ipdisk vs Whale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ipdisk
Access and manage your ipTIME NAS content from anywhere. Save photos and videos directly to your NAS, stream media, and view documents on your smartphone. Enjoy expanded storage without worrying about device capacity.
- Direct photo/video saving to NAS
- Media streaming (video/music)
- Document viewing (Word, PDF)
- Expand smartphone storage
- Free ipDISK service for NAS buyers
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ipDISK Application for ipTIME NAS Anytime, anywhere content freely available on the ipTIME NAS ! - Pictures or videos taken on the smartphone, you can save pictures or videos directly to the NAS - Videos streaming or music streaming support. (Support for different types of smart phones may differ from the codec.) - Photo, Microsoft documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF), PDF file View to support. - Smartphones freely without worrying about the capacity can be used to save the file. - ipTIME NAS buyers can use the free ipDISK service. [Location access] ipDISK App requires location access and background location updates when user selects “Photo auto upload” option. When user goes to the camera app for taking a photo or video, ipDISK app will enter background. so ipDISK App requires location access and background location updates to detect photo/video taken event and upload to user’s NAS in background mode. (Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.)
Whale
This browser offers a fast and intuitive web browsing experience with cross-device synchronization. It features a unique quick search function and a convenient scrapbook for saving content, all while blocking intrusive ads. Enjoy a personalized and efficient way to access web content.
- Fast and intuitive design
- Cross-device data synchronization
- Quick search on screen
- Convenient scrapbook
- Ad blocking
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Here is Naver Whale browser! Searching in easy and fast, Syncing to every devices, Blocking abusive ads. Enjoy web content with Whale! - The more you use it, the more beautiful and intuitive design - Synchronize your data as is on any PC / mobile device - Quick and easy search on the screen you saw, Quick Search - Your own Scrapbook, more convenient than bookmarks Learn more about Naver Whale - Contact us through whaleteam@naver.com - Please visit us : https://whale.naver.com - This is the from for whale, let us know your opinion : https://forum.whale.naver.com/forum/25/ Required Permission Info - Location : To provide location information on websites - Photos : To download images from website or upload the photos stored on device to website - Microphone : To use your voice and access Whale ON video meeting - Camera : To upload images and access Whale ON video meeting Privacy Policy You can read privacy policy of Whale browser : https://policy.naver.com/policy-mobile/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Whale at 4.5 against ipdisk's 1.8. Whale also leads on ratings volume (311 vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Whale holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whale has 311 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of ipdisk's written reviews are positive against 65% of Whale's.
ipdisk ships an update every 2 months, Whale fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ipdisk | Whale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (311 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | 65.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 311 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 355 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EFM NETWORKS CO., LTD. | NAVER Corp. |
Customer experience
ipdisk
Whale
Bugs and requests
ipdisk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Whale
Reported bugs
54 issues- Picture in Picture (PiP) not working
- Playback slider not working
- Hacker using the interface (potential security issue)
- Screen time not working
- UI issues with YouTube and Naver on iPad
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- Background wallpaper changing automatically
- Text size adjustment difficult
- YouTube full screen not working on iPad
- Papago feature not working on certain websites
- Login errors (non-existent account, wrong password)
- YouTube small window mode issues
- Screen not transitioning to full screen
- Tab window bug when opening new tabs
- PDF viewing issues (lagging, crashing)
- App crashing after update
- WebRTC open by default on PC/Mac
- Whaleon error preventing meeting participation
- File names with Korean characters becoming unreadable after download on iOS 15
- Back button behavior (going to top of page)
- Bomtoon account login authorization error
- App force closes when entering a class meeting link
- Bug where previously opened pages open in a new tab
- Naver dark mode not working
- Page loading issues
- Login issues with incorrect password or initialization failure
- Login not working on iPad
- Dedicated meeting room hostless start error
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive
- Dark mode issues (not applying, white screen on some sites)
- YouTube translation issues causing content mix-up
- MacBook (M1) battery consumption
- Freezing issues on mobile
- Text selection issues (options window not appearing)
- App crashing on login
- Crash when editing menu
- Translation not working (German to English)
- App crashing when opening new tabs
- App restarting when minimized
- App crashing on login attempt
- Infinite crashing
- App closes after a few seconds
- PDF documents in links cause freezing
- Link to PDF documents causes freezing
- Automatic refresh when switching apps
- App restarts when minimized
- Dark mode not available on iOS
- Infinite crashing on iOS
- App crashes after login attempt
- Syncing issues with desktop browser history
- Text selection not working on iPad
- Papago or Quick Search not appearing next to text selection
- Background playback not working on mobile data
- Translation function often unavailable
- Search term saving cannot be turned off on mobile
Requested features
24 requests- Add simplified Chinese language support
- Add Turkish language support
- Add Japanese language support
- Improve text selection and copy-paste functionality
- Add a search feature for opened tabs
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- Allow users to disable search term saving
- Add a desktop mode persistent option
- Improve PiP fast forward/backward slider
- Add screen time tracking feature
- Add option to disable 'frequently visited sites' on home screen
- Allow users to set homepage to a new tab page
- Add option to disable closing tab list when closing last tab
- Improve background playback on mobile data
- Add Chinese language version
- Add Russian language support
- Add a feature to move PC content to other devices
- Fix issue with automatic change to new version of Naver launcher
- Add ability to download to Files
- Fix issue with PDF rendering on iPad
- Add option to customize toolbar
- Improve text size adjustment for better usability
- Add a feature to view saved passwords on iPhone
- Add a screen time mode to see time spent on each website
- Add option to fix background wallpaper
In-app purchases
ipdisk
No in-app purchases
Whale
No in-app purchases
