wide settings are.
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Too awkward to use.

Connects ok, but when using to upload photos to an Eframe you have to browse to the folder depth one at a time, select a single photo, upload that, then browse back again, select another etc. There is no select-all anywhere. Forget it, would take years to do anything useful.

Very junky

It’s clear the developer is not an end user of ftp.

Useless

It's totally useless. Everything that you know about FTP protocol doesn't exist here, except 1 single feature. This is not a functional app, but rather a NON-FUNCTIONAL DEMO. Shame on you, the developer, for misleading and wasting our time.

Most frustrating app ever.

All, please avoid if you want to keep your sanity. To app dev. Fix your error messages. Having only 1 connection failed error is useless. App needs a better interface to upload and download files. Give me the option again to allow access to all so I can connect to my ftp server. Had to uninstall and reinstall to get this option back. Do you even know how to program??
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Useless

Incapable of completing a login.

Worked first try

Needed it to xfer a file to a vita, worked first try, very happy

Number 1 FTP Client in the Market!!!

Amazing, I use to transfer files to my Android, Jailbroken (CFW) 3DS, and Jailbroken (HenKaKu Ensõ 3.60) PSVita, and it works like a charm, I’m definitely thinking about buying the pro version!

I have completed my testing

Great app

Support answered my email question quickly and helpfully

I mostly use this app to down load large video files from remote locations

Bad first impression.

This version doesn’t work on iPhone. Keeps pushing you to buy.

Excellent

This is an excellent app. Finally an ftp that I can keep in my pocket. The customer service is excellent.

Buggy

I’m using this to edit html and php files on an ftp server. It keeps changing my double quotes to left and right quotation marks, then telling me that I’m not using the correct encoding.

Also, copying and pasting text causes a temporary change in font size and color of the whole document.

Not sure what other people are using this for, but for editing a simple text file, I’d rather just get a shell and edit using emacs or (ugh) even vi.

Glad I tried the lite version first.

Update from developer response: This apparently has to do with the smart punctuation feature of iOS 11 (released in September 2017). It is now April 2018, more than 6 months later, and the developers have not produced a fix for this. Instead, the workaround is to disable this helpful feature just for the privilege of using this one app.
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Don’t connect

Doesn’t even work won’t let me connect to my ps3 anymore idk y I’ve tried everything

ask me to rate this to often

Stupid app keeps asking me to rate it! every time I press the button it asked me to rate it what a piece of crap!

Very good and just works

Very good and just works as expected, connects and all options that should there are

Upload every day

Todos los días puedo subir los archivos que me envían para publicarlos en la web. Me encanta que esté enlazado con drop-box y con otros clouds.

It works!

Wasn't too sure what to expect, but the connection and uploads worked just fine. No saving bookmarks is cumbersome, but for a free app I can't complain. I maintain a website with many pdf files that require updating and now I can do this from my iPad if I don't have access to my desktop Mac.

Limitations...

Really like the app, but the limitations can be a bit annoying. But again, its free!