Comparison

File Manager vs ES file explorer

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

Head to head
About

File Manager

This app acts as a comprehensive file manager, allowing you to easily view, organize, and share various file types including documents, media, and compressed archives. It offers built-in viewers and editors for common formats, along with essential file operations like moving, renaming, and deleting.

Highlights
  • Integrated PDF Reader
  • Microsoft Office support (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Zip and unzip files
  • Built-in media players (audio, video)
  • File organization (move, copy, rename, delete)
  • Internal text editor
  • Photo editor
Features
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The File Manager is an easy-to-use and powerful file manager. Easily view images, audio, videos, PDF documents, Word documents, Excel documents, ZIP/RAR files, and more. File Manager can search for your files or navigate to them simply. You can access any file on your phone with a few taps. The File Manager supports you in viewing files with other browsers. You can also share your selected files with your friends via social networking or delete multiple files at once. Internal picture viewer, internal music player, and internal text editor are all available. For quicker and better performance, you can use built-in utilities. The File Manager can also move, rename, copy, and paste files, in addition to creating new folders. Features - Integrated PDF Reader. - Basic features like cut, copy, delete, etc. are easily accessible. - Supports Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint. - Add documents and move multiple files. - Show all photos and videos. - Delete multiple photos and videos from the application. - Zip and unzip files and folders. - Powerful Full Photo Editor - Audios: You can manage all your music and sound-related files. - Videos: You can manage all the video files on your device.

About

ES file explorer

This app helps you organize and manage all files on your device. It allows you to view images, videos, audio, and documents, and sorts them into categories for easy access. Quickly find recently opened files and analyze your storage usage.

Highlights
  • Built-in viewers and players for various file types
  • Quick browsing by file type, downloads, recent, and large files
  • Storage usage analysis dashboard
  • Search photos by date, size, and creation/open dates
  • Multiple selection and sorting support
Features
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My Files helps you manage and organise any file stored on your device. Using My Files, you can view your images, videos, audio files and documents,To find the My Files folder, search using the app search or in the default iPhone folder on your apps screen. My Files sorts your files into categories, such as Images, Videos, Audio and documents. If you have recently opened a file and are trying to locate it, tap “recents” to access or delete the file. My Files can perform an analysis of the storage usage of the files stored on your device. How to manage files on your iPhone? iPhone devices have a My Files app to access and manage files such as documents, pictures, videos, audio files, and documents.One of the strengths of My Files app is that the manager has a very simple interface. This simplicity turns out to be highly useful to help you find any element you're looking for in seconds. Another interesting aspect is that it displays the files you've modified recently to access them more quickly. features: • Built-in viewers and players for various file types: click to play music/videos, check image(s) and document(s) • Quick browsing through categories like: file type, downloads, recent files, and large files. • Check available storage with just a glance on a simple dashboard. • Search your photos by date, size, date created, date opened. • Multiple selection and various sorting support. My Files helps you manage and organise any file stored on your device. Using My Files, you can view your images, videos, audio files and documents,To find the My Files folder, search using the app search or in the default iPhone folder on your apps screen. My Files sorts your files into categories, such as Images, Videos, Audio and documents. If you have recently opened a file and are trying to locate it, tap “recents” to access or delete the file. My Files can perform an analysis of the storage usage of the files stored on your device. How to manage files on your iPhone? iPhone devices have a My Files app to access and manage files such as documents, pictures, videos, audio files, and documents.One of the strengths of My Files app is that the manager has a very simple interface. This simplicity turns out to be highly useful to help you find any element you're looking for in seconds. Another interesting aspect is that it displays the files you've modified recently to access them more quickly. festures: • Built-in viewers and players for various file types: click to play music/videos, check image(s) and document(s) • Quick browsing through categories like: file type, downloads, recent files, and large files. • Check available storage with just a glance on a simple dashboard. • Search your photos by date, size, date created, date opened. • Multiple selection and various sorting support. Subscription Details: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Note:- Privacy Policy: https://www.privacypolicycenter.com/alkesh_dudhat_ios/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.privacypolicycenter.com/view_custom.php?v=TXlabGhTL1NMSU14Q0Z1Rk1oS2NVZz09&n=Terms-Of-Use

Screenshots

File Manager4 screens
ES file explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: File Manager at 50% against ES file explorer's 0%. File Manager also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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. ES file explorer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. File Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

File Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: File Manager has 321 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of File Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of ES file explorer's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
File Manager versus ES file explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFile ManagerES file explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (321 ratings) — better1.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings321 — better10
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.2 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB44 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGabriel Stevenalkesh dudhat

Customer experience

File Manager

All ratings321 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

ES file explorer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

File Manager

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ES file explorer

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium Access$9.991 Year

Questions

Is File Manager free?
File Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ES file explorer free?
ES file explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, File Manager or ES file explorer?
File Manager is rated higher. File Manager averages 4.4 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while ES file explorer averages 1.8 from 10 ratings.
Do File Manager or ES file explorer have ads?
Both File Manager and ES file explorer show ads.

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