Comparison

File Explorer & Player [Pro] vs Tabby

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

Head to head
About

File Explorer & Player [Pro]

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
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into the wireless flash drive for your Mac. Have full access to your Mac files – use your iOS device to stream videos, view photos and documents, from anywhere within your home. AT A GLANCE - Stream any video directly from your Mac; - View photos or documents stored on your Mac; - Transfer files between your Mac and your iOS device; - Store anything on your iOS device and take it with you on the go; - Mount your iOS device as drive on your Mac or Windows machine using WebDAV; - Use the Personal Hotspot of your iOS device to control your Mac when you don’t have access to other networks. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Mac with macOS 10.10 or above and Helper app installed; - iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 11 or above; - Shared wireless network connection between your computer and iOS device. TERMS OF USE https://cherpake.com/tos Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please give the app a quick rating on the App Store.

About

Tabby

Features
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Tabby helps you split restaurant bills without the awkward math. Scan a receipt or enter items manually, add friends, assign each item to the right people, include tax and tip, and see clear totals for everyone. If a receipt is crumpled or poorly formatted, you can highlight the parts that matter so Tabby can still help pull out the right items and prices. When the split is ready, Tabby can generate settlement messages with your payment handles so friends know exactly what to send back. Features: - Scan restaurant receipts or add items manually - Highlight messy, crumpled, or poorly formatted receipts - Split individual items across multiple people - Add tax and tip to the final totals - Save friends for faster future splits - Share review links so friends can check their own items - Lock a split and generate settlement messages - Track who has paid you back Privacy: - Receipt scanning is processed on your device - Your saved friends, payment handles, and local split history stay on your device - When you create a review link, the split details needed for friend review are uploaded so friends can open the shared link - Review links are meant for short-term collaboration, not permanent public records - Tabby does not use your receipt data for advertising Tabby is built for dinners, drinks, takeout nights, group meals, and any shared restaurant bill where one person pays and everyone needs to settle up.

Screenshots

File Explorer & Player [Pro]4 screens
Tabby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tabby at Free against File Explorer & Player [Pro]'s $14.99. Tabby also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tabby is free to download; File Explorer & Player [Pro] costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
File Explorer & Player [Pro] versus Tabby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFile Explorer & Player [Pro]Tabby
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (835 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings835 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDROOSHI SUDESH PATIDAR

Bugs and requests

File Explorer & Player [Pro]

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Video playback buggy
  • Pause button starts videos over
  • Seized all connections

Requested features

5 requests
  • 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

Tabby

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

File Explorer & Player [Pro]

No in-app purchases

None

Tabby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is File Explorer & Player [Pro] free?
File Explorer & Player [Pro] costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabby free?
Tabby is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do File Explorer & Player [Pro] or Tabby have ads?
Neither File Explorer & Player [Pro] nor Tabby shows ads.

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