ALE Rainbow vs ownCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ALE Rainbow
This app facilitates seamless collaboration through secure chat, voice, and video calls. It allows users to share screens and files easily, integrate with existing business processes, and manage communications efficiently. Connect with colleagues and external contacts to streamline workflows and enhance productivity.
- HD audio and video calls
- Group chats (bubbles)
- External guest access
- Large meeting capacity (120 participants)
- Content sharing (files, videos, etc.)
- Contact management with presence
- Calendar integration
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Rainbow by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is a secure and relationship-building engine that facilitates quick, seamless collaboration between its users. It allows users to swiftly interact with each other through chat, voice or video and to share screens and files with astonishing ease. But Rainbow goes beyond simple messaging and sharing. Rainbow leverages the latest technologies to securely integrate into your organization’s existing business processes, applications, and workflows, while streamlining user adoption, minimizing user disruption, and solving customer challenges. Rainbow helps you connect to the future through optimized time-management, secure platform access, and strict data integrity. COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE - Initiate high-definition audio and video calls. - Start group chats (bubbles) to communicate with your teams and business contacts. - Add people from outside your organization (Guests) in your conversations. - Create or join audio and video meetings with up to 120 participants. - Use channels to broadcast information inside or outside your organization. - Always stay connected so you never miss messages, calls, meetings or any other event. - Manage your phone calls (via the cellular network or using Voice over IP) through your enterprise telephony system, access your voicemail and much more. ORGANIZE AND SHARE - Share contents you want in your conversations (pictures, files, videos, animated GIFs, voice memos, locations). - Search for people, bubbles, channels, files or text messages. - Manage your contact network, see presence of your colleagues or people outside your company. - Share you calendar information (free, busy, out of office) to let others know if you are available. DATA INTEGRITY AND PRIVACY We respect privacy. We don’t use data to monetize additional services and we respect international privacy laws and data privacy. Data of our partners and customers is private, safe and secure. Only our partners and customers process their own data. Transparency and traceability are critical elements of Rainbow and all regulatory requirements are respected.
ownCloud
Access, sync, and share your private cloud files securely across all your devices. Create, edit, and collaborate on documents with colleagues, ensuring your data is always up-to-date and accessible.
- Private file sync and share
- Cross-device synchronization
- Secure file sharing
- Create and edit files
- iOS Files integration
- Multi-select and drag-and-drop
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Your files. Your server. Your ownCloud. Connect to your ownCloud Infinite Scale (oCIS) or ownCloud Classic server and access your private cloud from anywhere. Open source, self-hosted, no third-party cloud required. ownCloud gives you full control over your data. Whether you're a teacher accessing the school cloud, a sysadmin managing a federated deployment, or someone who simply refuses to hand their files to a big-tech provider — this app is built for you. FEATURES - Browse, Edit and Create files Work with your files directly on your device with Files integration, built-in markup tools*, and the document scanner*. Switch between list view and three grid views — all updating live as changes happen locally or remotely. - Built-in viewers View common file types right in the app. Swipe through images in carousel view. Navigate PDFs using their table of contents or full-text search. - Spaces (oCIS) On ownCloud Infinite Scale servers, organise work into Spaces with dedicated permissions, members, and quotas. Full Spaces support is built in. - Sharing and Collaboration Share files and folders with other users on the same server or externally via public links. Fine-grained permissions, password protection, and expiry dates give you control over every share. - Search (Local and Remote) Filter by date, size, type, or location. Save searches and create reusable templates. Local search works fully offline. On oCIS servers, server-side search can also find content inside files (depending on server configuration). - Offline Support Mark files and folders for offline availability. Work without a connection. Changes sync automatically when you're back online. Built from the ground up with offline-first in mind. - Multiple Accounts Connect to several ownCloud servers and accounts simultaneously. Switch between them seamlessly. - Deep OS Integration Native iPadOS multitasking, drag and drop, File Provider, and Shortcuts support. Built by developers who care about how apps should feel on Apple platforms. - Security The app tracks your server's TLS certificates and warns you about unexpected changes. Review certificate details (including a diff of what changed) and accept or reject — right from the app. * Some features may require an In-App Purchase or Subscription. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS iOS 15.4 or later, iPadOS 15.4 or later ABOUT OWNCLOUD ownCloud is the original open source platform for self-hosted file sync, share, and collaboration. Founded in 2010 in Germany, ownCloud is trusted by millions of users in education, government, research, and enterprise worldwide. ownCloud is maintained by Kiteworks through its Open Source Program Office. Learn more: https://owncloud.com/ Open source: https://github.com/owncloud/ios-app/ Terms of Use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owncloud/ios-app/master/LICENSE Privacy Policy: https://owncloud.com/privacy-statement/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ALE Rainbow at none against ownCloud's 6. ALE Rainbow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (45% vs 33%). ownCloud's advantage is ratings volume (354 vs 62) and iOS requirement (15.4 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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. ownCloud sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. ALE Rainbow asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ALE Rainbow against 4.5 for ownCloud. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ownCloud has 354 ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of ALE Rainbow's written reviews are positive against 33% of ownCloud's.
ALE Rainbow ships an update fortnightly, ownCloud every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALE Rainbow | ownCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (62 ratings) | 4.5 (354 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better | 32.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 354 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALE International | ownCloud GmbH |
Customer experience
ALE Rainbow
ownCloud
Bugs and requests
ALE Rainbow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ownCloud
Reported bugs
33 issues- App crashes on startup
- Login screen freezes
- Files app integration returns unknown errors
- Blank screen on certain iPhone models
- Screen rotation breaks file list display
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- Photo upload limited to 3 at a time
- Videos lose metadata during upload
- App closes unexpectedly
- Preview crashes when viewing images
- Media access permission issues
- Infinite loading without results
- Files disappear from folders
- Duplicate file downloads
- Upload stuck in pending state indefinitely
- Annotation changes not saved
- Hand/palm movements close documents during annotation
- iOS 18 compatibility issues
- iOS 16 compatibility issues
- Offline files not cached without internet
- Shortcuts fail silently without in-app purchase
- Make available offline hangs after first file
- OAuth grant expires after device restart
- Invalid grant errors on photo sync
- App hangs waiting for server response
- Scanning documents causes crashes
- Folders become inaccessible after failed uploads
- App requests password every 2 minutes
- Dark mode text visibility issues
- HEIC format instead of JPEG on upload
- CSRF check failed on share link creation
- Slow download speeds compared to web version
- Battery drain in background
- Synced files in hidden/unusable directories
Requested features
20 requests- Ability to unload/delete offline files
- Cancel/stop upload functionality
- Upload only on WiFi option
- Show upload progress percentage
- Show file sizes in status
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- Priority queue for uploads
- Folder upload capability
- Text file editing support
- Activity/modification tracking
- Turkish language support
- Automatic backup for all phone data
- Photo gallery-style grid view with adjustable tiles
- Swipe-down gesture to exit image view
- Separate Photos/Videos menu tab
- Improved web media access for faster photo viewing
- Video controls for offline playback
- External storage support visibility
- Disable global search option for large folders
- Notification badge removal option
- Share links creation without CSRF errors
In-app purchases
ALE Rainbow
No in-app purchases
ownCloud
- Pro Features$1.991 Year
- 30 Day Pro TrialFree
- Document Scanner$2.99
- Shortcuts Actions$2.99
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- Markup Documents$2.99
- Photo Pro Features$2.99









