File Viewer vs Archiver
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.
Archiver
Easily decompress and compress various archive formats like 7z, rar, and zip. Secure your archives with passwords and control compression rates for flexibility. Access files from cloud services and network drives with an integrated file manager.
- Decompress 7z, rar, zip, tar, gz, bz2
- Compress and edit 7z, zip, tar, gz, bz2
- Password protection for archives
- Adjustable compression rate
- View archive contents without decompressing
- Extract selected files
- Cloud and network drive integration
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We’d like to bring to your attention the best application for working with archives. The application easily handles decompressing archives in 7z, rar, zip, tar, gz and bz2 formats, and allows you to compress and edit files in 7z, zip, tar, gz and bz2 formats. Setting a password for an archive and control over the compression rate allows you to manage compression with flexibility. And viewing the content of an archive without the need to decompress it and the ability to extract only selected files saves your time and device resources. Full integration with popular cloud services (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox, Box, Yandex.Disk), with network services (SMB, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, DLNA) and with your photo album allows access to your files from other devices. The incredibly powerful file manager allows you to easily manage files in the most secluded corners of your storage. Feel free to ask questions, report bugs or request new features: support@develsoftware.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: File Viewer at none against Archiver's 4. File Viewer also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.1). Archiver's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Archiver sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. File Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
File Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 38% and 38% positive.
File Viewer ships an update every 6 months, Archiver every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | File Viewer | Archiver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | 3.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.8% of reviews | 38.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sharpened Productions | LTD DevelSoftware |
Customer experience
File Viewer
Archiver
In-app purchases
File Viewer
No in-app purchases
Archiver
- Thank the Developer$0.99
- Appearance Customization$1.99
- File Viewer$4.99
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- Pro Version$5.99
