Comparison

Qfile Pro vs GuideCabin

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

GuideCabin

Features
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Keep all your product manuals organized and easy to search with GuideCabin. GuideCabin lets you store paper manuals, PDFs, and manuals from the web in one place on your iPhone or iPad. Imported manuals can be processed with OCR, allowing you to search not only by product name, but also inside the contents of each manual. Search Inside Your Manuals Looking for how to replace a filter or what an error code means? Search for terms such as “filter replacement” or “E04” and GuideCabin can find matching sections across your saved manuals. Ask Questions Naturally On supported devices, you can search your manuals using natural-language questions such as: “How do I clean the humidifier?” Rather than generating a new answer from scratch, GuideCabin shows relevant passages from the original manual together with the source page, so you can easily check the original information. Chat-based search requires a device and environment that support Apple Intelligence. Standard full-text search remains available on unsupported devices. Import Manuals in Several Ways Add manuals from: ・Your camera ・Your photo library ・PDF files ・Web URLs This makes it easy to bring both paper and digital manuals into one library. Keep Product Information Together GuideCabin can also store useful information for each product, including: ・Product photos ・Purchase date ・Store or retailer ・Warranty expiration date ・Warranty documents and receipts Keep the manual and related product records together instead of searching for them separately. Designed with Privacy in Mind GuideCabin does not require an account and does not include advertising or analytics. Manuals, photos, and search data are stored on your device, and document processing and search are performed on-device. Internet access is used when downloading manuals from URLs and when processing in-app purchases through Apple. Try It for Free You can use all GuideCabin features for free with up to 3 registered manuals. A one-time Premium purchase removes the manual limit. There are no additional feature restrictions in the free version. Keep the information you need close at hand. With GuideCabin, your manuals are easier to organize, search, and find when you need them.

Screenshots

Qfile Pro4 screens
GuideCabin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Qfile Pro at none against GuideCabin's 1. Qfile Pro also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. GuideCabin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Qfile Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Qfile Pro versus GuideCabin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQfile ProGuideCabin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (462 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings462 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQNAP Systems, Inc.MT-DESIGN

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

GuideCabin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Qfile Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GuideCabin

One-time1
  • GuideCabin Premium$2.99

Questions

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

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