JD Memory vs ySky Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JD Memory
Manage files and media stored on your Apple USB Drive directly from your device. Browse photos, videos, and music with thumbnail previews, organize documents, and share content easily. Enjoy slideshows for photos and advanced playback options for music.
- Media thumbnail display
- List/thumbnail view
- File sharing
- File operations (copy, cut, delete, create, rename)
- Local/iStorage data transmission
- Photo slideshow
- Music playback with artwork and repeat modes
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“JD Memory” 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
ySky Player
Easily back up, transfer, and manage photos, videos, and files between your iPhone, iPad, computers, and USB-C devices. Stream media directly from external storage and encrypt sensitive files for secure transfer.
- Backup photos and videos
- Transfer files between devices
- Manage files on external drives
- Stream media directly from storage
- Encrypt files for security
- Free up iPhone/iPad space
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When used with the ySky PhotoDrive, the ySky Player makes it easy to back up, transfer and manage photos, videos and files between iPhone ,iPad ,computers and USB-C devices. Easy to Use: Connect the PhotoDrive to your iPhone or iPad to download the ySky Player App. Once the App installed, you can set the App to backup photos and videos from your Album to the hard drive automatically. The App makes easy to watch videos or listen to music directly from the hard drive. The App lets you encrypt files for transfer and storage. Main Function: 1. MFi Certified Drive Built-in battery and three cables for portable using. 2. One touch backup photos and videos from your Album 3. Free up space for your iPhone and iPad 4. Connect to iPhone and iPad with lightning connector; it requires ySky Player App to manage your files, photos, videos, music and contacts. 5. Connect to Windows PC with USB 3.0 port, the photo drive works as a common Drive 6. Connect to USB-C devices with USB-C 3.0 port, the Photo Drive works as a common Drive 7. You can transfer files between the drive and the ySky Player app. 8. You can Transfer files among iPhone ,ipad,Mackbook, windows PC and USB-C Devices easily 9. Watch movies or listen music directly from the hard drive 10. You Can take photo or video by ySky Player App and save to the drive automatically
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ySky Player at 3.4 against JD Memory's 2.6. ySky Player also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 18%). JD Memory's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 8) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.1). 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.
ySky Player holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of JD Memory's written reviews are positive against 33% of ySky Player's.
JD Memory ships an update every 3 months, ySky Player every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | JD Memory | ySky Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (37 ratings) | 3.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.9% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 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 | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓明 徐 | 海强 王 |
Customer experience
JD Memory
ySky Player
Bugs and requests
JD Memory
Reported bugs
29 issues- Crashes on iPhone
- Does not see ipad files
- App crashes during transfer
- Needing an update
- Does not see any files on the USB drive
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- App crashes, sometimes it still runs pretty good
- Data Collection
- Password not accepting
- Cannot play video list automatically
- App crashes
- Does not work on iPhone 15
- External drive not showing on iPhone
- Drive won't copy one photo
- iPhoneで認識しない。
- Videos won’t fill the full 16:9 tv screen
- Cannot create folders
- App has no available to any files Within the iPhones “FILES” app.
- Cannot sort by size.
- The file name will change automatically
- App crashes, app reloads itself and JDTDC drive is not visible
- iPhone13プロ使用してます。アプリ読み込みません。
- iPhoneのOSをアップデート後、iPhoneで読み込まなくなりました。
- 動画が削除出来ない。
- Doesn’t copy everything
- App crashes constantly
- iPhoneにusbメモリー装着後、データ読み込みで落ちる。
- Software for this drive does not allow you to transfer files on to it.
- 動画コピー中に、アプリがすぐ落ちて全く使い物になりません。
- App does backup photos to the pen stick and preserves the meta data in the file (ie: location, date and time taken etc) however if you then download back to the iPhone or iPad all that information is lost!!!!
Requested features
9 requests- Update software
- Backup Apple TV purchased movies
- Allow sorting by size
- Keep original file names
- Fix videos not filling screen
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- Allow creation of destination folders
- Access files within iPhone's FILES app
- Allow deletion of videos
- Preserve metadata on restore
ySky Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JD Memory
No in-app purchases
ySky Player
No in-app purchases
