ExternalStorage vs PhotoCube AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExternalStorage
Manage all your files on iOS devices with ease. This app allows you to back up contacts and camera roll, play media files, and preview images. It supports a wide range of document, image, audio, and video file formats.
- File management for iOS
- Backup contacts and camera roll
- Play videos and music
- Preview images
- Supports various file formats
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The app is the best way to manage all your files on iOS devices,Exchanges files with different devices & platforms with ease. 1.Backup Contacts and Camera Roll. 2.Play Videos,Musics. 3.Preview Images,World. Supported File Formats: Document:DOC,XLS,PPT,TXT,else; Image:JPG,JPEG,BMP,GIF,else; Audio:MP3,AAC,AIF,else; Video:MP4,MOV,MKV,AVI,FLV,RMVB,ELSE;
PhotoCube AI
Manage and back up personal files like photos, contacts, and calendar events from iOS devices. Supports over 45 file formats, including documents, images, audio, and video.
- File management
- Data backup
- Photo management
- Contact backup
- Calendar sync
- Supports 45+ file formats
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PhotoCube AI is the best total file management solution to backup and manage your personal files (Photos, Contacts and Calendar) for iOS devices. Powered by AI, PhotoCube AI helps you quickly find your memories with intelligent photo search. Search your photos by people, places, or keywords, making it easy to rediscover moments without manually browsing thousands of images. Key Features: • AI-powered photo search • Search photos by People (Face Recognition) • Search photos by Places • Search photos by Keywords and Objects • Automatic backup for Photos, Contacts and Calendar • Restore your data anytime • Supports 50+ file formats • Privacy-first — your data stays under your control Support more than 50 different types of file formats : * File preview and playback availability may vary depending on the iOS version, media codec, file contents, and system decoder support. Image: bmp, cur, dng, gif, heic, heif, ico, jpeg, jpg, png, ppm, tif, tiff, webp, xbm Video: 3gp, avi, flv, m4v (without DRM), mkv, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, rm, ts, vob, wmv Audio: aac, aif, aiff, caf, FLAC, m4a, mp3, wav Document: doc, docx, html, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, pdf, ppt, pptx, rtf, txt (UTF-8), xls, xlsx Compressed: zip It’s the most versatile iOS file management solution for your data. This app is compatible with: PhotoFast PhotoCube AI More information: https://www.photofast.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PhotoCube AI at every 8 days against ExternalStorage's every 4 weeks. PhotoCube AI also leads on review sentiment (14% vs 0%). ExternalStorage's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ExternalStorage ships an update every 4 weeks, PhotoCube AI every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | ExternalStorage | PhotoCube AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 530 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShenZhen 0101 technology Co.,Ltd | i-FlashDrive Inc. |
Customer experience
ExternalStorage
PhotoCube AI
In-app purchases
ExternalStorage
No in-app purchases
PhotoCube AI
No in-app purchases
