FTP Sprite vs File Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FTP Sprite
This app transforms your iOS device into a versatile FTP client, enabling you to download and upload files to and from FTP servers. It also offers robust local file management, sharing capabilities via Wi-Fi and USB, and a wide range of file viewing options for various document, image, and video formats.
- FTP client functionality
- Multiple file/folder download/upload
- Wi-Fi and USB file sharing
- Local file management
- Document and media viewer
- File compression/decompression
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FTP Sprite can turn your iPhone, ipad, ipod into ftp client, download files from ftp server and upload files into ftp server. *****specifically as follows: *****FTP Action ** Add, modify, delete ftp server ** Download multiple files/folder Supported ** Upload multiple files/folder Supported ** Living progress ** View files online ** Create folder online ** Download and upload history ** Sorting by file name, create date and file size *****Local File Sharing ** USB File Sharing via iTunes ** Http File Sharing via WiFi,Support Safari, chrome, firefox and IE6/7/8/9 ** Chrome and Firefox Supported upload multiple files ** Email multiple files/folder Supported ** Open files using other applications *****Local File Manage ** New Folder ** Sorting by file name, create date and file type ** View, copy, move, delete, rename, email, zip Compression and unzip files/folders ** Glide deleting function ** Select all and Cancel all ** Photo import Supported ** Bookmark supported *****File View ** New plain text(default encoding UTF-8),Convert plain file encoding (Unicode,UTF-8 etc) [.txt] ** External file content copy or paste ** Photo View, Zoom [.png .jpg .jpeg .gif .bmp .xbm .tif .tiff etc]; ** Document reader [.pdf .rtf .csv .rtfd .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .ppt .pptx (office 2003 or later) etc] ** Video Player [.mp4] ** File Compression and Decompression [.zip .rar] ** Extract files from encryption .rar ** Multi-touch Supported, Zoom files ** Landscape mode supported ** iPad-compatible
File Manager
This app provides comprehensive file management capabilities, including viewing images, editing text, and previewing office documents. It also offers robust compression/decompression, media playback, scanning, cloud storage integration, and secure file transfer options.
- Image browser
- Text and source code editor
- Office document and PDF reader
- Compression and decompression
- Universal audio/video player
- Cloud storage management
- Network file transfer
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File Manager - The best all-in-one file management app, chosen by over 100,000 users. Main feature list: - Image browser, supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and other image formats - Text editor, supports adjusting text size and offers hundreds of font options - Office document preview, supports Word, PPT, Excel, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and other document formats - PDF reader, supports converting PDF pages to images - Epub reader, supports various themes and text switching - Comic reader, supports cbz and cbr file types - Source code editor, supports over 100 programming languages and offers more than 80 selectable themes - Compression and decompression, supports almost all compression file formats such as rar, zip, 7z, lzma, tar, iso, tgz, txz, zstd, and also supports encrypted compression and file decryption, and extract compressed archive by volume. - Universal audio player, supports accelerated and decelerated playback - Universal video player, supports m3u8 online playback, subtitle addition, channel switching, etc. - QR code and barcode scanning and custom QR code generation - Scanner, supports scanning various documents and IDs - Cloud storage management, supports iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Baidu Netdisk and Alibaba Cloud Disk - Network connectivity, supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, SMB, NFS and AList - Near-field transmission, allows file transfer between phones without consuming network data - Lock screen feature, supports gesture and PIN code unlocking, and also supports Touch ID and Face ID unlocking. More features will be released gradually, stay tuned.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: File Manager at 4.3 against FTP Sprite's 3.1. File Manager also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). FTP Sprite's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 22%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. FTP Sprite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and File Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
File Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: File Manager has 122 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of FTP Sprite's written reviews are positive against 22% of File Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FTP Sprite ships an update every 4 months, File Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FTP Sprite | File Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 4.3 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 锦文 游 | Mirarobot Science & Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
FTP Sprite
File Manager
In-app purchases
FTP Sprite
- Full version$1.99
File Manager
- Update to Pro$2.99
- Premium$3.99
