# File Explorer & Player [Pro] vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is price: Text Workflow at Free against File Explorer & Player [Pro]'s $19.99. Text Workflow also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). File Explorer & Player [Pro]'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (836 vs 177). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Text Workflow is free to download; File Explorer & Player [Pro] costs $19.99 up front. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. File Explorer & Player [Pro] asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for File Explorer & Player [Pro] against 4.7 for Text Workflow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 836 and 177 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of File Explorer & Player [Pro]'s written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | File Explorer & Player [Pro] | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $19.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.6 (836 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/file-explorer-and-player-pro/id1095142462/reviews) | **[4.7 (177 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **836** | 177 |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews | **95.2% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Monetization | Paid | **Free with in-app purchases** |
| Size | 66 MB | 34 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Remote Sunrise LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/619088610) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### File Explorer & Player [Pro]

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/file-explorer-and-player-pro/id1095142462)

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a wireless drive for your Mac, enabling you to stream videos, view photos, and access documents remotely. Transfer files, store content on your iOS device, and even mount it as a drive on your computer.

**Highlights:** Stream video from Mac, View photos and documents, Transfer files, Store files on iOS device, Mount iOS device as drive, Wireless Mac file access

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Invaluable app
- 🚀 Fantastic app
- 🚀 My go to app to access my media on my MacBook
- 🚀 Super
- 🚀 Fantastic File Explorer

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Meeds
- 🐛 Reliable app, but annoying placement of subtitles button. Could benefit from a couple features.
- 🐛 Connection
- 🐛 Can't move files?

**Reported bugs**

- Video playback buggy
- Pause button starts videos over
- Seized all connections

**Requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to sync entire photo libraries directly to the computer
- Ability to move and delete files from the app
- Ability to rename files stored on the iPhone and Mac from the app


### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


## Frequently asked questions

### Is File Explorer & Player [Pro] free?

File Explorer & Player [Pro] costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, File Explorer & Player [Pro] or Text Workflow?

Text Workflow is rated higher. File Explorer & Player [Pro] averages 4.6 out of 5 from 836 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.7 from 177 ratings.

### Do File Explorer & Player [Pro] or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither File Explorer & Player [Pro] nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, File Explorer & Player [Pro] or Text Workflow?

File Explorer & Player [Pro] ships an update fortnightly, and Text Workflow fortnightly. Most recently, File Explorer & Player [Pro] was updated on October 29, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 30, 2026.

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