Filebar vs Addons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Addons
Enhance Safari with custom scripts, ad blocking, resource downloading, and dark mode. This extension offers powerful customization for a personalized browsing experience across all Apple devices.
- Userscript support (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey)
- Resource sniffing and video downloading
- Customizable ad filtering
- Tagit mode for selective ad removal
- Smart search engine switching
- Webpage dark mode
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【Platform】 Addons supports seamless usage across all Apple platforms, allowing for data synchronization between iPhone, iPad, and iMac devices. 【Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey】 One of the highlights of Addons is its support for Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey scripts. With this feature, you can add custom scripts to your Safari to achieve more functionality, such as automatic pagination, harassment blocking, automatic expansion, webpage translation, and more. This feature is very powerful and can give your Safari unlimited possibilities. 【Resource Sniffing】 Resource sniffing is another standout feature of Addons. It supports automatically merging and converting m3u8 files to mp4. It also supports background playback and export of videos, allowing you to enjoy high-definition movies anytime, anywhere. 【Customized Ad Filter】 Addons not only helps you block annoying ads, but also speeds up webpage browsing and provides a better user experience. Similar to AdGuard and Adblock Plus, Addons' custom rule function allows you to control ad blocking accuracy more flexibly, meeting your personalized needs. 【Tagit Mode】 The ad filtering feature allows you to get rid of annoying ads while browsing web pages. Addons supports tagit mode, which allows you to remove web page ads while retaining useful content, making your browsing experience more pure and comfortable. 【Smart Search】 The smart search feature allows you to quickly switch Safari search engines by using [trigger word + space + keyword]. You don't need to manually change settings multiple times; it can be done with just one click. 【Web Dark Mode】 Finally, Addons also supports webpage dark mode, helping you better protect your eyes and avoid the frustration of overly strong white light at night. In summary, Addons is a feature-rich and easy-to-use Safari extension that allows you to customize your Safari with more functionality and useful tools, giving your Safari unlimited possibilities! Come and experience it now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Addons at 4.6 against Filebar's 4.3. Filebar's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Filebar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Addons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Addons holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 349 and 350 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Filebar's written reviews are positive against 60% of Addons's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, Addons every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Filebar | Addons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (349 ratings) | 4.6 (350 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.8% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 349 | 350 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 水峰 徐 | 庆彬 邓 |
Customer experience
Filebar
Addons
User reviews
Filebar
From 349 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy and convenient to use
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 🔒 Secure file management
- 💡 Excellent media playback capabilities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔥 Overheating issues on certain devices
- 🕰️ Slow loading times for large media libraries
- 🚫 Lack of support for certain cloud storage services
Addons
From 350 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Faster web loading
- 👍 Useful alternative to 'Stay'
- 👍 Great for many reasons
- 👍 Works very well
- 👍 Safari usability greatly improved
Room to improve
- 👎 Useless, bad bad bad
- 👎 Does nothing
- 👎 Stopped working
- 👎 Requires external apps
- 👎 Misleading claims
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
Addons
Reported bugs
5 issues- Web page sniffing function not working
- Stopped working after 24 hours
- Scripts adblocking and downloads sniffer not working
- Serious bug on iOS 17.4 Dev Beta: blank UI after clearing cookies
- Member logouts are frequent
Requested features
3 requests- Add Mac version support
- Improve sharing and link copying
- Fix persistent logouts for members
In-app purchases
Filebar
- Filebar Pro Lifetime$9.99
Addons
- Pro Lifetime$5.99









