Comparison

Filebar vs CAJ文献阅读器

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

CAJ文献阅读器

This app allows you to easily read and convert CAJ, NH, and KDH document formats, commonly used for academic papers from Chinese academic databases. It supports converting these files to PDF or Word, with OCR capabilities for text extraction from scanned images. You can also import files from messaging apps and manage your reading history.

Highlights
  • Read CAJ, NH, KDH formats
  • Convert CAJ to PDF
  • Convert CAJ to Word
  • OCR text recognition
  • Import from messaging apps
  • Reading history management
Features
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CAJ文献阅读器可以轻松实现论文文献格式的阅读与转换! 什么是CAJ?如何阅读这种格式呢? CAJ是中国期刊网学术文献的专用文献格式。青藤CAJ阅读器支持从知网等网站下载的CAJ、NH、KDH等格式文件的阅读与转换。 它可以轻松阅读各种论文格式的文件。当撰写时需要引用论文文献时,本软件可以自动文字识别进行复制,即使原始论文中是扫描的图片也可以轻松识别! 软件特点: 1. CAJ格式转PDF: 将CNKI知网等CAJ文件转成PDF后可立刻阅读,可以保持原有格式与质量,大部分可以复制文字。 2. CAJ格式转Word: 转成Word文件,可以高质量地转成Office文档,可以保证所有内容文字可以复制与编辑。 3. 各种论文格式在线离线阅读 支持CAJ、NH、KDH格式文件的在线与离线阅读。 4. 方便外部CAJ文件的搜索与导入 支持从微信QQ等软件导入文件,如果授予设备存储权限,可以搜索本机的文献格式文件,点击即可转换与阅读。 5. 支持阅读记录的收藏 阅读过的论文文献文件可以实时查看,可以随时找到并管理阅读过的文件。 如果您选择购买VIP会员资格,将向您的iTunes帐户支付费用,并且您的帐户将在本期结束前24小时内支付续费。购买后,您可以随时通过在iTunes商店中的设置关闭自动续订。价格以人民币为单位,在中国以外的国家可能会有所不同,如有更改,恕不另行通知。 隐私政策: https://www.zkmeitian.com/page/privacy/qtcajreader 使用协议: https://www.zkmeitian.com/page/agreement/qtcajreader

Screenshots

Filebar4 screens
CAJ文献阅读器4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Filebar at every 2 weeks against CAJ文献阅读器's every 4 months. CAJ文献阅读器's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, 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 CAJ文献阅读器 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, CAJ文献阅读器 every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Filebar versus CAJ文献阅读器: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilebarCAJ文献阅读器
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (350 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.8% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings350 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer水峰 徐Meitian Trading

Customer experience

Filebar

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

CAJ文献阅读器

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative30.0%

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

CAJ文献阅读器

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Filebar

One-time1
  • Filebar Pro Lifetime$9.99
3 purchases

CAJ文献阅读器

Subscriptions3
  • 月会员$2.991 Month
  • 季会员$4.993 Months
  • 年会员$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Filebar free?
Filebar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CAJ文献阅读器 free?
CAJ文献阅读器 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Filebar or CAJ文献阅读器 have ads?
Neither Filebar nor CAJ文献阅读器 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filebar or CAJ文献阅读器?
Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, and CAJ文献阅读器 every 4 months. Most recently, Filebar was updated on November 3, 2026 and CAJ文献阅读器 on November 3, 2026.

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