Comparison

Driio vs Filio

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

Head to head
About

Driio

Features
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Driio puts your servers in the Files app. SMB shares, SFTP servers, NAS drives, WebDAV, Amazon S3, NFS, Dropbox and OneDrive appear next to iCloud Drive, and every app on your iPhone and iPad can open, save and share files on them. ONE JOB, DONE PROPERLY Driio doesn't scan PDFs, edit photos or play video. It connects your storage to the Files app you already use, so every app's open and save screens reach your NAS and servers without another app in the way. EIGHT WAYS TO CONNECT • SMB: Windows shares, Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, Unraid and Samba servers • SSH/SFTP: password or Ed25519 key authentication, with keys generated in the app • FTP and FTPS • WebDAV: Nextcloud, ownCloud and web hosting • Amazon S3 and S3-compatible storage: MinIO, Backblaze B2, Wasabi • NFS: NFSv3 and NFSv4 • Dropbox • OneDrive MADE FOR ON THE GO • Driio flags connections that only work on your home or office network • Turn connections off per device to keep the Files app tidy • Share links for Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud and S3 from the Share sheet • Recent errors listed per connection, so you can see what went wrong PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Direct connections only: your files never pass through our servers • Passwords and SSH keys stored in iCloud Keychain, synced end-to-end encrypted • No analytics, no tracking ONE SUBSCRIPTION, EVERY DEVICE Set up a connection once and it appears on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. • 7-day free trial • Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdasla/

About

Filio

Features
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A file manager built so that one app is enough to handle files on your iPhone. Beyond tidying up what's on your device, you can connect directly to the NAS at home, a rented server, or cloud storage, and work with all of it the same way. No more downloading a file before you can open it. ■ Connect straight to remote servers Supports SMB / SFTP / FTP / WebDAV / Amazon S3 / Cloudflare R2. SMB servers on your network are discovered automatically, so you can connect by picking one from a list even if you don't know its IP address. Usernames and passwords are stored securely in the iOS Keychain. ■ Wi-Fi transfer for your computer Connect from a browser on a computer on the same Wi-Fi network and drag and drop files back and forth. No cable, no extra software. The connection is encrypted with HTTPS and protected by a PIN, and you can stop the server when you're not using it. ■ Compress and extract ZIP, of course, plus tar, gz, bz2, xz, 7z and more. You can create password-protected ZIP files, or look inside an archive without extracting it. ■ View it and edit it in place A VLC-based playback engine handles MKV, AVI and WMV as well as MP4. Videos on a remote server stream right away instead of making you wait for a download. Images, PDFs and Markdown preview in the app, and there's a Hex viewer for binaries. Text files can be edited in the app, with syntax highlighting for 18 languages including Swift, Python and JavaScript. Several encodings, Shift-JIS among them, are detected automatically. ■ The tools you need to stay organized ・7 color tags ・Folder bookmarks ・List, grid and gallery views ・Sort by name, date, size, kind or tag ・File name search and Spotlight integration ・Storage usage breakdown ・Home screen widgets ・Receives files from other apps via the share sheet ・App lock with Face ID ■ Privacy No personal information such as your name, file names or server addresses is collected. Remote connections go directly between your device and your server, never through the developer's servers. Only anonymous usage statistics are collected to improve the app. No ads, no tracking. ■ Completely free Every feature is free. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions. Requires iOS 26 or later / iPhone and iPad (iPad gets a two-column layout with a sidebar)

Screenshots

Driio3 screens
Filio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Filio at none against Driio's 3. Filio also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Driio's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Driio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Filio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Driio ships an update every 2 weeks, Filio every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Driio versus Filio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriioFilio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLawman Services, LLCTakaya Mochizuki

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Driio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$39.99
None

Filio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Driio free?
Driio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Filio free?
Filio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Driio or Filio have ads?
Neither Driio nor Filio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Driio or Filio?
Driio ships an update every 2 weeks, and Filio every 2 days. Most recently, Driio was updated on November 13, 2026 and Filio on November 8, 2026.

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