Comparison

Frame.io vs FileFlow

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

Head to head
About

Frame.io

This app enables seamless video review and collaboration on mobile devices. It offers precise commenting, asset management, and customizable sharing features for teams and clients, anywhere in the world.

Highlights
  • Precise video scrubbing and commenting
  • Asset search and organization
  • Customizable share links
  • File and folder management
  • Annotated comments
  • Granular notification controls
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Supercharge your mobile workflow with the Frame.io experience on the smaller screen. Now it’s easier than ever to collaborate, review, and manage work with your team, clients, and other stakeholders from anywhere in the world using the Frame.io app for iPhone and iPad. Rebuilt from the ground up Customize how you view your assets — then scroll, scrub, zoom, and comment with incredible precision and responsiveness. Built natively in Swift, the Frame.io iOS and iPadOS apps allow you to bring the Frame.io experience with you anywhere. Find what you need faster Search comes to the Frame.io iPhone and iPad apps for the first time. Quickly find the assets, folders, or projects you need on the go. Experience a faster workflow Group, tag, and sort assets by out-of-the-box and custom metadata. Edit those fields right in the player — like Status or Rating, when you need to quickly approve on-the-go. Review more accurately Scroll, scrub, zoom, and comment with incredible precision and responsiveness. Pinch-and-zoom videos and images up to 400% to inspect fine details. Navigate quickly between assets by swiping left or right. Control your playback speed and resolution, and double-tap to skip backwards and forwards. Comment more effectively Leave anchored comments, include links and attachments for reference — even include emojis. Or draw annotations using the new full-screen experience. Over a dozen new commenting features help you get the point across faster. Customize your Shares Curate and send professional-looking shares from your iPhone or iPad. All the settings and controls are right there at your fingertips — title, description, appearance, visibility, and more. See everything the way you’d like to see it Customize your view including List and Grid options, thumbnail size, and aspect ratio. Reorder visible fields like Status and Rating, or easily sort by fields for more control over your browsing experience. Enhanced file and folder management Manage files and folders as easily as using Frame.io on your desktop. Rename, move, copy, export, and delete files and folders, modify files in bulk, or navigate through all your assets with full folder path support. Reduce notification fatigue Get more granular control over which notifications you get and where you get them. Terms & Conditions: Your use of this application is governed by the Frame.io Terms of Service https://frame.io/terms-linkfree and the Frame.io Privacy Policy https://frame.io/privacy-linkfree and any successor versions thereto. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: https://www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights-linkfree

About

FileFlow

This app facilitates instant photo sharing, searching, and downloading for photographers and their clients. It allows for quick delivery of images to clients' devices and seamless sharing via various platforms.

Highlights
  • Search and download photos
  • Instant photo sharing
  • Batch high-resolution downloads
  • Mobile file size optimization
  • Direct sharing via social media and messaging
  • Access personal photo archives
Features
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FileFlow is an app for PhotoShelter that lets stakeholders, team members, photographers and their clients search, download, upload, and share photos instantly. For PhotoShelter photographers, FileFlow is the best way to get your photos onto a client's iPhone. With this mobile delivery tool, clients can search, download and share invited content on the fly. Plus, it's a lightweight app you can use to access your own archive, post quickly to social media, text photos to clients and more. For PhotoShelter Brands teams, all of your stakeholders can now access your library from their iPhones, and share files instantly via text, social media, Slack, email and more. FileFlow is the last step in a real-time workflow, allowing you to share your best content anytime, anywhere. The app allows users to: - Browse, search and download invited content - Download high resolution files in batch, with the ability to choose a smaller file size for mobile - Quickly share files via social media, messaging, Slack, email and more This app has been tested by hundreds of PhotoShelter for Brands teams, photographers and their clients, and now it’s your turn! Let us know what you think at support@photoshelter.com. P.S. The excitement doesn’t end here – we are already working on the next version of the FileFlow app. In future versions, you’ll be able to: - Download anonymously or via password - Set permissions, quick send files, and take other actions you would take on your desktop - Upload files **You’ll need an active PhotoShelter account; requires login via username and password.**

Screenshots

Frame.io4 screens
FileFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Frame.io at 892 against FileFlow's 2. Frame.io also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (50% vs 42%). FileFlow's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Frame.io against 4.5 for FileFlow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frame.io has 892 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Frame.io's written reviews are positive against 42% of FileFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame.io ships an update fortnightly, FileFlow every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Frame.io versus FileFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame.ioFileFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (892 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings892 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrame.ioPhotoShelter

Customer experience

Frame.io

All ratings892 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews302 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral12.6%
Negative37.1%

FileFlow

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%

Bugs and requests

Frame.io

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Comments disappearing or not saving properly
  • App freezing or crashing frequently
  • Playback issues (buffering, out of sync audio/video)
  • Login loop and authentication failures

Requested features

5 requests
  • iPad app
  • Ability to sort and filter files/comments
  • Offline mode with reliable sync
  • Improved notification and comment management
  • Integration with more video editing software

FileFlow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Frame.io

No in-app purchases

None

FileFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Frame.io free?
Frame.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FileFlow free?
FileFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Frame.io or FileFlow?
FileFlow is rated higher. Frame.io averages 4.4 out of 5 from 892 ratings, while FileFlow averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Frame.io or FileFlow have ads?
Neither Frame.io nor FileFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Frame.io or FileFlow?
Frame.io ships an update fortnightly, and FileFlow every 5 weeks. Most recently, Frame.io was updated on September 27, 2026 and FileFlow on July 7, 2026.

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