Comparison

Filebar vs HIKBOX

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

HIKBOX

Securely back up and manage photos, videos, and other files from your smart storage device to your phone. Features auto-backup, intelligent picture recognition, and remote access from any device. Enjoy seamless file viewing, projection, and even video surveillance capabilities.

Highlights
  • Auto Backup and Classification
  • Deep Learning Picture Recognition
  • Remote Access Anytime, Anywhere
  • Offline File Caching
  • One-Touch Multimedia Projection
  • Video Surveillance and Recording
  • Baidu Netdisk Integration
Features
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Hikbox is an app to manage smart storage device. With this app, you can share the information from the smart device to the mobile phone more conveniently, and realize the safe storage for photo, video, contacts, etc. what’s more, you can upload pictures in the camera or USB flash disk to this app automatically, and it is easy to be shared. 1. Auto Backup, Auto Classification It can enable auto backup of phone album quickly to release phone memory. The backup files can be classified automatically. You don’t need to worry about insufficient free space or phone loss. 2. Deep Learning, Picture Recognition Supports smart classification for pictures to People, Thing, Location with deep learning technology. 3. Accessible to You Anytime and Anywhere View or get files via mobile phone or computer anytime and anywhere. The intelligent compression on pictures requires less bandwidth, to provide a better experience. Support online playing with any mainstream multi-media format. 4. Download Offline Resource Control the home device remotely with the app to download blockbusters- no matter where you are. 5. One-Touch Multimedia Projection Support one-touch projection via multiple ways like DLAN/AirPlay, from which you can enjoy a high definition video at home. 6. Video Surveillance, Real-Time Recording Support connecting to the network camera to realize high definition and reliable video surveillance, and recording at home. 7. Connect Baidu Netdisk Support Baidu Netdisk, to which you can transmit local file, such as video, picture to Baidu Netdisk. 8. View Files Online and Offline View files in multiple formats (word, excel, ppt, pdf, text, etc.) online anytime and anywhere. Also you can cache files into your mobile phone and view them offline. 9. Decompress File Online Supports decompressing zip. or tar. format package within 4 GB online. Operating system: iOS 8.0 or above version. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Note: When Auto Background Backup is enabled, the GPS keeps connected even when the app is switched to background. The app will detect and backup latest album automatically if the location is changed. And more battery is consumed.

Screenshots

Filebar4 screens
HIKBOX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Filebar at 67% against HIKBOX's 17%. Filebar also leads on ratings volume (348 vs 28) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). HIKBOX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ads 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. Filebar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HIKBOX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HIKBOX holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filebar has 348 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Filebar's written reviews are positive against 17% of HIKBOX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, HIKBOX every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Filebar versus HIKBOX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilebarHIKBOX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (348 ratings)4.5 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.8% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings348 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1513 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB272 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer水峰 徐武汉海康存储技术有限公司

Customer experience

Filebar

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

HIKBOX

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

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

HIKBOX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Filebar

One-time1
  • Filebar Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

HIKBOX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filebar free?
Filebar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HIKBOX free?
HIKBOX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Filebar or HIKBOX?
HIKBOX is rated higher. Filebar averages 4.3 out of 5 from 348 ratings, while HIKBOX averages 4.5 from 28 ratings.
Do Filebar or HIKBOX have ads?
Neither Filebar nor HIKBOX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filebar or HIKBOX?
Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, and HIKBOX every 6 weeks. Most recently, Filebar was updated on October 20, 2026 and HIKBOX on October 9, 2026.

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