Documents vs File Transfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Documents
This app acts as a comprehensive file manager, PDF editor, and document viewer for your mobile devices. It allows you to organize local files, extract archives, edit and sign PDFs, and convert various file formats. You can also scan documents and transcribe audio/video.
- File management and organization
- ZIP and RAR archive extraction
- PDF editing, viewing, and conversion
- Document signing and form filling
- File conversion and compression
- Built-in document scanner
- Audio and video transcription
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Documents by Readdle is your file manager, document viewer, PDF editor, and archive extractor for iPhone and iPad. Browse and organize your files, extract ZIP and RAR archives, edit and sign PDFs, and convert or compress anything — all from one app. FILE MANAGER - Browse, organize, and manage local files and folders in one fast file browser, rename and color-tag them for quick access - Import files from your computer, download files directly from the web browser, or work with iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other cloud drives without downloading them ZIP & RAR ARCHIVE EXTRACTOR - Unzip and extract ZIP and RAR archives directly on your iPhone or iPad - Create new ZIP archives to compress and share multiple files at once - Compress large files and folders to save storage space PDF EDITOR, VIEWER & CONVERTER - View and read PDFs, books, and scanned documents with a fast built-in viewer - Edit or modify existing text directly inside a PDF - Highlight, add notes, and place stickers on PDFs and books - Merge multiple PDFs into one, or split, rotate, and reorder pages - Convert PDF to Word, JPG, PNG, HEIC, and other formats SIGN DOCUMENTS - Add your signature to PDF contracts and forms in seconds - Fill out forms and place text, checkmarks, and initials anywhere on a document - Store signed contracts securely and access them from any device FILE CONVERTER & COMPRESSOR - Convert between PDF, DOCX, JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP, and more in a few taps - Compress PDFs, photos, and files to reduce size for email or upload limits - Create PDFs from photos, scans, or documents, and convert them back to editable formats SCANNER - Scan receipts, books, and documents with a built-in OCR document scanner - Save scans as searchable PDFs directly in Documents or your cloud drive ALSO INSIDE - Transcribe audio and video to text, then edit or export the transcript - Use Smart Eraser to remove unwanted objects from photos - Play music and video, and transfer files to your Mac or PC over Wi-Fi Documents is an App Store Editors' Choice winner. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://documents.io/legal/privacy https://documents.io/legal/terms
File Transfer
Easily share files, photos, and videos between mobile devices or between your phone and computer without an internet connection. Supports a wide range of file formats and compressed archives.
- Offline file transfer
- Mobile-to-mobile sharing
- Mobile-to-computer transfer
- Supports various file formats
- Handles compressed archives
- MP3 and MP4 player
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File Transfer, No need to connect to the Internet, you can send files, photos, videos, etc. between mobile phones and mobile phones and computers. Send from mobile to mobile: - Multiple iOS devices connected to the same router (same LAN). - Support sending photos, videos, and documents in various formats - Support to open multiple file formats: DOC, Excel, PPT, TXT, RTF, Pages, JPG, GIF, PNG - Support opening compressed packages zip, rar, 7z, cbz, cbr, tar, gzip. Mobile phone and computer transfer: - Connect your phone and computer to the same WiFi - Support transfer files, photos, videos in the computer browser.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Documents at none against File Transfer's shown. Documents also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 9 months). File Transfer's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Documents sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and File Transfer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Documents holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Documents has 635K ratings behind it against 164, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Documents's written reviews are positive against 79% of File Transfer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Documents ships an update every 6 days, File Transfer every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Documents | File Transfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (635K ratings) — better | 4.3 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 635K — better | 164 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 421 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readdle Technologies Limited | 云云 唐 |
Customer experience
Documents
File Transfer
Bugs and requests
Documents
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappearing downloaded files and folders
- Unreliable audio playback with skipping and pausing
- Inability to open certain file types after updates
- Syncing issues between local storage and cloud services
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable volume controls for audio playback
- Improved PDF annotation tools
- Option to expand/collapse all bookmarks in documents
- Ability to permanently delete files
- Faster file transfer and syncing between devices
File Transfer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Documents
- Documents Plus1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Documents Plus7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Documents Plus3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Documents VPN3 Days trial$12.491 Month
- Documents VPN7 Days trial$12.491 Month
- Documents Plus7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Documents Plus3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Documents Plus7 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- Documents VPN7 Days trial$89.991 Year
File Transfer
- Professional Version$1.99









