Comparison

EmpaThink vs FileBox

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

Head to head
About

EmpaThink

Features
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EmpaThink is an AI-powered emotion analysis app that helps you understand your emotional patterns through facial expressions, voice tone, and text. https://empathink-66fb2.web.app FEATURES: Face Analysis Capture a selfie, and EmpaThink analyzes your facial expressions using deep learning. Detects 7 core emotions: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust, and neutral. Voice Analysis Record your voice, and our AI analyzes your tone, pitch, energy, and tempo to detect your emotional state from acoustic features. Text Analysis Write how you feel, and our NLP model detects emotions and sentiment from your words, with word-level importance explanations. Transparent AI (XAI) Unlike black-box AI, EmpaThink explains WHY it detected each emotion: • FACS shows which facial muscles indicate each emotion • SHAP analysis highlights which words contributed to detected emotions • Acoustic feature breakdown explains voice-based detections Emotion Refinement After detection, choose from 60+ detailed sub-emotions like Tired, Grateful, Frustrated, or Anxious to capture exactly how you feel. Live Camera Real-time continuous emotion tracking with masking detection — identifies fake smiles and suppressed emotions using Duchenne smile analysis. Track Your Journey Monitor your emotional well-being over time with session history, emotion patterns, and insights. Privacy & Safety Your data is encrypted and secure. All analysis happens in real-time — raw images and audio are never stored on our servers. Full GDPR compliance. Built-in mental health safety features with crisis resources. EmpaThink is developed as part of doctoral research on Trusted Empathic AI at the University of Sarajevo.

About

FileBox

A minimalist file manager that prioritizes privacy and security by keeping your files on your device. Organize, view, compress, extract, and share various file types with ease. Protect your data with Face ID or a passcode.

Highlights
  • Local file management
  • ZIP compression and extraction
  • Encrypted archives
  • Multi-format file preview
  • Face ID/passcode privacy
  • Wi-Fi file transfer
  • Video casting
Features
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File Box brings file management, media playback, ebook and comic reading, and handy tools into one app, making it easy to organize, view and work with your files on iPhone and iPad. Files are stored locally, and you can lock the app with Face ID or a password. From work documents and photos to videos, music, ebooks and comics, keep everything in your own “Box,” ready whenever you need it. Keep your files organized • Import, move, copy, rename, search and share files and folders with ease. • Customize folder colors, icons and images to make categories easy to spot. • Create ZIP archives and extract common formats such as ZIP and RAR, with support for password-protected archives. • View and clear reading and thumbnail caches without affecting your files or reading history. Enjoy videos and music • Play common video formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and WebM, with audio track switching and Picture in Picture. • Press and hold the screen to speed up playback at your preferred rate. • Use dual subtitles, external subtitles and customizable subtitle styles, or cast videos to compatible TVs. • The new audio player shows artwork and lyrics, with playlists, shuffle and Lock Screen controls. Read ebooks and documents • The EPUB reader offers a table of contents, bookmarks, search and saved reading progress. • Adjust font size, layout and reading themes for comfortable reading. • View PDF and TXT documents, and add bookmarks to TXT files. Read and create comics • Read CBZ and CBR comics, or open image folders directly as comics. • Create your own CBZ comic files, with optional passwords and text watermarks. Redact images and share with confidence • Detect faces, QR codes and common sensitive details such as names, phone numbers and amounts on your device. Choose which categories to redact. • Select areas manually and choose from styles such as blur and pixelation, or add text watermarks. • Select “Redact Image” from the Photos share sheet and save the edited image directly to Photos. Keep useful tools close at hand • Browse and edit images, compress them in batches, and create long screenshots from web pages, multiple images or screen recordings. • Trim, split, join and convert audio, or extract audio from videos. • Edit audio artwork, song details and lyrics, including batch editing. • Crop and trim videos, and convert between MP4 and MOV formats. • Turn multiple images into a PDF, add watermarks or password-protect PDFs. Transfer files across devices • Use Nearby Transfer to easily send and receive files with nearby devices. • Upload, download, manage and preview files in your computer’s browser over your local Wi-Fi network. • Record audio on Apple Watch and sync recordings to iPhone. • Import files shared from other apps, with drag and drop and multitasking for browsing and playback. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase, to access the same premium features. Your files. Your device. Your “Box.” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://filebox.dogegg.cc/privacy

Screenshots

EmpaThink4 screens
FileBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EmpaThink at none against FileBox's 1. EmpaThink also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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. FileBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EmpaThink asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EmpaThink versus FileBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmpaThinkFileBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelma Skopljakovic Hubljar建 焦

In-app purchases

None

EmpaThink

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FileBox

One-time1
  • Membership$1.99

Questions

Is EmpaThink free?
EmpaThink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FileBox free?
FileBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EmpaThink or FileBox have ads?
Neither EmpaThink nor FileBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EmpaThink or FileBox?
EmpaThink ships an update every 3 days, and FileBox every 3 days. Most recently, EmpaThink was updated on October 5, 2026 and FileBox on October 7, 2026.

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