MediaFire vs MEGA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MediaFire
Easily upload, store, and access all your files, including photos, videos, and documents, from any device. Share your files securely via email, text, social media, or a direct link. Organize your digital life with ample free storage.
- 10 GB free storage
- Expandable free storage up to 50 GB
- Access files from any device
- Secure file storage and organization
- Easy file sharing via multiple platforms
- Search files and folders
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MediaFire lets you easily upload all your files - like your photos, videos, music, and documents - and access them from anywhere with your iPad, iPhone, or on the web. MediaFire makes it easy to share your files too! You can share with email, text, iMessage, Facebook, Twitter, or just copy a link to share anywhere! MediaFire Features: • 10 GB of space - free! • Earn up to 50 GB of free space • Keep all your important files at your fingertips. • Create and manage folders of files. • Share files on the go via email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, or copy and paste links. • Quickly search all your files and folders. Securely store, organize, and share all your media through your iPhone, or iPad. MediaFire keeps all your photos, videos, reading material, work docs, spreadsheets, presentations, and even your homework in your pocket, ready for you to view or share anytime.
MEGA
Securely store, sync, and share your files with end-to-end encryption. Communicate privately with encrypted chat and video calls. Access your data from any device, anywhere.
- End-to-end encrypted cloud storage
- Secure one-on-one and group chat
- Encrypted audio and video calls
- File upload, download, and sharing
- Real-time folder updates
- Cross-device access
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MEGA is one app for everything private. Securely store, back up, share files, and chat, protected by true zero-knowledge encryption. Only you can access your files. Not even us. Store & back up - 20 GB of free encrypted cloud storage, no credit card required - Automatic camera backup for your photos and videos - Access your files from any device, anywhere, anytime - Restore previous versions with file version history Share & collaborate - Share files and folders with secure, password-protected links - Set expiry dates on shared links for time-limited access - Collaborate in real time with folder sharing - Transfer large files to anyone, no MEGA account needed Chat & meet privately - End-to-end encrypted one-on-one and group chats - Encrypted audio and video calls - Chat history synced automatically across all your devices Privacy by design - Zero-knowledge encryption, your data is encrypted and decrypted on your device only - MEGA cannot read your files, messages, or calls - Open-source code, publicly available and independently audited on GitHub - Your account recovery key ensures only you can access your data Start free with 20 GB of private cloud storage. Upgrade anytime for more space at mega.io/pricing Subscriptions renew automatically for successive periods of the same duration at the same price as the initial period chosen. You can cancel the automatic renewal of your MEGA subscription no later than 24 hours before your next subscription payment is due, via your Apple account settings page. All MEGA client-side application code is published on GitHub, for transparency. The code of our iOS mobile app is located at: https://github.com/meganz/ios App permissions (optional): Contacts: MEGA accesses your contacts so you can add them from your device. Microphone: MEGA accesses your microphone when you capture a video, make a call or record voice messages inside the app. Camera: MEGA accesses your camera when you capture a video or photo or make a call inside the app. Face ID: MEGA accesses Face ID to allow you to easily unlock the app's passcode when you enable this option. Local network: MEGA accesses your local network so you can place and receive calls through devices that are on the same Wi-Fi or other local network. Location: MEGA accesses your location when you share it with your contacts in chat. Add photos to photo library: MEGA accesses your photo library to add photos and videos to your device gallery. Photo library usage: MEGA accesses your photos and videos when you upload them, share them through the chat and when camera uploads are enabled. MEGA’s Terms of Service: https://mega.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://mega.io/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MediaFire at none against MEGA's shown. MediaFire also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 45%) and device support (4 vs 2). MEGA's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (108K vs 1.2K). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MediaFire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MEGA sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MEGA holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MEGA has 108K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of MediaFire's written reviews are positive against 45% of MEGA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MediaFire ships an update monthly, MEGA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MediaFire | MEGA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.2K ratings) | 4.6 (108K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 45.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 108K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #41 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MediaFire | Mega Networks LLC |
Customer experience
MediaFire
MEGA
User reviews
MediaFire
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and convenient
- 💡 Generous free storage
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Reliable cloud storage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Login and authentication issues
- 🐛 Slow upload/download speeds
- 🐛 Lack of features and functionality
- 🐛 Outdated and not optimized for newer devices
MEGA
From 108K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient coding
- 🔒 Encrypted and decrypted automatically
- 👍 Easy to organize files into folders
- 👍 User-friendly interface with flawless functionality
- 🚀 Generous free storage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Thumbnails take forever to load
- 🐛 Video playback issues and glitches
- 🐛 Insufficient transfer quota limits downloads
- 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues
- 🐛 Unreliable file uploads and downloads
Bugs and requests
MediaFire
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log in or access account
- Corrupted or blank downloaded files
- Crashes when trying to view certain file types
- Inconsistent syncing and data loss issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to select and manage multiple files at once
- Integration with other apps and cloud services
- Offline access and file management
- Improved media playback and viewing options
- Better organization and sorting of files
MEGA
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login circle with no reaction
- Inability to view recent file uploads
- Incorrect file order in offline downloaded folders
- Inconsistent behavior when opening links in the app
- Deleted files not actually removed from account
Requested features
8 requests- Background downloading support
- Ability to delete chats and group chats
- Custom folder icons
- Separate camera upload folders for each device
- Better Apple Files integration
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- Alphabetic sorting for files
- Video preview thumbnails
- Offline file access
In-app purchases
MediaFire
- 1 Year 1 TB Storage, Non-renewing$49.99
MEGA
- PRO LITE Monthly$6.491 Month
- MEGA PRO I$12.491 Month
- PRO I Monthly$12.491 Month
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- PRO II Monthly$24.991 Month
- MEGA PRO II$24.991 Month
- PRO III Monthly$37.491 Month
- Essential Yearly$59.991 Year
- PRO LITE Yearly$79.991 Year
- PRO I Yearly$124.991 Year
- PRO II Yearly$249.991 Year
- PRO III Yearly$374.991 Year







