FileCloud vs Nextcloud Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FileCloud
Securely share, sync, and access company files from any device. Manage and protect your data with robust features like remote access, file versioning, and offline capabilities. Ideal for businesses needing a controlled content collaboration platform.
- Secure file sharing
- Remote file access
- File management
- Offline access
- File versioning
- Mobile access
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FileCloud is the best content collaboration platform. It offers secure file sharing, sync and mobile access for small businesses, enterprises, universities, and hosting companies. With FileCloud, easily secure, protect, and manage your company's data and intellectual property. FileCloud works on your own infrastructure or on-premises. It can be installed on your server, or with a trusted hosting partner. This gives you complete control over your data. FileCloud provides seamless mobile access to your existing network shares. Instantly open files, folders, and documents stored in your Enterprise FileCloud. Access company files quickly and securely with iOS devices. Key Features Remote File Access – Browse files and documents locally, save them, edit them, then re-upload them. File Management - Create and delete folders and files, and search for documents from any location. Sharing - With one click, share selected files and documents to colleagues or business partners. Preview - Preview PDFs and documents. Offline Access – Download files directly onto your iOS device to access them offline. App support - Download files and open them using other applications. File Versioning - Collaborate effectively using unlimited automatic file versioning. Note: This app requires a FileCloud server to function. Your company provides this and an account for you. No user data is collected.
Nextcloud Notes
This app allows you to create, edit, and organize notes on your mobile device. It syncs seamlessly with a Nextcloud server, ensuring your notes are accessible across all your devices and the web interface. Supports plain text and markdown formatting for versatile note-taking.
- Syncs with Nextcloud server
- Create and delete notes
- Organize notes in categories
- Plain text editing
- Markdown formatting
- Export notes
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Note: Access to a Nextcloud server with the Notes app installed is required to use this app. Visit https://nextcloud.com for more information. Nextcloud Notes is a notes editor that syncs with the Notes app (https://github.com/nextcloud/notes/releases) on your server. Once you have logged in to your server, all notes will be kept in sync between devices and also the web interface. Optionally supports sync on startup. You can create and delete notes directly on the device. Notes can be organized in categories. Edit as plain text or use markdown for rich formatting. Notes can be copied or exported to other apps or services in several formats. If you have a sync client (optional) installed on your desktop computer all notes will be there too, and can be edited with any text editor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FileCloud at 80% against Nextcloud Notes's 27%. FileCloud also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (338 vs 93). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FileCloud holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 338 and 93 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of FileCloud's written reviews are positive against 27% of Nextcloud Notes's.
FileCloud ships an update every 6 weeks, Nextcloud Notes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FileCloud | Nextcloud Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (338 ratings) — better | 2.2 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 93 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CodeLathe Technologies Inc | Nextcloud GmbH |
Customer experience
FileCloud
Nextcloud Notes
User reviews
FileCloud
From 338 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy onboarding and setup
- 👍 Great for collaboration
- 👍 Seamless file access and sharing
- 👍 Allows offline file access
- 👍 Supports multiple account logins
Room to improve
- 🐛 Audio playback stops when screen sleeps
- 🐛 No search function when sharing
- 🐛 Picture preview thumbnails could be bigger
- 🐛 Phone picture backup status not visible
- 🐛 Crashing on iPhone and iPad
Nextcloud Notes
From 93 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Successfully syncs with Nextcloud instances
- ⚡ Improving performance and reliability over time
- 📝 Simple, lightweight note-taking interface
- 🔒 Privacy-focused with self-hosted option
- 📱 Cross-platform availability (iOS, Android)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent data loss and note deletion issues
- 🔌 Unreliable synchronization with server
- 🔐 Login and authentication failures
- ⚠️ Poor handling of connection interruptions
- 📉 App crashes and force-closes required
Bugs and requests
FileCloud
Reported bugs
7 issues- Audio playback stops when screen turns off
- Crashes on iPhone and iPad
- Crashing on iPhone 11
- PDF documents are blank
- App crashes when using 'open with' option
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- Not connecting to server since iOS 10 update
- Sync doesn't work properly
Requested features
5 requests- Restore background audio playback
- Implement search function when sharing
- Increase size of picture preview thumbnails
- Display phone picture backup status
- Improve file upload process to match Dropbox functionality
Nextcloud Notes
Reported bugs
19 issues- Notes randomly appear empty and lose content
- Empty files being saved to server
- Login resets to default server address
- 404 errors when getting settings
- Sync fails with large note collections
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- Navigation menu disappears after editing
- Keyboard covers input area
- Search field disappears after closing notes
- Cursor jumps to top of note while typing
- App disconnects during editing
- Session timeout errors with non-dismissible dialogs
- Conflict resolution interface unreadable
- Cannot switch between markdown and preview modes
- Notes don't upload from mobile to server
- Inconsistent note naming behavior
- App overwrites server files without checking versions
- Login fails with self-hosted servers
- App password authentication not supported
- Slow text input with 100ms delay per character
Requested features
17 requests- Text formatting options (bold, underline, italics)
- File and image attachment support
- Note categorization and organization
- Pin important notes to top
- Ability to rename notes easily
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- Offline mode with local caching
- Multi-account/profile switching
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Undo/redo functionality
- App-specific password support
- End-to-end encryption support
- Checkbox functionality in reading mode
- Share to Notes from other apps
- App lock with biometric authentication
- Direct note opening to preview page
- Remember app state on restart
- Mac app availability
In-app purchases
FileCloud
No in-app purchases
Nextcloud Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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