Comparison

PowerFolder vs FileCentral

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

Head to head
About

PowerFolder

Access, edit, and share your files securely from any device. This app synchronizes your data to German cloud servers, ensuring it's always up-to-date and available. Collaborate with others by inviting them to shared folders with controlled access rights.

Highlights
  • Cross-device data transfer (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth)
  • File browser and management
  • Team organization and access rights
  • Secure mobile access
  • Touch-ID login
  • Automatic photo upload
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With PowerFolder you can access, edit, and share your data and documents from anywhere - even together with other users, who are easily and securely invited into folders you have shared. The data is automatically encrypted for transport and stored and synchronized to German servers in the cloud in accordance with the European Data Protection Directive, so that it is always up to date and available everywhere. Features: • Automatically transfer data between your devices via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth • Manage your files in the file browser • Organize your team and set access rights for all your shared folders • Have secure mobile access to your current data wherever you are • Log in using Touch-ID • Selection mobile data or WLAN for app usage • Automatic photo upload from device gallery

About

FileCentral

Consolidate all your files from various cloud services, apps, and computers into a single, manageable location. Seamlessly transfer documents, photos, and clipboard content between devices wirelessly or via Bluetooth, even without a network connection.

Highlights
  • Unified cloud storage management
  • Cross-device file transfer (WiFi/Bluetooth)
  • Clipboard and content sharing
  • File viewing, printing, and emailing
  • Password and Touch ID security
  • Text file creation and editing
Features
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The ONE Place to Manage Files - Access, Print, Email and Transfer files from Cloud Servers, Other Apps & Devices and your Mac or PC. Transfer your clipboard, images, copied text and files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC with one tap - even without a network. Via WiFi or Bluetooth Manage ALL of your Files in One Place • Combine all of your Cloud Servers together to Transfer Files between them and other devices • iCloud & iCloud Drive, DropBox, Evernote, FTP, Google Drive, OneDrive, ShareFile, SugarSync, WebDAV & More • Share and fetch files from your Mac or PC • Send or fetch files from Other Apps to store centrally • Move files into folders and use the powerful search function to find them again • View, Print, Email and Zip Files • Rename, duplicate and change the file type • Play Video and Audio files • Secure your files with an App Password or Finger Touch ID • Password protect folders • Create and edit text files to store notes and ideas, then share with others, print or copy/paste • Sync your local files with another device via iCloud - seamlessly and automatically Transfer Files and Content to other devices • Add a new printer to your Mac from the available list ("Send to Device @ WePrint") and print any document to your iPhone or iPad as a PDF file • Use the built in Bluetooth or WiFi transfer features to quickly and simply send files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC • Bluetooth transfer is as simple as opening FileCentral - no pairing required • Copy text or an image from a Web Page and send to another device with a single tap • Send a phone number, address, photo or other content quickly to a friend • Copy a web page address and with just one tap, send it to your colleague Share and Transfer your Photos and Image Files • Save your Album Photos as files • Move Image Files to your Photo Album • Move Photos & Image Files to and from your Cloud server, Mac/PC or another iPad/iPhone • Print Photos • Select multiple photos to send via email Add even More Power - Expand to Convert and Edit PDFs and Print to ALL Printers, not just AirPrint

Screenshots

PowerFolder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FileCentral at 88% against PowerFolder's 0%. FileCentral also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). PowerFolder's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FileCentral holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FileCentral has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PowerFolder's written reviews are positive against 88% of FileCentral's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerFolder ships an update every 2 months, FileCentral every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PowerFolder versus FileCentral: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerFolderFileCentral
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings229 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPowerFolderEuroSmartz Ltd

Customer experience

PowerFolder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FileCentral

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

PowerFolder

No in-app purchases

None

FileCentral

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerFolder free?
PowerFolder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FileCentral free?
FileCentral is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerFolder or FileCentral?
FileCentral is rated higher. PowerFolder averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while FileCentral averages 4.7 from 29 ratings.
Do PowerFolder or FileCentral have ads?
Neither PowerFolder nor FileCentral shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerFolder or FileCentral?
PowerFolder ships an update every 2 months, and FileCentral every 6 months. Most recently, PowerFolder was updated on October 23, 2026 and FileCentral on October 23, 2026.

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