JD Drive vs iDiskk Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JD Drive
Manage and transfer files between your Apple USB drive and iOS device. View media thumbnails, play photos in slideshows, and listen to music with artwork and playback controls. Supports various document formats for easy access and sharing.
- Media thumbnail display
- List/thumbnail view
- File sharing
- Copy/cut/delete/create/rename files
- Local/iStorage data transmission
- Photo slideshow
- Music playback with artwork
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“JD Drive” is an application software for Apple USB Drive. •The main interface displays Media thumbnails :video, photo, music • Supports list / thumbnail view, support sharing operation for photos, music and documents • Support copy/cut/delete/create/rename operation and support local/iStorage data transmission . • Support to play the photos by slideshow mode • Support music artwork shows, repeat mode setting, time line drag operation • Document: Support formats of .keynote、.numbers、.page、.xls/.xlsx, .doc/docx、pdf、txt、ppt/pptx
iDiskk Player
Manage files directly on a USB drive connected to your iOS device or computer. Browse documents, play music and movies, and transfer files seamlessly. Backup photos and contacts from your iOS device for easy access and storage.
- Browse files on USB drive
- Browse files within the app
- Transfer files between USB and app
- Backup iOS photos to USB
- Backup and restore iOS contacts
- Independent music playback
- Independent movie playback
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1, USB3.0 A, to connect to Mac or PC. In this way, iDiskk acts as a general USB drive. Users can manager files in it, copy, cut, past or delete, ect. Users can also browse files in it directly, including preview documents, playback music and movies. 2, Apple lightning connector, to connect to iOS device with lightning connector. With this app, iDiskk Player, users can manager files in it, copy, cut, past or delete, ect. Users can also browse files in it directly, including preview documents such as .txt, .doc, .pdf, playback music and movies. (More information could be found on the website http://www.idiskk.com) iDiskk Player is the App of the iDiskk drive, it supports the following features: * Browse files in the iDiskk. * Browse files in the app. * Transfer files between the iDiskk and the app. * Backup photo in the iOS device to iDiskk. * Backup and restore the contacts in the iOS device. * Independent music and movie playback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: iDiskk Player at every 2 weeks against JD Drive's every 4 months. JD Drive's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for JD Drive against 2.3 for iDiskk Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 106 and 88 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 10% of JD Drive's written reviews are positive against 14% of iDiskk Player's.
JD Drive ships an update every 4 months, iDiskk Player every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JD Drive | iDiskk Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (106 ratings) — better | 2.3 (88 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.5% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 106 — better | 88 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓明 徐 | Shenzhen Feitianxia Technology Co, Ltd. |
Customer experience
JD Drive
iDiskk Player
Bugs and requests
JD Drive
Reported bugs
45 issues- No option to allow access to photos in app settings
- Device does not transfer anything
- Device flashes 'disk has been deleted'
- App constantly deleting files from the drive
- App does not open photos on the memory stick
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- App requests excessive permissions (contacts, music, etc.)
- App crashes frequently on iPhone, iPad, MacBook
- App doesn't always copy images correctly
- Most pictures are not visible after backup
- Cannot export photos from JD Drive to phone
- App deletes files from the drive for no reason
- Cannot upload files to the drive
- Only a fraction of content is transferred
- Transferred files are corrupted or not viewable
- Device is suspected to be malware
- Software is buggy and unstable
- Device doubles phone storage by creating duplicates
- Cannot download from phone to drive
- Drive stopped working after a few uses
- Cannot access Files app to copy content to drive
- App is not working after latest version download
- App does not work
- App closes while viewing transferred photos
- Some photos did not transfer without notification
- Transfer fails or shows 'Transfer list empty'
- App transfers only a percentage of pictures, others fail
- Phone starts glitching when troubleshooting
- App does not work with iOS 16
- App cannot be opened with iOS 16
- No software updates to keep up with iOS updates
- App is not working on iOS 16
- App deletes saved pictures from the iPad's native Photos app
- Cannot format as NTFS for Xbox or PS4
- Cannot upload photos without phone seizure
- Cannot view uploaded photos
- Phone damaged by device, cannot delete photos
- Laptop and computer glitching after plugging in device
- Connection is not stable, keeps dropping
- Difficult to reconnect to resume data transfer
- Cannot download games
- Videos stock and cannot be seen on iPhone
- Edited videos fail to paste to iPhone
- Long videos (approx. 1GB) do not work
- File freezes when clicked, cannot go back without unplugging
- App version history is in another language
Requested features
6 requests- Allow access to photos in app settings
- Support for transferring music from Mac
- Ability to open files with third-party apps
- Update software to keep up with iOS updates
- Provide English version history for updates
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- Fix video stocking issue when trying to go back
iDiskk Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JD Drive
No in-app purchases
iDiskk Player
No in-app purchases
