Comparison

Phone Drive Pro vs AstroPro

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

Head to head
About

Phone Drive Pro

Transform your iOS device into a wireless flash drive. Effortlessly manage local and cloud files, stream media, and transfer data via WiFi from your computer. Includes a robust file manager, document viewer, and media player.

Highlights
  • Wireless flash drive functionality
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Multimedia streaming and playback
  • Comprehensive file management
  • Document viewing and editing
  • Secure passcode lock with biometrics
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless file drive. Phone Drive Pro helps you transfer files to your computer, organize documents and media, read PDFs and play music in one app. TRANSFER FILES OVER WI-FI Move files between Phone Drive Pro and your Mac or Windows PC over the same Wi-Fi network. Start the transfer feature in the app and open its address in your computer's web browser. Upload and download files without a USB cable or separate desktop app. ORGANIZE YOUR FILES Create folders for projects, work documents, photos and music. Copy, move, rename, delete and share files. ZIP related files together or unzip an archive you receive. Keep local files in Phone Drive Pro available for offline access. READ DOCUMENTS AND EDIT TEXT Open PDFs and preview supported Microsoft Office and iWork documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers and Keynote files. View images, create text files and edit plain text or source code. ENJOY YOUR MUSIC AND VIDEOS Build playlists from your own audio files and listen with shuffle, repeat and background playback. Watch supported videos and stream compatible music or video from connected cloud storage. CONNECT CLOUD ACCOUNTS AND SERVERS Access supported Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive and Yandex Disk accounts, plus FTP and WebDAV servers. Browse connected storage and move files between supported locations. Cloud connections require additional in-app purchases. PROTECT ACCESS TO THE APP Set a passcode and use Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices to restrict access to Phone Drive Pro. KEEP USEFUL FILES CLOSE Carry reference documents to a meeting, organize photos from your library or keep PDFs and music ready for a trip. Use your iPhone or iPad as a place to store, open and manage the files you need. Phone Drive Pro is the paid edition of Phone Drive. Optional cloud connections are sold separately through in-app purchases. For local Wi-Fi transfers, keep the app open and your device awake until the transfer finishes. Cloud services require an internet connection and a supported account. Learn more: https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive Privacy Policy: https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive/legal/terms

About

AstroPro

This app provides Vedic almanac details, festival calendars, and horoscope casting with in-depth analysis. It helps users determine auspicious times for events and offers detailed astrological charts and interpretations.

Highlights
  • Vedic Almanac and festival calendar
  • Horoscope casting and analysis
  • Muhurtha (auspicious timing) calculator
  • Customizable location data
  • Detailed astrological charts (North/South Indian)
  • Save and manage multiple horoscopes
Features
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“Astropro” is an all in one app for Vedic Almanac, calendar of festivals, horoscope casting with analysis, and also to determine muhurtha for auspicious events. Users can set any major cities around the world enlisted for different time zones or edit the location data if necessary to make it more specific and work with different key menu categories as discussed below. Home screen: This provides current calendar date with Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moon-set, day’s star and tithi with its transition time, lunar month, and year followed by any major festival events for the given city of choice. Users can navigate through days and months for the current year that gives corresponding Vedic almanac details as well as charts for planetary positions. Almanac: This section gives the almanac details for given month and year that enables the user to quickly glance through the list of important festivals, days for rituals etc. in order to plan personal calendar of activities. Calendar is further supplemented with ephemeris data table and eclipses provided in a separate screen. Astrochart: By default, it gives the traditional chart with zodiacal details in terms of its longitude and position with respect to different constellations for the date selected on the home screen. Therefore one can navigate the home screen to set any day in the current year to obtain the day’s chart. Chart type button is provided in the toolbar to quickly switch between chart formats from south Indian to north Indian style as shown in the screen shots. In addition, one can also cast individual horoscope based on place and time. Upon casting, a five page scrolled output provides additional details on major astrological analysis listed below. 1. Zodiacal details 2. Vimshottari Dasha analysis 3. Anthar and Pratyantar Dasha analysis (In Dasha+ separate section) 4. Sapthavarga/Dashavarga analysis 5. Bhavavarga analysis and key yogas (Basis for predictive astrology) 6. Ashtakavarga analysis 7. Ashtakavraga Summary This saves from the treachery involved in exhaustive computational skills required to perform these tasks and make it readily available for quick interpretation by any professional. Color-coding is done to highlight certain points of interest and also let you save your chart for quick access as and when required. App scans for twelve key vital yogas and displays that is present in a Bhava chart. A short description of twelve yoga is also given for reference. App allows you to save as many chart data in a file and once loaded you can navigate and select a specific chart for display. You can also delete charts that are no longer needed. Muhurtha: This is covered under major four categories i.e., General purpose, Precise, Marriage and Upanayana. App generates calendar of for the given year and month with almanac details. In general-purpose category, harmonious days are listed with its suitability with respect to an individual birth star and given in the remarks column. App notes has details on election criteria applied for both Marriage and Upanayana since there can be different versions possible with exceptions. This should help users to understand the difference between their respective local traditions and rules applied in this app. In addition, this section also provides a menu for matrimonial for matching stars that gives points scored under individual category with overall compatibility in percentages. Help Help file provides Vedic almanac glossary with brief writings on various keywords, terminology and computational logic used in this app. It is quite educational and one can quickly comprehend its significance as well. A Dasha calculator is also provided to assists in computation of different Anthar and Pratyantar Dasha in any given Mahadashas. This app is constantly updated with added features time to time. All future updates are made available at no extra cost. Please refer to our web site for more info and screen shots.

Screenshots

Phone Drive Pro4 screens
AstroPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Drive Pro at 77% against AstroPro's 0%. Phone Drive Pro also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). AstroPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Phone Drive Pro costs $4.99 and AstroPro $6.99 up front. Phone Drive Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. AstroPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phone Drive Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phone Drive Pro has 2.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Phone Drive Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of AstroPro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone Drive Pro ships an update fortnightly, AstroPro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Phone Drive Pro versus AstroPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone Drive ProAstroPro
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEightythree TechnologyKaup Shenoy Associates

Customer experience

Phone Drive Pro

All ratings2,265 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews1,599 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.2%
Negative16.4%

AstroPro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Phone Drive Pro

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Crashes on launch after updates
  • Freezes when trying to transfer files
  • Inability to access cloud storage
  • Corrupted or missing files after sync
  • Playback issues with audio and video files
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  • Unreliable connection between devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • Bring back EQ feature
  • Improve cloud integration and sync
  • Add more cloud storage options
  • Enhance audio playback controls
  • Improve file transfer speed and reliability
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  • Restore removed features like browser
  • Provide better organization and navigation

AstroPro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Phone Drive Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Cloud Service Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Cloud Service Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Reset Password$1.99
  • Premium Cloud Service Lifetime$49.99
None

AstroPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phone Drive Pro free?
Phone Drive Pro costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is AstroPro free?
AstroPro costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phone Drive Pro or AstroPro?
Phone Drive Pro is rated higher. Phone Drive Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while AstroPro averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Phone Drive Pro or AstroPro have ads?
Neither Phone Drive Pro nor AstroPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phone Drive Pro or AstroPro?
Phone Drive Pro ships an update fortnightly, and AstroPro every 3 months. Most recently, Phone Drive Pro was updated on November 3, 2026 and AstroPro on October 30, 2026.

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