USB Sharp Pro vs ZipManager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USB Sharp Pro
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a portable wireless storage disk for efficient file management. Supports a wide range of file types for viewing, editing, and transferring via Wi-Fi or iTunes.
- Wireless storage disk
- File management
- Wi-Fi transfer
- iTunes file sharing
- Document reader
- E-book reader
- Music player
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USB Sharp Pro can turn your iPhone, ipad, ipod into a large Capacity, Portable and Wireless storage disk, Facilitate and efficient manage of your files! ------------------------------------ V1.2.2 Updates 1.Support for editing php, js, html file. 2.Support the open format, such as flv,asf,rmvb,avi,mpg,mkv,wmv. ------------------------------------ V1.2.0 Updates 1. Dropbox Operate, multiple files upload & download, history,create folder 2. Add manual ------------------------------------ V1.1.3 Updates 1.Chrome and Firefox Supported upload multiple files 2.Extract files from encryption .rar ------------------------------------ V1.1.2 Updates ** Optimization pdf reader, ** Support for importing videos/photos to Photo Library ** Support for exporting video from Photo Library ------------------------------------ V1.1.1 Updates ** Search file(folder) name function added ** Picture Viewer Improved ** Unzip type added ------------------------------------ V1.1.0 Updates New Features: ** add authentication for local login ** add authentication for wifi transfer ** Custom background image; ** Sorting by file size **** Build-in Music Player [Support .mp3 .m4a .aac] ** Background playing; ** Sorting by song title, artist name and album name in the playlists ** Support many kinds of playing modes ** Support playing the music inside iPod ** Custom background image; ** Support searching lyrics on-line and showing it in synchronization , and support the lyrics duplication ** Support lyrics edit; ------------------------------------ V1.0.1 Updates * Full screen view files Supported * Multiple photo import Supported Specifically as follows: **** Facilitate and efficient manage files * Sorting by file name、create time and file type * View, copy, move, delete, rename, email, zip Compression and unzip files/folders * Encryption folder, protect your files * Extract all files from a compressed .zip file * Glide deleting function * Select all and Cancel all operate * Transferring files by wifi and iTunes file sharing * Email multiple files, folder Supported * Open email attachments * Photo import Supported * Open files in other applications * Landscape mode supported * iPad-compatible **** Facilitate and efficient view files * E-book reader (.epub) * Thumbnail preview, Photo View, Zoom * Players, support mp3、m4a、aac and mp4 * Document reader, support .pdf .rtf .rtfd .doc .docx etc * Multi-touch Supported, Zoom files * Bookmark supported, fast file location **** Facilitate and efficient edit plain files * Convert plain file encoding (Unicode,UTF-8 etc) * Plain file content copy, cut, paste and replace * External file copy and paste **** Add plain text(default encoding UTF-8), photos(from Camera) and folders **** Support Simplified Chinese and English USB Sharp Pro support list of file types: E-book: epub Plain text: .txt .php .js .html Document: .pdf .csv .rtf .rtfd .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .ppt .pptx (office 2003 or later) Image: .png .jpg .jpeg .gif .bmp .xbm .tif .tiff Audio: .mp3 .m4a .aac Video: .mp4 .mov .m4v .3gp .flv .asf .rmvb .avi .mpg .mkv .wmv Web: .htm .html .xhtml Compressed: .zip .rar
ZipManager
Easily manage and extract compressed files from various sources like email and web browsers. Supports password-protected archives, multiple folder levels, and a wide range of document and media formats.
- Create and manage folders
- Zip and unzip files
- Password protected zip support
- File search functionality
- Open-in feature for external apps
- View multiple file formats
- Print and sort files
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Open zip files from mail, safari or other apps and unzip it! Features: 1. Multi-level folder supported, you can create folders & subfolders in “Zip Manager”, conveniently manage your files. 2. Supports zip, unzip, rename, copy, cut, paste, delete, mail features 3. Supports password protected zip file. 4. Search feature supported for finding out the files you want. 5. Supports open-in feature: you can open the supported data from Mail, Safari or some other Apps that supported open-in feature; Also allows other Apps to open local files (Just tap and hold the file’s image, then the open-in menu will appear). 6. Supports viewing a large number of file formats (docx, xlsx, pdf, pptx, mp3, mp4 etc.). 7. Supports print feature. 8. Supports file sorting feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: USB Sharp Pro at 4.0 against ZipManager's 3.0. USB Sharp Pro also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). ZipManager's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 60%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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
USB Sharp Pro costs $2.99 and ZipManager $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
USB Sharp Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USB Sharp Pro has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of USB Sharp Pro's written reviews are positive against 83% of ZipManager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USB Sharp Pro | ZipManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 锦文 游 | 冠兰 姜 |
Customer experience
USB Sharp Pro
ZipManager
In-app purchases
USB Sharp Pro
No in-app purchases
ZipManager
No in-app purchases









