BeeFiles vs Xlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeeFiles
Organize and access your important files from anywhere with this cloud storage solution. Share documents easily via links and quickly find what you need through search and favorites.
- Organize files in one place
- Access files anywhere, offline
- Share files via links
- Search and mark important files
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BeeStation, your personal cloud journey Organize files with BeeFiles. Keep your projects, personal plans, and other important files, all in one place. Use BeeFiles to: - Access files anywhere, even when offline - Share files with others via a link - Search files or mark important ones for instant access
Xlist
Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Xlist at 71% against BeeFiles's 0%. Xlist also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). BeeFiles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume 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. Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeeFiles asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeeFiles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of BeeFiles's written reviews are positive against 71% of Xlist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BeeFiles ships an update every 3 months, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeeFiles | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) — better | 4.2 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synology Inc. | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
BeeFiles
Xlist
In-app purchases
BeeFiles
No in-app purchases
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
