SimpleEdit vs Fileso
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleEdit
This is a straightforward plain text editor that allows you to open and edit various text files. It offers a view-only mode for data detection and a rewind feature to restore original file states. The app supports customization of fonts and keyboard types for a personalized editing experience.
- Open text files from Files app
- View-only mode with data detection
- Rewind button to revert changes
- Supports dark mode and multiwindow
- Customizable font family and size
- System font picker integration
- Switchable native iOS keyboard types
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A simple plain text editor built using SwiftUI. Features: • Open any text file or compatible data files as UTF8 encoded text from the Files app. • Enter view-only mode for data detection (links, phone numbers, addresses, …). • Rewind button to revert files to their original state. • Supports dark mode, multiwindow, and state restoration. • Customise font family & size used for editing. • Select fonts using the system font picker, which shows fonts installed in the Settings app. (Settings → General → Fonts) • Switch between native iOS keyboard types (default, number pad, phone pad, URL, web search, Twitter, …).
Fileso
This app is a powerful file manager designed for extensive file handling. It allows users to import, preview, compress, extract, edit, and convert a wide range of file types. It also supports various cloud storage and network protocols for seamless file management.
- Import and manage files from various sources
- Preview a wide array of file formats
- Edit and annotate PDF documents
- Video, image, and audio editing tools
- Unzip and compress archives
- Support for cloud storage and network protocols
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Fileso is a file manager built for people who handle files constantly. Import, preview, unzip, compress, edit, and convert files in one app, then manage them through WebDAV, FTP, SMB, S3, NFS, Dropbox, and Wi-Fi transfer. From documents and media to archives, code, eBooks, comics, and 3D assets, Fileso helps you open and process more formats with less friction. ## Import and manage files * Import files or mount folders into the app workspace * Import images and videos from Photos * Batch scan documents with the camera * Upload and download files through a Wi-Fi browser * Manage files stored on WebDAV, FTP, SMB, S3, NFS, and Dropbox * Back up photos to WebDAV, SMB, FTP, S3, or NFS with background uploads * Move, copy, compress, and extract files in the background with progress ## Preview more file types * Images and design assets: common image formats, live photos, HDR, AVIF, WEBP, Sketch, PSD, AI, SVG, SVGA, and Lottie * Video and audio: MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MP3, WAV, FLAC, APE, and more, with subtitle and audio track selection * Documents: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Numbers, Keynote, Pages, RTF, CSV, PDF, and CHM * Image viewer: filmstrip, slideshow, and info panel with pinch zoom and drag to dismiss * eBooks and comics: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PRC, FB2, and TXT with read aloud (cross-chapter, sleep timer), in-book full-text search and TXT novel chapter detection; CBZ and CBR comics with RTL and webtoon modes * Developer and data files: HTML, XML, JSON, Markdown, Plist, Ruby, JavaScript, Rust, Golang, and more with syntax highlighting * Professional files: fonts, 3D models, SQLite databases, certificates, binary plist, strings, mlmodel, XMind, and CRX * HEX view for large files with byte selection and text/HEX search; large text and log files, text diff, and TGS ## PDF editor * Annotate PDFs with text, highlights, shapes, ink, signatures, and stamps * Reorder, rotate, delete, and import PDF pages with multi-select * Edit the PDF table of contents * Undo/redo, full-text search, reading settings, Apple Pencil, keyboard shortcuts, and blank PDFs * Insert audio recordings and file attachments; copy and paste annotations ## Toolbox * Video: speed change, rotate, mirror, reverse, frame extraction, and audio removal * Images: background removal, privacy data stripping, resize, collage, grid split, GIF conversion, and text recognition (OCR); HEIC editing * Audio: merge, speed change, loudness normalization, and text-to-speech * PDF: split, watermark, page numbers, and password removal * Utilities: QR code generation and scanning, file checksums, text diff, and ZIP create and extract ## Unzip, compress, edit, and convert * Extract ZIP, 7Z, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, Zstandard, LZ4, Brotli, CAB, WIM, SquashFS, DEB, RPM, DMG, ISO, VHDX, QCOW2, VMDK, and more; supports password-protected and multi-volume archives * Create encrypted ZIP archives * Compress images, GIFs, and videos * Edit HTML, XML, JSON, Plist, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, and other text or code files * Batch rename files with replace, insert, and regular expressions * Convert images, video, audio, text encodings, Markdown, JSON, XML, YAML, SVG, and PDF * Split and merge PDFs, convert live photos, and process MHT, MHTML, TGS, and other utility formats * Convert CAJ, KDH, and NH academic papers to PDF Privacy Policy: https://www.makerneo.com/en/doc/fileso-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fileso at 4.8 against SimpleEdit's 3.5. Fileso also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 66%) and ratings volume (75 vs 22). On price, update cadence, 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. SimpleEdit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Fileso sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fileso holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of SimpleEdit's written reviews are positive against 96% of Fileso's.
SimpleEdit ships an update every 3 weeks, Fileso every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleEdit | Fileso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (22 ratings) | 4.8 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 95.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jamie Froggatt | Space-Time Transformation Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SimpleEdit
Fileso
In-app purchases
SimpleEdit
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
Fileso
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Lifetime Version$9.99









