Comparison

Files vs Echobell

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Files

Manage all your documents, spreadsheets, and media on your iPhone and iPad. This app facilitates downloading, storing, editing, and transferring files across devices and cloud services. It offers seamless integration with other iOS apps for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Download, store, edit, create, and transfer files
  • Cloud synchronization with iCloud
  • Support for Dropbox, Google Drive, FTP, and Wi-Fi transfer
  • Integrated website downloader for videos and music
  • Seamless integration with other iOS apps
  • Organize media into folders
  • Create documents for email and web attachments
Features
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The all-in-one File Manager for iOS. Files allows you to easily download, store, edit, create, transfer, and manage documents, spreadsheets, and media on your iPhone and iPad. File synchronisation and backup can happen automatically across your devices using iCloud. Files support transfer of files using Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, FTP, Wifi, and many other protocols. Integrated downloader allows downloading from any website, including mp3, avi, mp4 and youtube videos. Files is tightly integrated with other iOS apps such as Safari, Mail and Pages so you can easily send files between your Apps. Using Files, you can easily create documents for use in emails, web site attachments, personal reminders. You can also use files to arrange your media files into folders, watch movies, play music, and achieve greater productivity on your iOS device. Files is a essential App for any regular iPhone and iPad user.

About

Echobell

This app ensures you never miss critical alerts by transforming webhooks, emails, and API calls into immediate notifications, including automated phone calls. It offers flexible triggers and advanced alert types for urgent updates.

Highlights
  • Automated phone call alerts
  • Webhook, API, and email triggers
  • iOS Time-Sensitive alerts
  • Customizable notification channels
  • Conditional logic for alerts
  • Team subscriptions for alerts
Features
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Echobell turns a webhook, an API call, or an email into a notification you can't miss — including a real phone call that rings through Silent Mode and Focus. HOW IT WORKS Create a channel, point any service at its trigger URL or email address, and pick how urgent it is: a normal push, a Time-Sensitive alert, or a phone call. FEATURES - Phone call alerts. An automated voice call reads the message aloud. It rings on your iPhone and natively on your Apple Watch, even when the app is closed. - Trigger from anywhere. Webhook, API, or a unique email address — Grafana, TradingView, IFTTT, Zapier, Home Assistant, or your own script. - Templates. Build the title and body from the payload your service sends. - Conditions. Notify only when it matters, like status == "error" or price > 50000. - Channels and subscriptions. Share a channel with your team; everyone picks their own urgency. - Direct keys. Fire a one-off alert without setting up a channel. WHO IT'S FOR On-call developers watching servers, deploys, and CI. Traders following price and strategy alerts. Anyone who needs a specific email or smart-home event to actually reach them. Premium unlocks phone call notifications, unlimited channels, and unlimited direct keys. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://echobell.one/privacy

Screenshots

Files4 screens
Echobell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Echobell at weekly against Files's every 3 months. Echobell also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Files's advantage is ratings volume (242 vs 2) and iOS requirement (5.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Files sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Echobell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Files against 4.5 for Echobell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Files has 242 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Files's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echobell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Files ships an update every 3 months, Echobell weekly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Files versus Echobell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilesEchobell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (242 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings242 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS5.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavy Soda Pty LtdDippod LLC

Customer experience

Files

All ratings242 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative10.4%

Echobell

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Files

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes when launched on certain iOS versions
  • Random deletion of documents without user action
  • Google Drive sync fails with 'Access denied' error
  • Files not displaying or downloading
  • Blank screen when downloading Google Docs
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  • App closes unexpectedly on older devices
  • Storage space warnings causing app deletion consideration

Requested features

10 requests
  • iOS 11 and above compatibility update
  • iPad 1 iOS 5.1.1 support
  • Document signing capability
  • Audio and video downloader functionality
  • Music playback while using other apps
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  • File sharing with other applications
  • MP3 file editing capability
  • Touch-based writing/drawing feature
  • System file access
  • Ability to play music in background

Echobell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Files

One-time3
  • Large Spreadsheets$1.99
  • Enhanced Security$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
2 purchases

Echobell

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Files free?
Files is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echobell free?
Echobell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Files or Echobell?
Echobell is rated higher. Files averages 4.4 out of 5 from 242 ratings, while Echobell averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Files or Echobell have ads?
Neither Files nor Echobell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Files or Echobell?
Files ships an update every 3 months, and Echobell weekly. Most recently, Files was updated on October 7, 2026 and Echobell on October 7, 2026.

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