ZyXEL Drive vs IoT Edge Experience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZyXEL Drive
Access, share, and manage your media and documents stored on a ZyXEL NAS directly from your iOS device. Effortlessly download content, upload photos and videos for backup, and manage group sharing with friends and family.
- Access and share media and documents
- Download content to iOS devices
- Upload camera roll to NAS
- Direct P2P data transfer
- Manage mobile group sharing
- Browse and stream files
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- ZyXEL Drive app allows you easy access and shares your media files and document files from your ZyXEL NAS. - ZyXEL Drive app makes it simple to download content from ZyXEL NAS to your iOS devices anywhere. - ZyXEL Drive app can upload your camera roll from your iOS devices to your NAS, allowing for effortless backup of your precious photos and videos. - ZyXEL Drive app supports ZyXEL DirectConnect P2P technology, which transfers data directly from point to point, without stopping over at any 3rd party servers and can pass through home routers without any configurations. - ZyXEL Drive app offers an easy and simple way to manage mobile group sharing with family members or close friends. Prerequisites: - iOS 9 or later. - ZyXEL NAS firmware v5.1 / Cloud Agent v1.0.3 or later. - Compatible with iPhone. This app is optimized for iPhone 6. - Compatible Models: NAS520 / NAS540 / NAS542 / NAS326 ZyXEL Drive major features: - Supports ZyXEL DirectConnect P2P technology - Easy management on invited group members, shared folders and files with different permission settings via App. - Files, videos and photos browsing / streaming. - Browsing and viewing files, streaming video and music files. - Support upload and download tasks between ZyXEL NAS and iOS devices. - Selecting specific files or folders as “my favorites”. - Checking ZyXEL NAS storage capacity via App.
IoT Edge Experience
Participate in a synchronized light show or compete in a "Cocktail Shaker" game. Transform your device into a synchronized light element or a digital shaker, using real-time g-force data to compete.
- Synchronized light show participation
- Crowdsourced real-time light displays
- Interactive 'Cocktail Shaker' game
- G-force data utilization for gameplay
- Real-time device synchronization
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Collaborate in a synchronized light show and compete against opponents in this interactive IoT Edge Experience challenge. Lightshow Join the live, interactive event where we will crowdsource a real-time light show! The app will transform your phones into a synchronized mosaic of colors. Play your part in a stunning light show coordinated across hundreds of devices simultaneously from the main stage. Cocktail Shaker Shake your way in this interactive game to beat the competition. Your device will transform into a digital cocktail shaker where the harder you shake, the better your chance to win! The IoT Edge Cloud will read real-time g-force data from your accelerometer and show you how hard you can shake.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IoT Edge Experience at 5.0 against ZyXEL Drive's 1.5. IoT Edge Experience also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). ZyXEL Drive's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IoT Edge Experience holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZyXEL Drive has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ZyXEL Drive ships an update every 7 months, IoT Edge Experience every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZyXEL Drive | IoT Edge Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zyxel Networks Corporation | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
ZyXEL Drive
IoT Edge Experience
In-app purchases
ZyXEL Drive
No in-app purchases
IoT Edge Experience
No in-app purchases
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