Flux Player vs File Explorer & Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flux Player
Access and manage various content types like videos, audiobooks, music, and ebooks on your iPhone or iPad. It supports content from commercial services and provides cloud-based access, syncing your progress and bookmarks across devices.
- Download and access content
- Supports DVDs, videos, audiobooks, music, ebooks
- Access commercial content
- Local and cloud content management
- Syncs activities and bookmarks
- Tracks recently used content
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With Flux Player you can use your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch for download and access of content such as DVDs, videos, audio books, music, ebooks and packaged content. The content may be obtained from commercial services, products. Flux Player offers full access and different views for both local and cloud based content. It keeps track of your most recently used content and syncs your activities and bookmarks with other devices you may own.
File Explorer & Player
Access and stream files from your Mac wirelessly on your iPhone or iPad. View photos, documents, and play videos directly from your computer. Transfer files and even use your iOS device as a portable drive.
- Stream video from Mac
- View photos and documents
- Transfer files to iOS
- Use iOS as a drive
- Wireless Mac access
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into the wireless flash drive for your Mac. Have full access to your Mac files – use your iOS device to stream videos, view photos and documents, from anywhere within your home. AT A GLANCE - Stream any video directly from your Mac; - View photos or documents stored on your Mac; - Transfer files between your Mac and your iOS device; - Store anything on your iOS device and take it with you on the go; - Mount your iOS device as drive on your Mac or Windows machine using WebDAV; - Use the Personal Hotspot of your iOS device to control your Mac when you don’t have access to other networks. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Mac with macOS 10.10 or above and Helper app installed; - iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 11 or above; - Shared wireless network connection between your computer and iOS device. TERMS OF USE https://cherpake.com/tos Ratings are like gold for indie developers like me, please give the app a quick rating on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: File Explorer & Player at 78% against Flux Player's 22%. File Explorer & Player also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Flux Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. File Explorer & Player sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flux Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
File Explorer & Player holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 124 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Flux Player's written reviews are positive against 78% of File Explorer & Player's.
Flux Player ships an update every 2 months, File Explorer & Player fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flux Player | File Explorer & Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (45 ratings) | 4.6 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flux Digital GmbH | Remote Sunrise LTD |
Customer experience
Flux Player
File Explorer & Player
User reviews
Flux Player
From 45 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- ⭐ Great app
- 🔒 Secure content protection
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate
- 🔌 Connectivity issues
- 📚 Poor reading experience
- 🔊 Audio playback problems
File Explorer & Player
From 124 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and understand
- 🚀 Fast streaming of files
- 👍 Seamless connection across devices
- 👍 Works well on Apple devices (iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro)
- 💰 Inexpensive and good value
Room to improve
- 🐛 Free version is limited/useless
- 🐛 Does not work for PC
- 🐛 No external access (from outside home network)
- 🐛 Paid version download issues reported
- 🐛 Lack of clear instructions for new features
Bugs and requests
Flux Player
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login failures
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Freezing and white screens
- Inconsistent video playback quality
Requested features
4 requests- Add printing capability
- Improve highlighting and annotation tools
- Integrate with iTunes for seamless content management
- Implement sleep timer and bookmarking features
File Explorer & Player
Reported bugs
3 issues- Paid version download issues reported
- Free version does nothing
- Poor support response to feature inquiries
Requested features
5 requests- Add NAS support
- Enable external access (remote access from outside home network)
- Add Chinese language option
- Allow file renaming
- Improve PC compatibility
In-app purchases
Flux Player
No in-app purchases
File Explorer & Player
- Upgrade to Pro Version - 1M$1.991 Month
- Upgrade to Pro Version1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Remove Ads$19.99
- Upgrade to PRO$19.99
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