File Viewer vs JSON Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
File Viewer
Easily open and view over 100 different file types, including documents, images, videos, and archives. Browse files stored on your device or in iCloud Drive. This app also identifies unknown files and displays detailed file information.
- Open 100+ file types
- Browse device and iCloud Drive
- Built-in readers for Office, PDF, and images
- Extract compressed archives
- Identify unknown files
- View file information and metadata
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File Viewer is an easy-to-use file viewer opens over 100 file types, including PDFs, Office documents, images, videos, audio, and compressed archives. Browse and view files on your device or iCloud Drive with ease. Key Features - Open 100+ file types with a single app - Browse files on your device and iCloud Drive - Bookmark favorite locations including iCloud and device storage - View documents with the built-in DOCX reader, DOC reader, PDF viewer, PPTX viewer, PPT viewer, and CSV viewer - Extract compressed archives with the Zip file extractor and Tar Gzip extractor - Identify unknown files with the built-in file identification technology - Show file information including properties and hidden metadata Supported File Types - Documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PAGES - Spreadsheets: XLS, XLSX, NUMBERS - Presentations: PPT, PPTX, PPSX, KEY - Images: JPEG, PNG, AVIF, JXL, HEIC, PSD, SVG - Videos: MP4, MOV, AVI, 3G2, M4V - Audio: M4A, MP3, WAV, AIF, AC3 - Archives: ZIP, GZ, TAR, TGZ - Camera Raw: ARW, CR2, CR3, DNG, NEF - Source Code & Web: HTML, C++, Java, Python, JSON, XML - And many more! File Viewer is brought to you by https://fileinfo.com - a trusted source for file format information.
JSON Viewer
Easily open, search, and manage JSON files directly from other applications on your iPhone or iPad. Convert your JSON data to PDF, archive files, and share or print them with ease.
- Open JSON files from other apps
- JSON to PDF converter
- Archive JSON files
- Share JSON files
- Print JSON files
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With JSON VIEWER, opening, searching and managing JSON files on your iPhone or iPad will no longer be a problem. To use it, touch the JSON file in any application, select "Open with .." And select JSON VIEWER. With JSON VIEWER you can: - Open all JSON files directly from other applications on your device - JSON to PDF converter - Archive your JSON files - Share or print your JSON files Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/43220327
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: File Viewer at Free against JSON Viewer's $1.99. File Viewer also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 6%). JSON Viewer's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
File Viewer is free to download; JSON Viewer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JSON Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JSON Viewer has 113 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of File Viewer's written reviews are positive against 6% of JSON Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
File Viewer ships an update every 6 months, JSON Viewer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | File Viewer | JSON Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.2 (113 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews — better | 6.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 113 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharpened Productions | Beatcode Srl |
Customer experience
File Viewer
JSON Viewer
In-app purchases
File Viewer
No in-app purchases
JSON Viewer
No in-app purchases
