Extended File Info vs Msgly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extended File Info
This utility allows users to view and modify detailed information about files on iOS devices. It supports checking file hashes like SHA256, MD5, and SHA1, and enables changes to creation/modification dates, names, and extensions. Files can be easily managed via drag and drop and accessed through the iOS Share menu.
- View SHA256, MD5, SHA1 file hashes
- Modify file creation and modification dates
- Change file names and extensions
- Drag and drop file support
- Access via iOS Share menu
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An addition to your files on iOS. You can: • Check the SHA256, MD5 and SHA1 hash of any file. • Change the creation and modification date of any file. • Change the name and extension of any file. • Drag and drop a file everywhere Use it from the Share menu anywhere on iOS.
Msgly
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Someone sent you a .msg file and your iPhone can’t open it? Msgly reads .msg email files right on your iPhone — see the subject, sender, recipients and message text, and pull out the attachments inside. Save the .msg file to Files, tap Open a .msg File and pick it. Msgly shows the message and lists every attachment, ready to share or save. You can also open a .msg straight from Mail or Files with the share button and choose Msgly. Messages saved by older or non-English Outlook versions (Japanese, Cyrillic, Western European) show their text correctly. • READ THE MESSAGE — subject, From (name and email address), To, and the message body with selectable text you can copy. • HTML EMAILS TOO — when a message only has an HTML body, Msgly shows it as clean plain text. • EXTRACT ATTACHMENTS — every attached file is listed with its original filename and size: PDFs, images, documents, spreadsheets and more. • SHARE OR SAVE TO FILES — share one attachment, save it to Files, or use Save All to save several at once. • CLEAR ERRORS — if a file isn’t a .msg message or looks damaged, Msgly tells you instead of showing a blank screen. Honest scope: Msgly is a viewer, not an email client — it can’t reply, forward or send, and it doesn’t show CC, dates or the original formatting and inline images of HTML emails. Messages attached inside another message are not opened. It opens .msg files only (not .eml or winmail.dat). The file is read on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Free: read any .msg file and save or share the first 3 attachments of each message. A one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks saving every attachment. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Extended File Info at none against Msgly's 1. Extended File Info also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Msgly's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Msgly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Extended File Info asks for nothing beyond the download.
Extended File Info ships an update every 5 months, Msgly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extended File Info | Msgly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Garcia Armero | Jhomar Maravillas |
In-app purchases
Extended File Info
No in-app purchases
Msgly
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