File Manager & Files Browser vs Widgets Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
File Manager & Files Browser
Easily manage and view your files with this lightweight application. Perform essential tasks like moving, copying, and deleting, and view common formats including documents, images, audio, and video.
- Move files between folders
- Copy and organize files
- Delete unwanted files
- View common file formats
- Browse text, image, PDF, audio, and video files
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File Manager & Files Browser is a simple and lightweight app designed to help you manage and view your files in one place. With an easy-to-use interface, you can perform essential file management tasks such as moving, copying, and deleting files. The app also supports viewing common file formats, including text documents, images, PDFs, audio, and video files. Features: Move files between folders Copy and organize files Delete unwanted files Browse and view text files (.txt) View images (.jpg, .png) Read PDF documents Play audio and video files (.mp3, .mp4) This app focused on providing a clean and reliable file browsing experience. More features and improvements are planned for future updates based on user feedback. Thank you for trying File Manager & Files Browser.
Widgets Now
Design custom widgets for your home and lock screens with various types and extensive customization options. Track shared numbers with others, like fitness goals or savings, with live updates and leaderboards.
- 21 widget types (clocks, weather, photos, etc.)
- Extensive design customization (themes, gradients, fonts)
- Shared number tracking with leaderboards
- Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- iCloud sync across devices
- App Clip for instant sharing
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Widget Now is a widget studio — and a way to keep one number in front of the people who share it with you. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Start from 21 widget types: clocks, world clocks, calendars, countdowns, live weather, sunrise and sunset, moon phase, activity rings, steps, water, photos, battery, reminders, quotes and more. Then make them yours with 14 theme presets, 16 gradients, solid colours and photo backgrounds, 20 typefaces, and adjustable corners, padding and borders — with a live preview that updates as you edit. Every design works on both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. TRACK ONE NUMBER TOGETHER Pick something you and someone else both care about — miles run, waters drunk, deals closed, pages read, days sober, money saved — and Widget Now keeps it in sync between you. Everyone's contributions roll into a single total with a leaderboard, and that number lands on every surface iOS offers: • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A full-screen dashboard when you AirPlay to an Apple TV Invite someone with a link, a message or a QR code. When they tap it, an App Clip shows them the group straight away — they can put it on their Lock Screen before installing anything. LIVE ACTIVITIES Design timers, event countdowns, progress trackers and live counters in your own colours and symbols, then run them on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. SYNCS WITH ICLOUD Your designs follow you across iPhone and iPad automatically. Shared groups sync to everyone in the group, and updates arrive on their own — no refresh button. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no sign-ups, and no servers of ours. Everything lives in your own iCloud. What you share is limited to the people you share it with, and the contents of a shared group are stored encrypted. Widget Now collects no analytics and shows no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widgets Now at none against File Manager & Files Browser's shown. Widgets Now also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). File Manager & Files Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for File Manager & Files Browser against 5.0 for Widgets Now. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | File Manager & Files Browser | Widgets Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tapstorm Limited | Amol Srivastava |
Customer experience
File Manager & Files Browser
Widgets Now
In-app purchases
File Manager & Files Browser
No in-app purchases
Widgets Now
No in-app purchases
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