Comparison

File Explorer & Player vs SWI Cloud VMS

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

Access and stream files from your Mac wirelessly on your iPhone or iPad. View photos, documents, and play videos directly from your computer. Transfer files and even use your iOS device as a portable drive.

Highlights
  • Stream video from Mac
  • View photos and documents
  • Transfer files to iOS
  • Use iOS as a drive
  • Wireless Mac 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

SWI Cloud VMS

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SWI Cloud VMS is a pure cloud video surveillance and analytics platform, operating on a modern redundant cloud architecture via an HTML5 Web interface with comprehensive mobile applications. Cloud VMS is hosted on AWS S3 for redundancy and data security but can also be deployed on a private cloud. The deployment of pure cloud surveillance is affordably scalable and flexible as existing cameras can be added without additional hardware or software investments. Components of the platform • Web-based video portal and admin portal • Native mobile apps for iOS and Android • Alarm station module for real-time monitoring Options: • Cloud analytics; object detection, people counting, heatmaps, color and area search • Web widgets, long-term time lapse and more Existing cameras can connect directly to Cloud VMS with no extra investment in cameras or video servers. Once cameras are connected to the online platform the systems will easily scale. Depending on preference, costs can shift from CapEx to Opex category for additional savings. With the Cloud VMS subscription, there are flexible monthly cloud storage plans for each of the connected cameras. All the functionality is delivered via the cloud with optional add-on subscriptions. Automatic updates are included with your subscription. Cameras connect directly to the cloud and can avoid relying on an on-site digital video server. The only scale limitations would be on-site internet bandwidth connection. Camera count can be instantly increased or decreased camera and scale the video security operations without additional hardware investments. Implementing cloud-based surveillance is instant: simply plug the preconfigured cameras into the router or PoE switch and it will automatically connect to the cloud. There is no need to reserve static IP addresses for each camera, port forward or create any firewall rules - it just works! Existing cameras can be made smart by using the SWI VMS Cloud analytics. Valuable data can be extracted from the camera feeds. Select from a suite of on-demand cloud add-ons to layer intelligent modules and improve your video monitoring capability. Control camera pan, tilt and zoom, (PTZ) and two-way audio from the Cloud VMS. Set any streaming parameters to match the available bandwidth at each location. An API can be provided to push and pull data from the cloud to integrate with your existing backend. You can use webhooks to subscribe to real time event notifications. Security is the highest priority in the SWI cloud. Camera feeds are encrypted and never on the public internet. Surveillance recordings are stored encrypted on the SWI cloud. Analytics Utilize the power of cloud processing to layer advanced cloud analytics alongside common camera-side analytics to provide an enhanced user experience. SWI cloud analytics enable users to set rule-based analytics with subsequent custom alerts for email or app push notifications during a set schedule for select users. SWI machine-learning systems are constantly retraining and evolving object classification algorithms in real time based on all enabled footage, locations and conditions (network effect). Rule-based cloud analytics allow users to detect, track and classify objects such as a Car, Person, Animal as well as any other 110+ categories available. Alarm Station Included with the Cloud VMS platform is a web-based real-time Event monitoring application for video verification. This allows customers to use any computer as a powerful real-time monitoring device, maximize the efficiency of operators viewing only relevant events and leveraging object detection analytics to remove false alarms. All camera Event history is logged and searchable by Event types in the admin portal.

Screenshots

File Explorer & Player4 screens
SWI Cloud VMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SWI Cloud VMS at none against File Explorer & Player's 4. SWI Cloud VMS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. File Explorer & Player sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SWI Cloud VMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
File Explorer & Player versus SWI Cloud VMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFile Explorer & PlayerSWI Cloud VMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (124 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings124 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDSystem With Intellgence Inc

Bugs and requests

File Explorer & Player

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Paid version download issues reported
  • Free version does nothing
  • Poor support response to feature inquiries

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add NAS support
  • Enable external access (remote access from outside home network)
  • Add Chinese language option
  • Allow file renaming
  • Improve PC compatibility

SWI Cloud VMS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

File Explorer & Player

Subscriptions2
  • Upgrade to Pro Version - 1M$1.991 Month
  • Upgrade to Pro Version1 Month trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$19.99
  • Upgrade to PRO$19.99
None

SWI Cloud VMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is File Explorer & Player free?
File Explorer & Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SWI Cloud VMS free?
SWI Cloud VMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do File Explorer & Player or SWI Cloud VMS have ads?
File Explorer & Player shows ads; SWI Cloud VMS does not.

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