Comparison

AstroPro vs Files Protection

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

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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.

About

Files Protection

Securely manage, view, and download files on your iPhone or iPad. Protect your sensitive documents, photos, and videos with a passcode and enjoy a powerful media player and document viewer.

Highlights
  • Secure file management with passcode
  • Document viewer for various formats
  • Powerful media player
  • File downloader with web browser
  • Dark mode support
  • File sharing via AirDrop
Features
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FilesProtection is a file manager, document viewer, video, downloader, and more for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch. Using FilesProtection is easy. Just long-press on a file or folder icon to display a popup menu. Simply tap your selection and you’re ready to go. You can tap on the screen to copy, move, delete, unzip, create folders and so on. There’s no need to worry about the security of FilesProtection, either. Your files can be accessed remotely with a password or locally with a master passcode. No one but you will see what’s in your FilesProtection. √ DARK MODE - A beautiful new dark color scheme that delivers a great viewing experience especially in low-light environments √ Capture video & photo √ File Manager! - Create new folders?- Copy, delete operations - Long press to popup menus - Support multi-selection mode - Import photos/videos from the system album - Export files to photo gallery - Support to unzip file - Copy file to clipboard - Paste file from the clipboard √ Share files via AirDops, carry them around with you, and share them with your friends. √ Powerful media player! - Support avi/flv/rmvm/rm/mov/mp4/mp3/wma/m3u8... - Support playing the audio file - Show snapshot of videos √ Privacy Protection - Provide a secure private passcode to keep your secret files 100% privately. Your files are ONLY stored in your "Files Protection" and no one can touch them except yourself! - Hide files/folders - Hide image/video thumbnail - Recovery mode √ Download and browse files and documents on your iPhone, iPod or iPad like on your computer.No limits on storage or downloads! - Web-browser like Safari with bookmarks - Simply tap on the link to download √ Document viewer ! - Support plist/word/excel/ppt/pdf/txt/page/number/html/jpeg/epub/chm- unzip (.zip file) - Open files with other apps - Open files from other apps *** IMPORTANT NOTE: This app DOES NOT support downloading of audio or video content or any other related functionality. The downloadable content must be NON-audiovisual which includes pdfs, docs, xlsxs etc... *** √ Contact with me: ichitech89@gmail.com

Screenshots

AstroPro4 screens
Files Protection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Files Protection at 58% against AstroPro's 0%. Files Protection also leads on price (Free vs $6.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.0). AstroPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Files Protection is free to download; AstroPro costs $6.99 up front. Files Protection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AstroPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Files Protection holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Files Protection has 602 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of AstroPro's written reviews are positive against 58% of Files Protection's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AstroPro ships an update every 3 months, Files Protection fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
AstroPro versus Files Protection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstroProFiles Protection
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (602 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2602 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKaup Shenoy AssociatesBinh Tran

Customer experience

AstroPro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Files Protection

All ratings601 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral15.3%
Negative26.4%

Bugs and requests

AstroPro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Files Protection

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes 7 seconds after launch
  • Passcode authentication not working after updates
  • App force closes unexpectedly
  • Files disappear from app despite existing in device storage
  • Video import from library not functioning
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  • Touch ID feature disabled after updates
  • App crashes when adding new photos/videos
  • Password verification failing
  • Files visible in iPhone Settings despite password protection
  • App won't open after update notifications

Requested features

8 requests
  • Backup and restore functionality
  • Password recovery option
  • Touch ID/Biometric authentication support
  • Dark mode
  • GIF file support
Show 3 more
  • USB transfer capability
  • Cloud backup integration
  • Ability to change forgotten passwords

In-app purchases

None

AstroPro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Files Protection

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisments$1.99

Questions

Is AstroPro free?
AstroPro costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Files Protection free?
Files Protection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AstroPro or Files Protection?
Files Protection is rated higher. AstroPro averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Files Protection averages 4.6 from 602 ratings.
Do AstroPro or Files Protection have ads?
Files Protection shows ads; AstroPro does not.
Which is updated more often, AstroPro or Files Protection?
AstroPro ships an update every 3 months, and Files Protection fortnightly. Most recently, AstroPro was updated on October 14, 2026 and Files Protection on October 22, 2026.

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