Comparison

Filebar vs 为知笔记 X

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

Head to head
About

Filebar

A versatile multimedia player that handles video and music playback from local files, cloud services, and media servers. It also includes robust file management capabilities for both local and remote storage.

Highlights
  • Plays numerous video formats (MP4, MKV, AVI, etc.)
  • Supports local and cloud music playback (MP3, FLAC)
  • Manages cloud services (SMB, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP)
  • Browse and play from media servers (Plex, Emby)
  • Comprehensive file management (move, copy, delete)
  • Batch renaming for files and folders
Features
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# Filebar Filebar is a modern multimedia player that offers video player, music player, cloud services and file management features. ## Main features ### Video player Filebar offers a powerful video player that allows you to play more video formats, including standard MP4, M4V and MOV, plus MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, OMG, OGV, 3GP, RMVB and more. You can browse and play videos from your mac, pc, NAS, FTP, and also support playing videos from media servers (such as Emby/Plex/Jellyfin media server), and you can also play videos from cloud services. ### Music Player Filebar provides a nice local music player for playing local and cloud music, supported audio formats are MP3/M4A/FLAC. ### Cloud Services Cloud services are another core feature of Filebar. With Filebar you can easily manage cloud services, including creating folders/deleting/playing/batch renaming/viewing information. It also provides support for remote protocols. The supported protocols are SMB, WebDAV, Synology, FTP, SFTP. ### File Management Filebar also provides a file manager. You can manage your local and remote files: move, delete, edit, copy, upload, batch rename, etc. ## Customer Support Feel free to contact us if your have any suggestions or ideas. - Website: https://fileball.app - Email: filebox.app@outlook.com

About

为知笔记 X

This app combines personal note-taking with team collaboration. Save important information, collect web content, and write diaries. It supports real-time multi-person editing and synchronizes data across all your devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Real-time multi-person collaboration
  • Supports text, images, documents, to-do lists
  • Markdown syntax support
  • Office file preview and editing
  • Insert various content components (flowcharts, maps, media)
  • One-click WeChat content collection
  • Email forwarding and saving
  • Encrypted notes for privacy
Features
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WizNote is the perfect combination of a light document-based personal efficiency tool and a team collaboration service. - With WizNote Notes, you can save important information permanently, collect web content and WizNote logs, write personal diaries and work journals, and record inspirations and ideas. - Support multi-person real-time collaboration. One-click sharing can efficiently complete light task collaboration and tracking with others. - All data can be synchronized on a computer, cell phone, tablet, and web page to keep consistent. The editor that supports multi-person real-time collaboration - Multiple formats: text, images, photos, documents, to-do lists - Markdown syntax: let you focus on the content and render a beautiful document after writing. - Office file preview: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF can preview the body and update directly after editing - Insert multiple content components: flowcharts, brain maps, local audio and video, video websites, design prototypes - One-click collection of WeChat content: follow the WeChat official account, one-click collection of valuable content to WizNote notes. - Email forwarding and saving to personal or group: Each person or group has an exclusive mywiz mailbox, which can be saved by forwarding emails. Secure and private saving - Encrypted notes are encrypted by certificates so that even if others access the notes, the contents of the encrypted notes cannot be viewed. Efficient organization - Multi-level catalog: Flexible to build your own and team's knowledge classification system. - Full-text search: find the information you need quickly by keywords. Convenient and fast synchronization - Support multi-platform cell phone, computer, tablet, and web data keep consistent. Mobile Sharing and Collaboration - Easy sharing of data, easy access to information for teams. - Multi-author collaborative creation, team members collaborative editing, content updates in time to remind. - Collaboration around the content of the discussion to make up for the lack of Email, QQ, and WizNote group discussion. About us WeChat public number: WizNote

Screenshots

Filebar4 screens
为知笔记 X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Filebar at 67% against 为知笔记 X's 17%. Filebar also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (350 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Filebar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 为知笔记 X sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Filebar holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filebar has 350 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Filebar's written reviews are positive against 17% of 为知笔记 X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, 为知笔记 X every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Filebar versus 为知笔记 X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilebar为知笔记 X
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (350 ratings) — better2.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews66.8% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings350 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer水峰 徐Beijing Wozhi Technology Co. Ltd

Customer experience

Filebar

All ratings345 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive66.8%
Neutral11.8%
Negative21.3%

为知笔记 X

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Filebar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Playback issues with 4K and high-bitrate videos
  • Inconsistent behavior when connecting to SMB/FTP servers
  • Subtitle display problems, especially for Chinese characters
  • Inability to resume playback from the last position

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
  • Implement a more intuitive and customizable user interface
  • Introduce a background download/upload feature
  • Add a built-in subtitle search and download functionality
  • Implement a cross-device playback sync feature

为知笔记 X

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Filebar

One-time1
  • Filebar Pro Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

为知笔记 X

One-time1
  • WizNote X Yearly$8.99

Questions

Is Filebar free?
Filebar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 为知笔记 X free?
为知笔记 X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Filebar or 为知笔记 X?
Filebar is rated higher. Filebar averages 4.3 out of 5 from 350 ratings, while 为知笔记 X averages 2.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Filebar or 为知笔记 X have ads?
Neither Filebar nor 为知笔记 X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filebar or 为知笔记 X?
Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, and 为知笔记 X every 3 weeks. Most recently, Filebar was updated on November 3, 2026 and 为知笔记 X on November 3, 2026.

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