AirBox vs interplex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirBox
Access and manage files on your iPhone and iPad wirelessly via a web browser. Share photos and documents without cables or extra software. Offers features like file preview, search, and metadata editing.
- Wireless file access via web browser
- Upload/download photos and documents
- File preview and management
- Search by filename, size, date
- Edit photo metadata (Exif)
- Save files from other apps
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Turn your iPhone and iPad into a wireless disk. Share your files and photos over the network without needing a USB cable or extra software. *** Upgrade to AirBox+ + No Ads + Real-time control the access from web browser to safe your privacy. + Improved file management function: Group files control - Copy / Move / Email etc. + Use high quality thumbnail image for web browser access + Use system Passcode or Touch ID to protect your files + Theme support, you can now set your own favorite color. +++ Features: *** [Server] function, 3 steps to access your files. - Easily access your files from any web browser. - Easily upload and download your photo from photo libraries via web browser. 1. Connect to Wi-Fi. 2. Press the top-left menu icon and make sure the service is on. 3. Enter the IP address in any web browser to view your files. 4. If there is no response from the web browser, please try turning the service off and on again in the app. *** [My Files] function - Preview/Delete/Unzip/Rename/Email file on your iPhone & iPad. *** [Search] function - Searching for files based on keywords in the filename, file size, or file modification date. *** [Photos] function - Directly save photos from the Camera Roll to the app. - Show the geographic location of an image. *** [Metadata] function - Batch edit or remove photo metadata, including Exif data. ----- Preview function supported formats ----- ● Image: png, jpg, gif. ● Document: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF. ● Compressed: zip. ● Text-base: txt, html, php, js, css. ● Media: mp3, wav, mp4, mov. ● and Others. - Save Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF files from other apps to AirBox, including Apple's Email app and Safari. - Open all types of files from AirBox in other apps, such as the File app. *** [Settings] function - Customize the Server port Made in HongKong
interplex
Access and manage your interplex databases on your iPhone. Includes a sample database and allows for easy sharing via Airdrop. Synchronize with Dropbox for seamless updates across devices.
- View interplex databases
- Includes sample database
- Share databases via Airdrop
- Search glossaries and expressions
- Multi-glossary searches
- Dropbox synchronization
- In-app purchase for editing
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Now you can view your interplex databases on your iPhone. Packaged with the application is the Sample database that comes with interplex. Using Airdrop, sharing interplex databases with other users is a breeze. You can search glossaries, expressions, and even do multi glossary searches. Expressions can also be viewed in each of the defined languages. With Dropbox connectivity, you can modify databases on your Mac, PC, or iPad and then immediately synchronize them to your iPhone or iPod Touch and vice versa. Databases are stored at Dropbox in /Apps/interplex. The Edit Mode In-App Purchase allows you to edit all aspects of your interplex databases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: interplex at 5.0 against AirBox's 3.3. interplex also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and ads (none vs shown). AirBox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. interplex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AirBox asks for nothing beyond the download.
interplex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AirBox has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of AirBox's written reviews are positive against 100% of interplex's.
AirBox ships an update every 2 months, interplex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirBox | interplex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crefit Development | Eric Hartner |
Customer experience
AirBox
interplex
In-app purchases
AirBox
No in-app purchases
interplex
- Edit Mode$4.99









