Comparison

FileBrowser vs File Converter

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

Head to head
About

FileBrowser

Access and manage files across your home computers, network drives, and cloud storage. Upload, download, copy, and edit documents directly from your device, with built-in viewers for various file types and streaming capabilities.

Highlights
  • Connect to computers, NAS, and cloud storage
  • Upload, download, copy, and move files
  • Multi-tabbed browsing and split-screen support
  • Edit documents in-place
  • Built-in viewers for documents, photos, and media
  • Stream movies and music with AirPlay/Chromecast
  • Annotate PDFs and images
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Use your iPad or iPhone to connect to your home computers, network drives and cloud storage. Easily upload/download/copy files and folders from one location to another, and browse your content using a variety of built-in viewers. *** FileBrowser remains the best option if you're looking for a file manager that supports a variety of external connections and also integrates deeply with iOS - Federico Viticci - MacStories *** *** FileBrowser's setup varies for every device, and the automatic wizards work super-well. Charlie Sorrel - Cult of Mac *** Ultra-fast browsing of your computers. Faster than Windows Explorer or Mac Finder and our users agree! GET ORGANIZED FileBrowser gives you everything you need to keep your files effortlessly organized: Move, edit, delete, rename, copy, zip and unzip. Download files from the web and paste them wherever you choose. MULTI-TABBED BROWSING Our FileBrowser suite of apps are the first file management apps to support multiple tabs. Connect to many of your locations at once and switch between them with ease. Use iPadOS split-screen mode to drag & drop between multiple windows. CONNECT TO Windows, Mac, Linux, Time Capsule, NAS drives, portable WiFi drives, SMB, Samba. Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, WebDAV, FTP and SFTP. Link to the same cloud storage with multiple accounts, if you have more than one Dropbox account, for example. EXTEND THE FILES APP FileBrowser allows you to access all your connections from the iOS Files app and other apps that use this as their document chooser, bringing network access to those apps. EDIT IN-PLACE No more copying of documents between apps. Launch an app to edit a network document in-place, such as Word or Pages or any of the Office and Mac suite. Changes are saved to the original document automatically. BLAZINGLY FAST Create bookmarks to your favorite locations & folders. Use a single tap to connect and browse to a favorite folder. PHOTO VIEWER Browse your photos wherever they are stored and display them on your TV or projector using AirPlay or Chromecast. Easily flick through holiday snaps or use the built-in slideshow feature. STREAM YOUR MOVIES / MUSIC Stream movie files or listen to music, both with AirPlay™ and Chromecast support. Use our built-in viewers or stream video to other apps. DOCUMENT VIEWER View Microsoft Office, Apple Pages, Numbers, KeyNote, PDF, text files, source code, HTML, and many more using the built-in viewers. ANNOTATE PDFS AND IMAGES Use the built-in annotation tools for PDFs and images, or use the iOS annotation tools to add notes, drawings or highlight text. SECURITY AND ENCRYPTION FileBrowser securely stores your passwords in the iOS keychain and uses iOS encryption features to protect your local content. Protect local files using a password, TouchID or FaceID. CONNECT ANYWHERE Connect to your Mac or PC when away from home. See our website for details: https://www.stratospherix.com/setupvpn TOO MANY FEATURES TO LIST FileBrowser has many features that we would like to tell you about. Check out our website. You'll be amazed! https://www.stratospherix.com/products/filebrowser FIRST CLASS SUPPORT User manuals and help are available at stratospherix.com/support with how-to articles and videos. You can also email us for fast, friendly support.

About

File Converter

This app converts files between thousands of formats, saving you time and battery. It leverages cloud processing for faster conversions and allows you to continue using your device. Supports video, ebook, document, audio, image, 3D, CAD, and many other file types.

Highlights
  • Supports over 2,000 source formats
  • Cloud-based conversion for speed and battery saving
  • Video, ebook, document, audio, and image conversion
  • 3D, CAD, and scientific file format support
  • Archive compression and extraction
  • Metadata viewing and deletion
  • File repair for common formats
Features
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File Converter will convert from and to almost every file format while saving you time and battery! With support for over 2.000 source formats we're working hard to stay the most complete converter app. The File Converter app converts files in the conversion cloud so your battery isn't wasted, you can continue using your device and your conversions will be much faster. Convert to: • Video converter: convert movies to 3G2, 3GP, AVI, DPG, FLV, GIF, H264, M4V, Matroska MKV, Quicktime MOV, MP4, MPG, OGV, SWF, VOB, WebM VP8, WEBP and WMV. Profiles for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Nintendo, Playstation, Wii, XBOX, more! • Ebook converter: convert to AZW, AZW3, DJVU, DOCX, ePub, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, OEB, PDB, PDF, PML, PRC, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ, more! • Document converter: document to DJVU, Microsoft Word DOC, DOCX, HTML, Open-Office ODT, OTT, PDF, RTF, TEX, TXT, UOT, WPS • Presentation converter: ODP, OTP, PDF, PPS, PPSX, PowerPoint Presentation PPT, PPTX, SWF, UOP • Spreadsheet converter: CSV, DIF, GNM, HTML, ODS, OTS, PDF, SLK, TEX, TXT, UOS, XLSM, XLS, XLSX, XLT, XLTX, XML • Markup converter: DJVU, HTML, INFO, Markdown MD, PDF, TEX, TEXI, TEXT, TEXTILE, TXT, WIKI, more! • Audio converter: convert music to AAC, AC3, AIFF, FLAC, M4A, M4R, MIDI, MMF, MP3, MPA, OGG, OPUS, WAV, WMA • Image converter: convert photos to AI, BMP, EPS, EXR, GIF, HEIC, ICO, JPEG, JPG, PCX, PNG, PS, PSD, SVG, TGA, TIFF, WBMP, WEBP • 3D converter: convert 3d model to 3DS, BRP, CTM, DAE, FBX, IGS, OBJ, STL, STP, STPZ, WRL, X3D, GCODE, SVG, Slicing, more! • CAD converter: convert engineering drawing to DWG, DXF, PDF, Map tiles, more! • LaTeX / ConTeXt converter: research to PDF, TEX, DOCX • Color palette converter: ACO, ASE, CPL, GPL, JCW, JSON, SKP, SOC, TXT, XML, more! • Texture converter: ASTC, DDS, EXR, KTX, TGA • Mesh converter: FEM, MESH, MSH, OBJ, VTK, VTU • Font converter: convert fonts to BIN, CFF, DFONT, EOT, FON, OTF, PFA, PFB, PT3, T11, T42, TTF, TTF.BIN, UFO, WOFF, WOFF2, more! • Embroidery converter: CSD, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PEC, PES, SEW • Statistics converter: Stata DTA, SPSS SAV, SAS SAS7BDAT, SAS XPT • GPS converter: convert gps tracks to CSV, GDB, GPX, HTML, KML, KMZ, LOC, NMEA, SDF, TCX, TRK, TXT, USR, WPT, more! • Gerber converter: CNC, GBR, ISEL, PDF, more! • Subtitle converter: CSV, JSON, LRC, RT, SCC, SMI, SRT, SSA, STL, SUB, TTS, TXT, USF, VTT, XML, XSUBTITLE • Archives: compress 7Z, ARJ, TAR BZ2, CAB, EXE, KGB, LZH, RAR, RUN, SFX, SHAR, TAR, BZ2, TAR GZ, XZ, YZ1, ZIP • Web converter: HAR, HTML, MHTML, more! • Generate Hash: Adler32, HTPasswd, Blowfish, CRC32, DES, MD4, MD5, RIPE, SHA, Tiger, Whirlpool • Metadata: delete / view metadata • Scientific: NC, CDL • Repair: PDF, RAR, STL, ZIP, Audio, Video Examples: • Extract music from video • View hidden metadata • Convert Word to PDF • Video to animated GIF • Text to audio: listen to an ebook / audio book (text to speech, tts) • PDF to Word file to edit • Raster image to vector • Camera RAW file to image • Extract text from image with OCR • Create ringtones and cut audio • XPS to PDF or XLS to PDF • Website URL to image or ebook Some optional settings: • Video conversion: codec, rotate, stabilize, etc • Audio conversion: bitrate, frequency, trim, etc • Ebook conversion: metadata, e-book reader: Amazon Kindle, Sony, Apple iPad, Kobo, Nook, tablet, etc • Images conversion: size, filters, dpi, etc • Documents conversion: OCR (text recognition), etc • CAD drawing: color, scale, margin, etc More! Notes: • Offline conversion is supported for Audio and Video. • We can't convert: password protected files (secured pdf, encrypted) and DRM protected files. • Files get uploaded SECURELY and will be DELETED immediately after the conversion is done or failed. We don't keep any copies or logs!

Screenshots

FileBrowser4 screens
File Converter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: File Converter at Free against FileBrowser's $7.99. FileBrowser's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (82% vs 46%). On device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

File Converter is free to download; FileBrowser costs $7.99 up front. File Converter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. FileBrowser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FileBrowser holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FileBrowser has 5.6K ratings behind it against 473, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of FileBrowser's written reviews are positive against 46% of File Converter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FileBrowser ships an update every 5 weeks, File Converter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FileBrowser versus File Converter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileBrowserFile Converter
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better3.8 (473 ratings)
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5.6K — better473
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratospherix LtdIce Cold Apps

Customer experience

FileBrowser

All ratings5,642 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews1,157 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.8%

File Converter

All ratings473 ratings
Positive68.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral13.7%
Negative40.1%

User reviews

FileBrowser

From 5.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great file manager
  • 🚀 Powerful and versatile
  • 🔒 Secure access to files
  • 💡 Excellent integration with iOS Files app
  • 👍 Reliable and stable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 SMB connection issues
  • 🐛 Misleading directory caching
  • 🐛 Video playback problems
  • 🐛 Buggy UI changes
  • 🐛 Inability to rename photos

File Converter

From 473 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Lots of conversion options
  • 👍 Useful for school/work
  • 🚀 Fast conversions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Ads/watch video button doesn't work
  • 💰 Paywall for premium features
  • 🐛 Conversion issues/errors
  • 🐛 Saved files not accessible
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues

Bugs and requests

FileBrowser

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Copy and paste functionality broken after update
  • Inability to access iCloud files
  • Crashes when accessing large files
  • Thumbnails not generating properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for AV1 video codec
  • Improve audio playback controls
  • Implement a recycle bin/trash feature
  • Add option to loop video playback
  • Improve video scrubbing and seeking

File Converter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Conversion errors
  • Saved files disappearing
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Ad/video button not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Increase file size limit
  • Add more file format support
  • Improve sharing/saving options
  • Fix ad/video button

In-app purchases

None

FileBrowser

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

File Converter

Subscriptions9
  • Full Access$1.497 Days
  • Full Access$1.997 Days
  • Full Access2 variants$2.491 Month
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  • Full Access$3.991 Month
  • Full Access$4.991 Month
  • Full Access$30.991 Year
  • Full Access3 Days trial$38.991 Year
  • Full Access$39.991 Year
  • Full Access$49.991 Year

Questions

Is FileBrowser free?
FileBrowser costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is File Converter free?
File Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FileBrowser or File Converter?
FileBrowser is rated higher. FileBrowser averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6K ratings, while File Converter averages 3.8 from 473 ratings.
Do FileBrowser or File Converter have ads?
File Converter shows ads; FileBrowser does not.
Which is updated more often, FileBrowser or File Converter?
FileBrowser ships an update every 5 weeks, and File Converter every 3 months. Most recently, FileBrowser was updated on September 24, 2026 and File Converter on September 21, 2026.

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