Comparison

FileCentral for iPhone vs Air Transfer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FileCentral for iPhone

Consolidate all your files from various cloud services and devices into a single, organized location. Seamlessly transfer documents, images, and clipboard content between devices, even without a network connection, using WiFi or Bluetooth.

Highlights
  • Centralized file management
  • Cloud service integration
  • Cross-device file transfer
  • Clipboard sharing
  • File viewing, printing, and emailing
  • App and folder password protection
  • Text file creation and editing
Features
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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

About

Air Transfer

Securely hide private photos, videos, and documents behind a password or fingerprint. Upload and download files wirelessly without needing a USB cable, and even lock other apps for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Hide photos, videos, and documents
  • Wireless file upload/download
  • Password and fingerprint lock
  • App locker functionality
  • Intruder detection
  • Capture media within the app
Features
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Air Transfer is a photo/movie safe that keeps all of your private pictures and videos hidden behind a password. It lets you upload and download files to/from your device over a wireless connection. Easy-to-use web interface, no USB cable needed. Locking your private photos and videos is easy with Air Transfer: - Setup account and create new pin - Go into the first photo album already created for you - Hit the plus button to hide pics. These photos will be removed from you gallery and locked into Private Photo. - Now you have a private photo gallery that only you can view. - You can only open private photo by typing correct password into the calculator or your fingerprint (for supported devices). - Hide an unhide photos, videos, or any documents easily. - Capture images and record videos from inside the app itself. - Fingerprint App Lock and fingerprint gallery Supported to compatible devices. - Powerful AppLocker to Lock apps which you don’t want anyone else to open. - Hide Music Files into Folders to lock and keep safe from others. - Lock apps using Strong password set by you or By fingerprint in supported devices. Enable from settings inside. - Intruder - App Disappears from recent apps list. If you got any call when using locker then locker immediately closes itself and also if suddenly someone came near you and you just screen off then locker will closes automatically. - No storage limitation for your hidden files if your phone memory has enough storage space. - Supports “Uninstall Protection” to prevent calculator from being uninstall by kids or strangers. - Night mode option to view private photos or watching videos at night time with low brightness. It's as easy as looking through your photo albums to one click upload photos and videos to your keep photo lock app. Once uploaded, you can delete them from your phone photo gallery and still view them in keep picture vault.

Screenshots

FileCentral for iPhone4 screens
Air Transfer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FileCentral for iPhone at 91% against Air Transfer's 50%. Air Transfer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FileCentral for iPhone versus Air Transfer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileCentral for iPhoneAir Transfer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (180 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings180 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEuroSmartz LtdHong Nguyen

Customer experience

FileCentral for iPhone

All ratings180 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative7.4%

Air Transfer

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

FileCentral for iPhone

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Thumbnails won't load
  • App hardly ever works
  • App is outdated
  • Minor login and authentication issues
  • WebDAV not working at all

Requested features

2 requests
  • Stronger data security
  • Developing encryption clarity

Air Transfer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FileCentral for iPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Air Transfer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FileCentral for iPhone free?
FileCentral for iPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Air Transfer free?
Air Transfer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FileCentral for iPhone or Air Transfer have ads?
Neither FileCentral for iPhone nor Air Transfer shows ads.

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