Comparison

FileBrowser vs Keka

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

Keka

This app allows you to compress and encrypt files for secure storage and sharing. It also supports browsing and extracting a wide variety of compressed file formats, including encrypted and encoded archives.

Highlights
  • Compress files in multiple formats
  • Encrypt files for secure sharing
  • Extract various archive formats
  • Support for 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, and more
  • Handle encrypted and encoded archives
Features
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Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be. With Keka you can compress as many files as you want in a bunch of formats. You can also encrypt them to store and share securely and with privacy. Keka can also browse and extract lots of compressed files, from ZIP and 7Z to RAR archives. Whether they are encrypted or encoded in with old charsets this is not a problem for Keka. Compression formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, ZSTD, GZIP, BZIP2 and AppleArchive (AAR) Extraction formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, AAR, XZ, ZSTD, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, MSI, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, XPI, IPA, CPGZ, CPIO, XIP, CPT and many more Terms of Use: https://www.keka.io/termsofuse

Screenshots

FileBrowser4 screens
Keka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: FileBrowser at 5.7K against Keka's 164. FileBrowser also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). Keka's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $7.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

FileBrowser costs $7.99 and Keka $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for FileBrowser against 4.8 for Keka. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FileBrowser has 5.7K ratings behind it against 164, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 82% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FileBrowser ships an update every 5 weeks, Keka every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
FileBrowser versus Keka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileBrowserKeka
Price$7.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.7 (5.7K ratings)4.8 (164 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.7K — better164
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#132#127 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratospherix LtdJorge Garcia Armero

Customer experience

FileBrowser

All ratings5,657 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews1,159 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.8%

Keka

All ratings163 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

User reviews

FileBrowser

From 5.7K 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

Keka

From 164 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and simple UI
  • 🚀 Fast and powerful archiving
  • 💰 Affordable one-time purchase
  • 🚫 No ads or subscriptions
  • 🍏 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Fails when resuming background tasks
  • 🐛 Compression sometimes fails
  • 🐛 Inconsistent decryption with some formats
  • 🐛 Inability to name archives before compression
  • 🐛 Cannot compress multiple folders at once

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

Keka

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Occasional decryption failures
  • Compression fails when using the share button
  • Background tasks fail when resuming
  • Permission to access files reappears after being revoked
  • Cannot decompress .part files
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  • Cannot decompress .tar.gz files
  • Cannot decompress LZ4 files
  • Windows compatibility issues with character encoding
  • Removal of .7z AES256 encryption support
  • Inability to decompress external split archives
  • Extraction failed errors reported by some users
  • Compression fails for large numbers of files
  • Permission bug: permission reappears after revoking

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add support for .tar.gz decompression
  • Add support for .part files
  • Add option to name archives before compression
  • Add ability to compress multiple folders at once
  • Add ability to add files to existing compressed files
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  • Add option to delete compressed file after compression
  • Add option to view documents without creating a copy
  • Add password confirmation fields
  • Add testing of archives for integrity
  • Add support for LZ4 file decompression
  • Add support for splitting archives on iOS (like macOS)
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Improve German translation quality
  • Clarify location of 'keka folder'

In-app purchases

None

FileBrowser

No in-app purchases

None

Keka

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FileBrowser free?
FileBrowser costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keka free?
Keka costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FileBrowser or Keka?
Keka is rated higher. FileBrowser averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.7K ratings, while Keka averages 4.8 from 164 ratings.
Do FileBrowser or Keka have ads?
Neither FileBrowser nor Keka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FileBrowser or Keka?
FileBrowser ships an update every 5 weeks, and Keka every 2 months. Most recently, FileBrowser was updated on November 1, 2026 and Keka on October 30, 2026.
Which is more popular, FileBrowser or Keka?
FileBrowser currently peaks at #132 in the App Store charts, and Keka at #127. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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