Plesk Mobile vs IONOS HiDrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plesk Mobile
Manage your Plesk domains and servers on the go. This app provides mobile access for administrators and customers to control domains, view server status, and manage services. It offers essential tools for both basic domain tasks and advanced server administration.
- Domain management
- File manager
- Subscription statistics
- Server information viewing
- Server health monitoring
- Service control
- Log viewing
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Access to your Plesk account anytime and anywhere from iOS device. Plesk Mobile gives Plesk administrators and their customers mobile access to management of their domains. If you are the administrator of a Plesk server, you can also access a number of server management features. The app requires Plesk 11.0 or higher - and it's free. See the full list of features below. Domain management features: * File manager with basic operations * Embedded simple text editor * Subscription statistics * Ability to open Plesk in embedded web view Server management features for administrators: * View the list of services on a server * View server information: OS, CPU, Plesk version and so on * View server health: CPU load average, memory consumption, swap usage, etc * Health monitor events on your smartphone * Subscribe to Plesk events * Secret key authentication * Roll back and retrieve Plesk license key * Restart a server * Stop and start services on a server * View Plesk access and error logs * Open Plesk in embedded web view
IONOS HiDrive
Access and manage your cloud files from any mobile device. Automatically back up photos and videos, scan documents directly to PDF, and secure your data with end-to-end encryption.
- Mobile file access
- Automatic camera upload
- Integrated document scanner
- Device backup and restore
- End-to-end encryption
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As an IONOS Hosting customer, you can use this application to access all your files in the IONOS HiDrive from your mobile device. The automatic camera upload allows you to automatically back up new recordings and albums from the device to your online storage. Note: The IONOS HiDrive app must be active for this. With the integrated document scanner you can easily scan documents with your iPhone or iPad and save them as PDF in 1&1 IONOS HiDrive. With device backup, you can now store your photos, videos and contacts on a device in IONOS HiDrive. If necessary, you can easily restore these backups. With end-to-end encryption you make your data secure against unauthorized access. The encryption is created on your Windows HiDrive software and can be transferred by simple scanning via QR code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IONOS HiDrive at 4.6 against Plesk Mobile's 3.2. IONOS HiDrive also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 36%). Plesk Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
IONOS HiDrive holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 81 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Plesk Mobile's written reviews are positive against 44% of IONOS HiDrive's.
Plesk Mobile ships an update every 6 months, IONOS HiDrive every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plesk Mobile | IONOS HiDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (32 ratings) | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews | 44.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WebPros International GmbH | IONOS SE |
Customer experience
Plesk Mobile
IONOS HiDrive
Bugs and requests
Plesk Mobile
Reported bugs
10 issues- Menu bar at the bottom doesn't allow selection of the last file
- App crashes when trying to manage mail settings
- App crashes when trying to edit dashboard
- Login broken, constantly gives authentication errors
- App crashes after setting a passcode
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- Face ID doesn't work and causes crashes
- App crashes on startup on new iPhones
- Files feature crashes when changing directory
- App doesn't connect to Plesk Onyx
- App crashes when trying to access files
Requested features
9 requests- Dark mode needed
- Better server metrics visualization
- Add custom server names
- Add domains and users
- Enable password protection on app opening
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- Native controls for each account
- More similar controls to services control
- Nice design similar to actual Plesk panel
- Separate menu item to open databases per domain
IONOS HiDrive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plesk Mobile
No in-app purchases
IONOS HiDrive
No in-app purchases









