Comparison

FilesMagic vs Elements

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

Head to head
About

FilesMagic

Instantly convert files offline with a clean, fast interface. Supports PDFs, images, documents, and audio across various formats. Your files remain private and secure as processing happens directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Instant offline file conversion
  • Supports PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX, HEIC, audio
  • Clean and intuitive interface
  • File preview before and after conversion
  • Save or share converted files
  • Privacy-focused local processing
Features
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FilesMagic is a fast, all-in-one file conversion and PDF toolkit for iPhone, completely rebuilt with a clean, modern native design. Convert documents, images, and supported media formats in just a few taps, then save the result to your device or share it instantly. Selected files are sent securely over an encrypted HTTPS connection for processing, and are handled in a temporary, isolated workspace — they are not stored after your conversion completes. PDF Tools • Merge multiple PDFs into a single file • Split a PDF into separate documents • Extract specific pages from a PDF • Rotate pages to fix orientation File Conversion • Convert between popular document, image, and supported media formats • Choose files with the native Files picker or your Photo Library • Preview and save results, or share them right away Built for Simplicity • Clean interface with light, dark, and system themes • No account or sign-up required • No ads FilesMagic requires an internet connection to convert files. Whether you're a student, a professional, or anyone who needs a quick and reliable way to convert files, FilesMagic makes it effortless.

About

Elements

Features
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Aesthetic widgets that match — because you designed them that way. Elements is a design system for widgets: set the typeface, the accent, the background and the density once, and 33 kinds of widget wear it — on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, StandBy, CarPlay, and on your Mac. 173 designed faces. 267 backgrounds, 118 of them photographs. 80 colour sets, 12 accent colours, or your own. 218 finished looks you can apply in one tap and then keep tweaking. 17 KINDS FREE, THE REST ONE AD AWAY Clock, weather, next event, calendar, battery and storage, world clock, countdown, days since, dots, today, sunrise and sunset, moon, prayer times, quote, word of the day, verse of the day and a groceries list are free to place and keep. Every other widget is free for 7 days after one short ad, as often as you like. Elements Pro removes the ads and unlocks everything for good. WIDGETS THAT KNOW SOMETHING • Weather written as a sentence — "31° now, feels 35°. Haze till 6pm." • Your next event, your month at a glance, and how long until the next thing • A groceries list you tick off from the Home Screen • Steps, distance and sleep, read from Health • Sunrise, sunset, the moon's phase, and how much daylight you lost since yesterday • Prayer times, computed on device from five published methods • Currency at the day's published reference rate • Analog dials, world clocks, countdowns, a verse, a word, your own feeds CUT OUT A SUBJECT AND STICK IT ON YOUR SCREEN Pick a photo and Elements lifts the subject out of it. Size it, turn it, give it a paper edge, and let the widget rotate through your shelf. MINI-APPS YOU FILL YOURSELF Habits you check off. Tallies you count. Subscriptions with renewal reminders. A focus timer. A fasting window. Places, moments, quotes and words of your own. Readings your Shortcuts write into. A canvas you compose from blocks. Habits and tallies keep their streaks and totals, and all of it stays on your phone. FED BY YOUR SHORTCUTS Your automations can write straight into a widget: a reading, a habit, a counter, a canvas block. State how often your shortcut runs and the widget will say "as of 9:41" when it misses — a stale number never poses as a fresh one. CORRECT, OR IT TELLS YOU WHY The most common complaint about widgets is that they go stale, blank or wrong. Every widget knows how fresh its data is and says so. Every failure is named — "no location fix", "offline", "not allowed" — instead of one shrug. Widget Health shows what actually reloaded today. PROGRESS WITHOUT PRESSURE Streaks, totals and a small celebration when you reach a goal — and you can switch celebrations off. No streak repairs to buy, no leaderboards, and no red marks for a day you missed. THREE THEMES, LIGHT AND DARK Ink Bento, Dawn Glass and Pop. Each design can pin its own theme and light/dark, so one widget stays dark while another follows your phone. PRIVACY Calendar, Reminders, Health and everything you type stay on your device. Health access is read-only and the widget extension never touches it. Weather sends your location, or a place you pin, to Apple for a forecast; a few widgets fetch public data such as exchange rates or feeds you add. There are no accounts. The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Ads are personalised only if you allow tracking when asked; otherwise they are less personal. In the UK and EU you choose in a consent form, and can change it any time in Settings. Elements Pro has no ads. ELEMENTS PRO Every widget, every face, every photograph and colour set, the bundled typefaces and icon styles, unlimited saved designs, and no ads. Yearly, monthly or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://thesolanalabs.com/elements/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FilesMagic2 screens
Elements4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FilesMagic at none against Elements's 3. FilesMagic also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Elements's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Elements sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FilesMagic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FilesMagic ships an update every 4 months, Elements every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FilesMagic versus Elements: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilesMagicElements
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlmuthanna ShihabTouseef Hassan Nasir

In-app purchases

None

FilesMagic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Elements

Subscriptions2
  • Elements Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Elements Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Elements Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is FilesMagic free?
FilesMagic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elements free?
Elements is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FilesMagic or Elements have ads?
Elements shows ads; FilesMagic does not.
Which is updated more often, FilesMagic or Elements?
FilesMagic ships an update every 4 months, and Elements every 6 days. Most recently, FilesMagic was updated on October 15, 2026 and Elements on October 21, 2026.

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