Comparison

Filebar vs FRPro

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

FRPro

Features
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The app empowers field staff, site engineers, and third- party reviewers to conduct inspections across multiple disciplines—including plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fire sprinklers, HVAC, and more. Reviewers can: - Record inspection results with notes and tags - Flag deficiencies or deviations from design - Upload annotated photos directly from the site - Assign corrective actions and notify responsible teams - Track resolution status and ensure compliance before sign-off These real-time capabilities help ensure that all field work is being executed according to approved plans and specifications. By increasing transparency, accountability, and speed of issue resolution, the app becomes an essential tool for quality control and regulatory compliance, helping teams avoid rework, meet inspection timelines, and keep projects moving forward without delays.

Screenshots

Filebar4 screens
FRPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FRPro at none against Filebar's 1. FRPro also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, update cadence, 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. FRPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, FRPro every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Filebar versus FRPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilebarFRPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (350 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings350 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer水峰 徐Gurpreet Purewal

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

FRPro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Filebar

One-time1
  • Filebar Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

FRPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filebar free?
Filebar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FRPro free?
FRPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Filebar or FRPro have ads?
Neither Filebar nor FRPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filebar or FRPro?
Filebar ships an update every 2 weeks, and FRPro every 3 weeks. Most recently, Filebar was updated on October 30, 2026 and FRPro on October 30, 2026.

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