Comparison

Files Go vs File Cube

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

Head to head
About

Files Go

Manage, transfer, and preview files locally and over networks. This app offers a powerful browser with ad-blocking, a reader for various ebook formats, and a versatile video player. It also supports extensive compression/decompression and secure file privacy.

Highlights
  • Local and network file management
  • Powerful web browser with ad-blocking
  • Ebook reader for multiple formats
  • Versatile video player with VLC engine
  • Extensive compression and decompression support
  • File encryption and privacy protection
  • Desktop assistant for computer sharing
Features
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Files Go is a powerful local and network file management tool, focusing on file transfer, preview, management and iCloud file sharing group. Files Go focuses on all management of iOS files, and become the best assistant for mobile phone management. 【The main function】 ⊙1: File Explorer ⊙ Basic operations: drag&drop/batch rename/delete/copy/move/new/recycle/compression and decompression/encryption and decryption/upload and download/file sharing/document scan/edit/details, etc. File import and export: Support import and export files from computer, iCloud, WebDav, FTP, SMB, and other mainstream cloud service providers ⊙2: Powerful Browser⊙ Reader mode/Video floating/Adblock Plus/Multi-tab/Privacy Mode/Incognito Browsing/Long Webpage Clipping/No Image Mode/Search in Page/Generate QR Code/Custom UA/Save PDF/URL Association/Quickly Open and Copy URL/View image mode/Save images in batches/Custom search engine/Multilingual translation/Bookmarks/History/Developer tools, view web source code, Eruda and vConsole ⊙3: Novel Reader⊙ Fully support TXT/EPUB/MOBI/AZW/AZW3/AZW4 and other formats, complete reading configuration and options, take you into a broad reading world ⊙4: Video Player⊙ Built-in VLC video playback engine, supports almost all audio and video formats, supports up to 4 times speed playback, rich audio and video configuration and minimal playback interface, help high-quality entertainment, Support live broadcast of global network TV stations: M3U, M3UA, RSTP, HTTP, HLS, MMS ⊙5: Decompressing And Compressing ⊙ Support more than 80 compression formats such as ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, LZH, XZ, ISO, CAB, WIM, ZIPX, JAR,AAR,LZFSE, etc. Support password, support file name encoding automatic error correction function, no garbled phenomenon Support deconpression online Support sub-volume compression and decompression ⊙6: Privacy protection⊙ Protect important and private files, support file encryption and decryption, the file extension after encryption is sec ⊙7: UFile Desktop Assistant⊙ A fool-like computer sharing artifact is specially customized for non-professional users. You can connect to the computer with only a scan of the mobile phone. The management is clear, the traffic data is intuitive, the multiple encryption technology is safe, the resource usage is very small, and it supports Window, Mac os, Ubuntu Three platforms have been updated to V1.2 version ⊙8: Netdisk And Network Service⊙ Support SMB, FTP, SFTP, WebDav, Yandex, Goole Drive, DropBox, OneDrive,iCloud, Baidu Cloud Disk,Alibaba Cloud,Nutstore, support encoding automatic error correction capability, Support batch renaming, support encoding automatic error correction capability, support online compression and decompression, image batch optimization and format conversion, and automatic synchronization Support clipboard sharing with other iOS devices Support QR code transmission, unlimited speed, up to 5Gb large file temporary transmission service ⊙9: Photo Backup And Restore⊙ Back up a large number of photos to a network disk or computer, and support album restoration ⊙10: READ ⊙ Support mainstream office documents: OFFICE (DOC/DOCX/PPT/PPTX/XLS/XLSX), IWORK (PAGES/KEY/NUMBERS), PDF Support book reading EPUB, KINDLE, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, AZW4
Support text format TXT, RTF, MARKDOWN, HTML, JSON, XML Support mainstream image formats HEIC, BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF, PCX, TGA, EXIF, FPX, SVG, PDF, WEBP Supports code highlighting and editing in 191 programming languages ⊙11: Disk Management⊙ Document size, cache size, index size,large file list, clear at a glance, it is more convenient to clean the disk ⊙12: Font Installation And Download⊙ Support font preview, installation and download, you can install any third-party font to the system for use by other apps (13+) ⊙13: System Certificate Installation⊙ Support .pem/PKCS1(.cer)/PKCS12(.p12) and other certificate installation Contact us ufileapp@hotmail.com https://www.ufile.app

About

File Cube

Features
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File Cube is not only a file management application. With File Cube, you can transfer all your files from your PC or Mac directly to your iOS Device via any FTP Client. Transfer Files, share, copy, move, and much more. File Cube is very easy to use and very fast. Transfer directly files to your iOS Device without a need of a cloud service.

Screenshots

Files Go4 screens
File Cube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: File Cube at none against Files Go's shown. Files Go's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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. Files Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and File Cube sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Files Go ships an update every 10 days, File Cube weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Files Go versus File Cube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiles GoFile Cube
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer美荣 缪ilan TETRUASHVILI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Files Go

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
1 purchases

File Cube

One-time1
  • FileCube Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is Files Go free?
Files Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is File Cube free?
File Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Files Go or File Cube have ads?
Files Go shows ads; File Cube does not.
Which is updated more often, Files Go or File Cube?
Files Go ships an update every 10 days, and File Cube weekly. Most recently, Files Go was updated on October 14, 2026 and File Cube on October 2, 2026.

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