Strontium vs iXCharger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strontium
Easily manage and transfer photos, music, videos, and files between your Apple devices. Offers secure storage, direct media playback, and backup options for contacts and your camera roll.
- Secure data storage
- Direct media playback
- Backup and restore contacts
- Lightning transfer between devices
- Auto file management
- Supports numerous file formats
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Strontium app is the best way to manage all your photos, music, videos and files to or between your iPhone, iPad and iPod. Features and Benefits: - Secured data storage - Direct playback of videos and songs - Backup and restore contacts and camera roll - Lightning transfer between iPhone, iPad and iPod - Free app for auto file management and security Compatible with Strontium hardware: - Strontium iOS Lightning Card Reader Supported File Formats: Document: Pages, Numbers, Keynote, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, rtf, txt, html, pdf Image: jpg, png, bmp, gif, tif, tiff, ico, xbm, cur Audio: mp3, aac, aif, aiff, wav, m4a, caf Video: mp4, mov, m4v (without DRM), mkv, avi, flv, rm, rmvb, wmv, vob, 3gp Other: zip (In-App Purchase required) To experience more of our memory products visit www.strontium.biz
iXCharger
This app facilitates automatic backup and charging for Apple devices when connected to a compatible charger and storage device. It offers secure access to your data with biometric authentication and allows for intuitive file management and content restoration.
- Automatic backup and charging
- Secure data access with biometrics
- Intuitive file management
- View stored content offline
- Restore photos and videos
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The iXCharger app works with PIODATA's MFi certified iXCharger charger and storage backup device, which has been certified to work with all Apple “i” Devices (iPhone, iPad). The iXCharger App provides the following useful functions when connected to an iXCharger device: 1. Auto-Backup & Charging: As soon as the iDevice connects to the iXCharger device, the backup process will be initiated automatically, no further action is needed by the user. In addition, the iDevice will be charged at the same time. 2. Trust Circle: Secure Protection using Biometric Authentication or Apple ID log-in to access the iXCharger’s data, to prevent unauthorized use. Content can only be viewed by those devices in the Trust Circle 3. Intuitive File Management: Maintain separate content folders for each iDevice that loaded content onto the iXCharger device 4. View all content stored on the iXCharger APP, stored on your iDevice (Does not require connections to iXCharger device). 5. Restore all videos and photos stored on the iXCharger onto your iDevice(s) 6. View all content stored on the iXCharger
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iXCharger at 5.0 against Strontium's 1.8. iXCharger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Strontium's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Strontium sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iXCharger asks for nothing beyond the download.
iXCharger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
Strontium ships an update every 5 months, iXCharger monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strontium | iXCharger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | i-FlashDrive Inc. | Vinpower Inc |
Customer experience
Strontium
iXCharger
In-app purchases
Strontium
- Calendar BackupFree
- Zip/unzip files support$0.99
iXCharger
No in-app purchases









