Comparison

Qfile Pro vs Materials And Practices

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

Head to head
About

Qfile Pro

Access and manage your QNAP NAS files remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Upload photos and documents, share files via links, and manage files directly from your mobile device. Download files for offline access and sync them with your NAS.

Highlights
  • Remote NAS file access
  • Direct photo and document upload
  • Easy file sharing via links
  • Mobile file management (move, copy, rename, delete)
  • Offline file reading
  • Automatic photo upload
  • File synchronization with NAS
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Qfile Pro is a free companion app for QNAP NAS that allows you to browse and manage the files on your NAS using your iPhone or iPad. Prerequisites: - iOS 16 or later - QNAP NAS running QTS 4.0 or later, QuTS hero 4.5.0 or later Major features of Qfile Pro: - Access files on your QNAP NAS anytime, anywhere. - Directly upload photos and documents from your iOS devices to your NAS. - Easy sharing: Create download links to easily share files via email or SMS, or simply email the file as an attachment. - Easy management: Move, copy, rename, and delete files on your NAS using your mobile device. No computer required. - Offline file reading: Download files from your NAS to your iOS device for convenient access when you do not have an Internet connection. - Auto upload: Automatically upload photos from your device's photo gallery to the NAS. (To ensure that Qfile Pro can continually provide this background service, you must allow the location service - please note that this may noticeably decrease battery life.) - Qysnc integration: Synchronize files between your mobile device and your QNAP NAS. (Requires QTS 4.3.4/QuTS hero 4.5.0 or later, and Qsync Central to be installed on your QNAP NAS device.) Other features: 1. Support for displaying files thumbnail. 2. Supports control playback from QNAP NAS to DLNA devices. (requires QNAP Media Server, and QTS 4.0/QuTS hero 4.5.0 or later) 3. Support for file compression. (QTS 4.0/QuTS hero 4.5.0 or later) Supported Formats: Photos: BMP, JPG, JPE, PNG, TGA, GIF Music: MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, AIF, AIFF Videos: AVI, MP4

About

Materials And Practices

Features
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Materials And Practices is a complete recordkeeping app for small-scale organic farms. Track every grow, amendment, harvest, and work activity in one place — built around the records you need for organic certification and FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) compliance. Cultivars from USDA data Browse a curated database of vegetable cultivars with growing seasons, hardy zones, and planting schedules. Grow tracking Manage active and completed grows with timelines, work logs, amendment applications, and harvest records. Organic certification recordkeeping Capture amendment applications, soil tests, lab results, and field history with full traceability for your certifier. FSMA harvest safety Built-in harvest safety checklists based on FDA FSMA requirements. Soil testing Log pH, nutrients, and organic matter, with lab contact management and visual pH spectrum. Lease management Track agricultural lease agreements, payments, and renewals. Worker time tracking Multi-worker time clock with weekly hours, overtime detection, and Monday–Sunday weekly summaries. Built for the farm, not the cloud All data lives on your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. Available in English and Spanish.

Screenshots

Qfile Pro4 screens
Materials And Practices4 screens

Verdict

The call

Qfile Pro and Materials And Practices are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Qfile Pro versus Materials And Practices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQfile ProMaterials And Practices
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (485 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings485 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQNAP Systems, Inc.river.io llc

Bugs and requests

Qfile Pro

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Auto upload doesn't work on iPhone 14
  • Background upload doesn't work
  • Uploading files from iPad issues
  • Download resumption issues
  • iPhone overheating and random crashes
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  • Crashes when configuring auto upload
  • Storing downloaded files in inaccessible location
  • Crashes after firmware update
  • Crashes on startup after update
  • Login issues after iOS upgrade
  • Incompatible with iOS 11 Files app
  • Music playback issues after update
  • Fails to upload large files

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode icon
  • Offline viewing of cached files
  • Ability to edit Word and Excel documents
  • Extract files from compressed archives
  • Dark mode option
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  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Materials And Practices

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Qfile Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Materials And Practices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Qfile Pro free?
Qfile Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Materials And Practices free?
Materials And Practices is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Qfile Pro or Materials And Practices have ads?
Neither Qfile Pro nor Materials And Practices shows ads.

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