Cloud Media Player vs File Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloud Media Player
Stream media files directly from popular cloud storage services without needing to download them first. Supports a wide range of video, audio, document, and image formats, with offline playback options.
- Cloud storage integration (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Put.io, WebDAV)
- Direct streaming of media files
- Offline download for later viewing
- Supports video, audio, PDF, Office documents, and images
- Gesture controls for media playback
- Transcription features for audio/video
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Cloud Media Player is a general player for contents stored in common cloud platforms without downloading them to device. The following cloud platforms supported: - Google Drive - One Drive - Dropbox - Box Cloud - Put.io - WebDAV compatible NAS In addition, when playing or viewing a file you can download it into local device to check it later when not connected to internet. The following media are currently supported: - Video Files (mov, mp4, m4v, mkv, flc, fli, avi, mwv, ts, m2ts and more) - Audio Files (mp3, mp4, wav, caf, aif, aiff, ...) - PDF Documents - Most Office Documents - Images Audio and Video players are equipped with special gestures for easy navigation and transcription. Enjoy.
File Manager
This app provides comprehensive file management capabilities, including viewing images, editing text, and previewing office documents. It also offers robust compression/decompression, media playback, scanning, cloud storage integration, and secure file transfer options.
- Image browser
- Text and source code editor
- Office document and PDF reader
- Compression and decompression
- Universal audio/video player
- Cloud storage management
- Network file transfer
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File Manager - The best all-in-one file management app, chosen by over 100,000 users. Main feature list: - Image browser, supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and other image formats - Text editor, supports adjusting text size and offers hundreds of font options - Office document preview, supports Word, PPT, Excel, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and other document formats - PDF reader, supports converting PDF pages to images - Epub reader, supports various themes and text switching - Comic reader, supports cbz and cbr file types - Source code editor, supports over 100 programming languages and offers more than 80 selectable themes - Compression and decompression, supports almost all compression file formats such as rar, zip, 7z, lzma, tar, iso, tgz, txz, zstd, and also supports encrypted compression and file decryption, and extract compressed archive by volume. - Universal audio player, supports accelerated and decelerated playback - Universal video player, supports m3u8 online playback, subtitle addition, channel switching, etc. - QR code and barcode scanning and custom QR code generation - Scanner, supports scanning various documents and IDs - Cloud storage management, supports iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Baidu Netdisk and Alibaba Cloud Disk - Network connectivity, supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, SMB, NFS and AList - Near-field transmission, allows file transfer between phones without consuming network data - Lock screen feature, supports gesture and PIN code unlocking, and also supports Touch ID and Face ID unlocking. More features will be released gradually, stay tuned.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: File Manager at 4.3 against Cloud Media Player's 2.9. File Manager also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (122 vs 19). Cloud Media Player's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.4). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Cloud Media Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and File Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
File Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: File Manager has 122 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Cloud Media Player's written reviews are positive against 22% of File Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cloud Media Player ships an update every 9 months, File Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloud Media Player | File Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (19 ratings) | 4.3 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dayana Networks Ltd | Mirarobot Science & Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Cloud Media Player
File Manager
In-app purchases
Cloud Media Player
- Upgrade to No Ad$1.99
File Manager
- Update to Pro$2.99
- Premium$3.99
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