FileCentral vs Cloud File Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FileCentral
Consolidate all your files from various cloud services, apps, and computers into a single, manageable location. Seamlessly transfer documents, photos, and clipboard content between devices wirelessly or via Bluetooth, even without a network connection.
- Unified cloud storage management
- Cross-device file transfer (WiFi/Bluetooth)
- Clipboard and content sharing
- File viewing, printing, and emailing
- Password and Touch ID security
- Text file creation and editing
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The ONE Place to Manage Files - Access, Print, Email and Transfer files from Cloud Servers, Other Apps & Devices and your Mac or PC. Transfer your clipboard, images, copied text and files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC with one tap - even without a network. Via WiFi or Bluetooth Manage ALL of your Files in One Place • Combine all of your Cloud Servers together to Transfer Files between them and other devices • iCloud & iCloud Drive, DropBox, Evernote, FTP, Google Drive, OneDrive, ShareFile, SugarSync, WebDAV & More • Share and fetch files from your Mac or PC • Send or fetch files from Other Apps to store centrally • Move files into folders and use the powerful search function to find them again • View, Print, Email and Zip Files • Rename, duplicate and change the file type • Play Video and Audio files • Secure your files with an App Password or Finger Touch ID • Password protect folders • Create and edit text files to store notes and ideas, then share with others, print or copy/paste • Sync your local files with another device via iCloud - seamlessly and automatically Transfer Files and Content to other devices • Add a new printer to your Mac from the available list ("Send to Device @ WePrint") and print any document to your iPhone or iPad as a PDF file • Use the built in Bluetooth or WiFi transfer features to quickly and simply send files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC • Bluetooth transfer is as simple as opening FileCentral - no pairing required • Copy text or an image from a Web Page and send to another device with a single tap • Send a phone number, address, photo or other content quickly to a friend • Copy a web page address and with just one tap, send it to your colleague Share and Transfer your Photos and Image Files • Save your Album Photos as files • Move Image Files to your Photo Album • Move Photos & Image Files to and from your Cloud server, Mac/PC or another iPad/iPhone • Print Photos • Select multiple photos to send via email Add even More Power - Expand to Convert and Edit PDFs and Print to ALL Printers, not just AirPrint
Cloud File Explorer
Access and manage files across multiple cloud storage services like iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and Google Drive. This app allows for efficient file operations, organization, and local file management, including encryption and compression.
- Access multiple cloud drives
- File upload, download, delete, rename
- Create new files and folders
- Local file management
- File encryption
- Zip compression and extraction
- Wi-Fi and iTunes file transfer
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Cloud File Explorer is an excellent cloud storage file explorer. Now network drive everywhere, in life and work, we often file the documents stored in the cloud server, such as iCloud Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive,Box,Mega,Yandex, and so on. Cloud File Explorer is a powerful cloud server can access many clients, you can access dozens of cloud servers, greatly save time. Specifically as follows: **** Support iCloud Drive, multi-file upload, download, delete, create a new file, new folder, rename, cut, mail files. **** Supports Dropbox, multi-file upload, download, delete, create a new file, new folder, rename, copy, cut, mail files. **** Support OneDrive, multi-file upload, download, delete, create a new file, new folder, rename, copy, cut, mail files. **** Support for Google Drive, multi-file upload, download, delete, create a new file, new folder, rename, copy, cut, mail files. **** Support Box, multi-file upload, download, delete, create a new file, new folder, rename, copy, cut, mail files. **** Facilitate and efficient manage local files. * Sorting by file name、create time and file type * View, copy, move, delete, rename, email, zip Compression and unzip files/folders * Encryption folder, protect your files * Extract all files from a compressed .zip file * Glide deleting function * Select all and Cancel all operate * Transferring files by wifi and iTunes file sharing * Email multiple files, folder Supported * Open email attachments * Photo import Supported * Open files in other applications * Landscape mode supported * iPad-compatible
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FileCentral at 88% against Cloud File Explorer's 23%. FileCentral also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cloud File Explorer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Cloud File Explorer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FileCentral asks for nothing beyond the download.
FileCentral holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of FileCentral's written reviews are positive against 23% of Cloud File Explorer's.
FileCentral ships an update every 6 months, Cloud File Explorer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FileCentral | Cloud File Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better | 3.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EuroSmartz Ltd | 锦文 游 |
Customer experience
FileCentral
Cloud File Explorer
In-app purchases
FileCentral
No in-app purchases
Cloud File Explorer
- Full version$1.99
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