Zipym Pro vs Xlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zipym Pro
This app is a versatile tool for managing files, offering compression, extraction, and playback of various media formats. It supports numerous archive types, network shares, and includes a built-in browser with advanced viewing capabilities.
- Uncompress RAR, 7z, Zip, and more
- Compress files with password protection
- Play music and videos from network shares
- Built-in music and video players
- IPTV and M3U8 file playback
- Wi-Fi file sharing
- Advanced web browser features
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Zipym app is a quick compression program, archiver, extractor, unarchiver and even a file manager tool. Zipym also supports accessibility VoiceOver. - Uncompress • Support archive formats: RAR ,7z ,Zip ,Zipx ,Tar ,Gzip ,Bzip2 ,Tgz ,Tar.gz ,Lzh,GZ, BZ2, XZ,ISO, ARJ, BZIP, TBZ, DEB, CAB, JAR, RPM, CBS,CBZ,CBR,LZMA,MSI,NSIS and other archive formats • Support multi-part archives • Support archives protected by a password - Compress • You can password protect any file to zip or 7z • You can split a any format archive to multi-part archives - Network Shares: Play video and music • SMB • WebDAV • AList - Music player Most music formats mp3,m4a,aac,flac,ogg,wma,wav,aiff,opus, etc. - Video player • Most video formats rmvb、avi、mkv、mp4、flv、wmv、3gp、mov、vob、dvd、swf、rm、 ts, etc. • Picture in Picture for mp4 / mov videos - IPTV Support m3u and txt formats - M3U8 file player You can view / play / merge /merge and convert the m3u8 file content - Wi-Fi Sharing Transfer files from other devices(pc or other phone) over Wifi - Browser • Dark Model • View Page Source • View Video Source • View Image Source • View JavaScript Source • Images of websites • Videos of websites • M3U8 files of websites • User Scripts • Support Wi-Fi Sharing, download files of another device (pc or other phone) - Safari Web Extension: Zipym Video Helper • Picture in picture (PiP) • Full screen mode • 16 x play rate • Link Play • Send to Zipym - URL scheme • Startup Zipym:// • Open URL Zipym:// followed by link to open. • Download a zip file Zipym://download/ followed by zip link to download.
Xlist
Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Xlist at Free against Zipym Pro's $4.99. Xlist also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Zipym Pro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
Xlist is free to download; Zipym Pro costs $4.99 up front. Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zipym Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zipym Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Zipym Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Xlist's.
Zipym Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zipym Pro | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (90 ratings) — better | 4.2 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京伊码网络科技有限公司 | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
Zipym Pro
Xlist
In-app purchases
Zipym Pro
No in-app purchases
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
