Comparison

Documents vs Matinee

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

Head to head
About

Documents

This app is a powerful file manager for your device, allowing you to organize, view, and play various file types. It supports cloud integration, Wi-Fi transfers, and built-in viewers for documents, media, and archives.

Highlights
  • File and folder management
  • Media player for audio and video
  • Document viewer for PDF, Word, Excel
  • ZIP/RAR compression and decompression
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Wi-Fi file transfer
  • Audio recorder
Features
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My Documents: PC File Explore (File Manager) is a FREE and the #1 most powerful file manager in the world that enables you to manage files on App. You can handle folder, files, view images, play music, videos, show PDF documents, Word documents, Excel documents, ZIP/RAR files ... and export them to your computer. ** Documents (PC File Explore): Manage files and using Multiple Select, Cut/Copy/Paste, Move, Create, Delete, Rename, Search, Share, Send. All operations can be performed on local files app manager. * Explorer file: File storage can containt file organizer in folder and the folders are organized under a hierarchy of directories and subdirectories. FEATURES # My Manager Files, File commander: - Create new folder? - Copy, cut, paste, delete, rename operations - Create file text/Note  and file sharing it - Sort files by "Name", "Size", "Type", "Modified Date" - "Open in" feature allows you to open files in other apps - Take photo or video inside the app. - Support iTunes USB File Sharing - Transfer files from your PC/Mac using Wi-Fi - Multiple clouds(Google Drive, Dropbox and more) - Backup the images, video from to clouds, drive - Support multi selection files - Built-in search feature - Support shortcut long press selected item in Header Section: Add photo or video - Share folder and Share Files by email, bluetooth ... # Shows thumbnails: For Videos and images # Text viewers(txt) and editors - Control font and size - File sharing through to cloud # Powerful media player - Play all audio file in current a folder - Save videos in any folders - Support mov, m4v, mp4, flv, avi # Music player, File Player - Music manager in my folders or list song and can create my music folder of your - Save Music in cloud or folders - Suppor multimedia and background play - Play control - Support mp3, wav, wma with timelock - Suport music transfer, imedia share to other device # Recorder audio - Unlimited recording time - Loop recordings - Trim recodings # Document viewer - Pdf viewer and Integrated PDF Reader(support open with password in pdf files) are good reader - Support document: Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point - Send file as email attachment with folder, file - Share any files on airdrop # Support open ebook #Built-in ZIP and RAR support: Allows you to compress and decompress ZIP folder, zip files (zip extractor), unpack RAR files with lock pass, and create ZIP lock files and share it # Privacy Protection - Passcode protect files(lock app) and much more ... if you need to contact or comments for app please send mail: khanhlv.it@gmail.com File Manager Premium Subscriptions: - Subscribed users have an ad-free experience. - Auto-renewing subscription plans: • Weekly (with 3-day free trial) — USD 4.99 / week after the trial • Yearly — USD 19.99 / year A one-time Lifetime purchase (USD 29.99, non-renewing) is also available. - For the Weekly plan with a free trial: the trial lasts 3 days. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, it automatically converts to a paid Weekly subscription at USD 4.99 per week. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes/Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost indicated for your selected plan. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://tapfiles.blogspot.com/2019/09/privac-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://tapfiles.blogspot.com/2019/09/licensed-application-end-user-license.html

About

Matinee

Features
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Matinee is a watch-later queue for videos that follows you across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Save a YouTube link from Safari, X, or any app. Pull entire collections from Raindrop. Connect mymind and pull a space. Subscribe to YouTube channels by URL. Follow a subreddit. Paste any RSS or Atom feed — even a blog homepage and Matinee finds the feed for you. Mark something watched on your phone — your Apple TV already knows. ONE QUEUE, EVERY DEVICE - iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV stay in sync through your own iCloud account. - Mark watched once. The state follows you everywhere. - Search the whole queue by title or channel. RAINDROP, FIRST-CLASS - Sign in once with OAuth, pick a collection, done. - Optional #watched tag pushed back to Raindrop when you finish a video. - One-time unlock for Pro. No subscription. MYMIND - Connect with an access key. Pick one space, or pull the YouTube videos from all of them. - Finish a video and Matinee marks it completed in mymind — the same flag you would set there yourself. - A read-only key is enough to import; marking completed needs a full-access key. - Pro tier feature. YOUTUBE CHANNELS - Add a channel by handle or URL. Matinee resolves the rest. - Latest videos pulled from the public RSS feed. - Free tier covers one channel. Pro removes the limit. REDDIT SUBREDDITS - Add a subreddit by name, r/name, or full URL. - Matinee pulls posts from the subreddit's public feed and keeps the ones linking to YouTube or Vimeo. - Pro tier feature. ANY RSS OR ATOM FEED - Paste a feed URL — or just the homepage. Matinee finds the feed for you. - Parses RSS 2.0 and Atom, including WordPress and podcast-style enclosures. - Items linking to YouTube or Vimeo videos go into the queue. Anything else is skipped. NATIVE TO YOUR DEVICES - Share sheet on iPhone and iPad drops a video straight into your Inbox. - Select multiple videos to mark watched, move to Inbox, or delete in bulk — five-second undo on every destructive action. - iPad: ⌘R refresh, ⌘F search, ⌘A select all, Esc cancel, Space to mark watched, drag-and-drop from Safari, multi-window with Stage Manager. - Apple TV: focus-friendly grid, long-press for quick actions, watched state from your phone follows you to the living room. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT - Zero third-party analytics. - Your library lives on your devices and in your iCloud, not on our servers. - We don't run any servers, so we couldn't see your data even if we wanted to. PRICING - Matinee is free forever with Inbox and one YouTube channel. - Matinee Pro unlocks Raindrop, mymind, unlimited YouTube channels, subreddits, and any RSS feed with a one-time unlock. - Future sources (Vimeo) come included for Pro users at no extra cost.

Screenshots

Documents4 screens
Matinee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Matinee at none against Documents's shown. Documents's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Documents sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Matinee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Documents ships an update every 2 weeks, Matinee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Documents versus Matinee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocumentsMatinee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKhanh LeLeandro Ardissone

Bugs and requests

Documents

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Memory storage reporting issues
  • Videos merging and playing incorrect audio

Requested features

3 requests
  • Select all button
  • Darker background or text
  • Import from more locations

Matinee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Documents

Subscriptions2
  • File Manager - Weekly Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • File Manager - Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • File Manager - Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Matinee

One-time1
  • Matinee Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Documents free?
Documents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matinee free?
Matinee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Documents or Matinee have ads?
Documents shows ads; Matinee does not.
Which is updated more often, Documents or Matinee?
Documents ships an update every 2 weeks, and Matinee every 3 weeks. Most recently, Documents was updated on November 2, 2026 and Matinee on October 31, 2026.

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