Hamstra vs Filex AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hamstra
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Hamstra makes it effortless to collect recipes, movies, books, articles, and more. Just paste a URL, snap a photo, or type what you want to save. * Share any link and Hamstra instantly extracts the title, image, and description. Perfect for recipes, articles, and more. * Take a picture of a menu, book cover, or movie poster. Hamstra recognizes and organizes it instantly. * Simply describe what you want to save. Hamstra understands context and helps you organize it perfectly.
Filex AI
Instantly find any file on your device by describing its content in plain English. This AI-powered organizer automatically sorts, renames, and tags your documents, making them easily searchable by people, organizations, or locations mentioned within them.
- AI auto organization
- Natural language search
- OCR document scanner
- Smart auto rename
- People & organization linking
- Chat with documents
- Auto tagging
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Find any file instantly. Just describe it. You have hundreds of files on your phone — PDFs, screenshots, invoices, contracts, photos of documents — scattered everywhere with names like "document(17).pdf" and "IMG_20240315.jpg". Finding anything takes forever. Manual organization never lasts. Filex AI is the AI file organizer that does the work for you. It reads every file you import, understands what's inside, automatically organizes everything into smart folders, renames files clearly, and lets you find anything by typing what you remember in plain English. No manual filing. No folder hunting. No renaming. HOW IT WORKS Import any file PDF documents, screenshots, Excel sheets, images, Word docs and Filex AI reads the actual content. It then auto rename file and generates a smart folder structure for your files, gives every file a clear descriptive name, applies intelligent tags, and makes everything instantly searchable. Need a file? Just type: "contract from last month", "invoice from Amazon", or "screenshot of the hotel booking". Filex AI finds it in seconds no folders to browse, no file names to remember. ORGANIZE BY PEOPLE, LOCATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS : - Every file gets automatically linked to the people, organizations, and locations mentioned inside it. A contract PDF links to the client's name. An invoice links to the company. A screenshot of a message links to the sender's name. Now tap any person's name and instantly see every document, receipt, PDF, and screenshot that mentions them. Browse files by organization. Browse by location. Your files, finally in context not just in folders. WHAT FILEX AI READS & ORGANIZES PDF files — contracts, invoices, reports, ebooks, forms Screenshots — receipts, booking confirmations, tickets, notes Images — photos of documents, handwritten notes, whiteboards Excel and spreadsheet files Word documents and text files Built in OCR means Filex AI reads and indexes text inside images and screenshots too not just typed documents. FEATURES AI auto organization — smart folders generated from your file content automatically Natural language search — describe any file in plain English and find it instantly OCR document scanner — reads text inside images, photos, and screenshots Smart auto rename — every file gets a clear, meaningful name automatically People & organization linking — browse all files by person or company mentioned Location tagging — files grouped by places mentioned inside them Chat with documents — ask questions to your files and get instant answers Auto tagging — AI assigns relevant tags to every file for fast filtering Works with PDF, images, screenshots, Excel, Word, and more WHO FILEX AI IS FOR Freelancers and consultants managing client contracts, invoices, and proposals who need to find the right document fast. Professionals drowning in downloaded PDFs and email attachments. Small business owners tracking receipts, vendor documents, and financial records. Students organizing research papers, lecture notes, and study materials. Anyone whose Downloads folder is a mess of unnamed files they can never find again. WHY FILEX AI IS DIFFERENT Most file manager apps give you folders and a search bar. They don't read your files. They don't understand the content. They make you do the organizing. Filex AI reads the content, builds the folder structure, renames the files, links everything to people and places, and lets you find anything by describing it. GET STARTED FREE Try Filex AI free. Organize your first files with no commitment. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited file processing, advanced natural language search, full people and organization linking, and unlimited AI credits. Stop searching. Start finding. By using Filex AI, you agree to Apple's Standard License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy policy : https://filexai.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hamstra at none against Filex AI's 2. Filex AI's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Filex AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Hamstra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hamstra ships an update every 3 weeks, Filex AI every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hamstra | Filex AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthis Stenius | Lokesh Choubisa |
In-app purchases
Hamstra
No in-app purchases
Filex AI
- Filex AI Pro$7.991 Month
- Filex AI Pro$44.991 Year









