Comparison

USB Mobile Disk vs Control PC

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

Head to head
About

USB Mobile Disk

This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable storage device, allowing you to carry documents, music, and videos. It features a built-in file manager, music player, PDF reader, and supports various file transfer methods.

Highlights
  • Portable storage for iPhone/iPad
  • Advanced file manager
  • Background music player
  • PDF reader
  • Gallery import/export
  • FTP and HTTP file access
  • ZIP file creation/extraction
Features
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Carry all your documents, music, videos and any other data always with you. Store all your precious information in one secure place! This app transforms your iPhone & iPad to an advanced USB stick, full featured music player and even more: ▶ Use your iPhone and iPad as portable storage ▶ Advanced built-in file manager (rename, copy & paste, add folder, ...) ▶ Advanced background capable music player ▶ Advanced PDF reader ▶ Gallery import (photo and video) ▶ Gallery export (photo and video) ▶ Transfer downloaded files to your computer with iTunes ▶ Full FTP access to your files ▶ Full HTTP access to your downloads with your browser ▶ Send files by e-mail ▶ Receive files from other apps (e.g. e-mail attachments) ▶ Open files with other apps (e.g. Dropbox) ▶ Watch movies offline and listen to your music ▶ Preview and read documents (PDF Viewer) ▶ Create and extract ZIP-files ▶ Print documents using AirPrint ▶ Universal iPad / iPhone app ▶ HD / Retina support ▶▶▶ Have your USB stick always with you! The following file types are compatible with the built-in viewer. MOVIE FORMATS: Apple QuickTime (.mov), MPEG-4 (.mp4), m4v, 3GPP (.3gp) AUDIO FORMATS: MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding (.aac), Apple Lossless (.m4a) MPEG-1 audio layer 3 (.mp3), Waveform (.wav) DOCUMENT FORMATS: Excel (.xls), Keynote (.key.zip), Keynote '09 (.key), Numbers (.numbers.zip), Numbers '09 (.numbers), Pages (.pages.zip), Pages '09 (.pages), PDF (.pdf), Powerpoint (.ppt), Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Rich Text Format Directory (.rtfd.zip), Text (.txt), HTML (.htm/.html) IMAGE FORMATS: JPEG (.jpg/jpeg), Portable Network Graphics (.png), Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)

About

Control PC

Features
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Features: -Turn on -Turn off -Reboot -Turn off monitors -Lock PC -Enable hibernation mode Important: only Windows PCs are supported for now

Screenshots

USB Mobile Disk4 screens
Control PC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Control PC at none against USB Mobile Disk's shown. USB Mobile Disk's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases 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

USB Mobile Disk costs $0.99 and Control PC $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
USB Mobile Disk versus Control PC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUSB Mobile DiskControl PC
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.3 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael OdermattAndrey Kutuzov

In-app purchases

None

USB Mobile Disk

No in-app purchases

None

Control PC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is USB Mobile Disk free?
USB Mobile Disk costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control PC free?
Control PC costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do USB Mobile Disk or Control PC have ads?
USB Mobile Disk shows ads; Control PC does not.

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