Filen vs Secria Mail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Filen
Securely store photos, videos, and documents with military-grade encryption. Access files on any device, share them easily, and enjoy features like offline access and encrypted notes. Offers a free tier with 10 GB storage.
- 10 GB free storage
- Unlimited pro storage
- Secure client-side encryption
- Offline file access
- Cross-device file access
- Encrypted notes and chats
- Automatic camera upload
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Filen is everything you need for storing your photos, videos and documents secure and encrypted in the cloud. Get 10 GB storage for free when you create an account. Features: - Get 10 GB when you create an account - Get unlimited storage with our pro offerings - Easily share files with family, friends and colleagues, even if they are not Filen users - Military grade client sided AES 256 bit encryption, your files truly belong to you - only you - Make files available offline for easy access wherever, whenever - Stream and preview your photos, documents, images and audio files straight from the cloud - Access your files on every device - Encrypted notes - Encrypted chats - Clean, easy to use interface for easy file management - Dark mode available for those who work at night or just love the darker look! - Automatic camera upload - Share target - Files app integration Terms of service: https://filen.io/terms Privacy policy: https://filen.io/privacy
Secria Mail
Secure, private, and easy-to-use encrypted email. Offers seamless migration from other providers, advanced spam filtering, and alias creation for enhanced online privacy. Features zero-access storage and post-quantum encryption.
- Encrypted email with zero-access storage
- Easy migration from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail
- Alias creation for every site
- Spam filtering and impersonation checks
- Post-quantum encryption
- Export mail as MBOX
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Secria Mail is the better, safer inbox: encrypted email that's easy to use, with nothing to switch on. EASY TO SWITCH - Bring your mail from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird or Proton, with step-by-step help. Every email keeps its date. - Forward your old address, or use your own domain with Mail Plus or Pro. - Export all your mail as standard MBOX, at any time. SECURE WITHOUT TRYING - Spam filtering, impersonation checks and encryption are always on. - Tracking pixels are removed before you open a message, and senders never see your IP address. - Lock any email with a password and send it to anyone, even on Gmail. - Zero-access storage: your mail is locked with a key made from your password, on your device. - Post-quantum encryption, ML-KEM-1024 and X25519, on every plan. EASY EVERY DAY - An address for every site. Create an alias in a tap, delete any that gets spam. - Folders and labels in your colors, with your own signatures. - Breach alerts tell you when your address leaks. - No ads, and no profile built from your mail. START FREE The free plan is 1 GB, 2 aliases, 3 folders and the same encryption as every paid plan. No card needed. Mail Plus adds room, aliases and your own domain. Secria Pro adds 500 GB and the full Secria VPN on 5 devices. Your mail on the web, iPhone and iPad, with one account. Terms of Use: https://secria.me/app-tos Privacy Policy: https://secria.me/app-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Secria Mail at 100% against Filen's 48%. Secria Mail also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Filen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (126 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Secria Mail sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Filen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Secria Mail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filen has 126 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Filen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Secria Mail's.
Filen ships an update fortnightly, Secria Mail every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Filen | Secria Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (126 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filen Cloud Dienste UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) | Secria, Inc. |
Customer experience
Filen
Secria Mail
Bugs and requests
Filen
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when uploading photos/videos
- Music pauses when app is minimized
- Photo upload stuck at specific file counts (e.g., 42 photos)
- Notes lose data during sync
- Note type conversion deletes text content
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- Video thumbnails not displaying correctly
- Cannot open audio files in app
- App stuck on opening screen
- Login credentials not working on iOS despite working elsewhere
- Upload progress not visible in latest update
- File upload stalls at 'finishing' stage
- Camera upload fails with VPN enabled
- Rich text editor loses data on sync
- Share public link toggle does nothing
- Media not found error when uploading images
- App unable to load albums page
- Password reset link not sending
- Automatic account deletion after inactivity
Requested features
12 requests- Video streaming/playback within app
- Read-only file mode option
- Back-sync feature (delete from phone, delete from cloud)
- Multi-select file upload capability
- iPad split-screen view support
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- Shared folder system like Dropbox/Google Drive
- Album-to-folder mapping for camera uploads
- iOS Files app integration/mounting
- Audio file playback within app
- Dark mode following system settings
- Magnetic link download support
- Better gallery navigation and filtering
Secria Mail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Filen
No in-app purchases
Secria Mail
- Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Plus Yearly$39.001 Year
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- Pro Yearly$99.001 Year
