Comparison

FileShifter vs Aktar

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

Head to head
About

FileShifter

Features
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Make your videos ready to share with FileShifter. Choose a video from your iPhone, select the action that fits your goal, and create a clean vertical 9:16 MP4 in a few taps. FileShifter helps you prepare short-form videos without searching through technical export settings. Prepare videos for: • TikTok • Instagram Reels • YouTube Shorts • Facebook • X You can also compress videos, trim clips, mute sound, extract a frame, create a GIF, or save the audio track. When your video is ready, preview it, rename it, save it, open it in another app, or share it through the iOS share sheet. Your completed files remain available in conversion history. FileShifter also includes practical tools for PDF, image, and audio conversion when you need them. Video processing is performed with the app’s local conversion tools. Processing time and output quality depend on the source file, selected action, and device. FileShifter creates the video file for you; publishing remains in your chosen social app. FileShifter is an independent utility and is not affiliated with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, or X.

About

Aktar

Features
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Aktar uploads photos and files from your iPhone or iPad straight to your own S3-compatible storage and copies the link to your clipboard. No account, no middleman, no subscription. HOW IT WORKS • Connect your bucket in under a minute. Presets for Cloudflare R2, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces and MinIO fill in the right endpoint, or use any other S3-compatible service. • Upload from your photo library, the camera, the Files app or the clipboard, or share a file to Aktar from any app. • The link is copied as soon as the upload finishes: a plain URL, Markdown, HTML or your own template. FEATURES • Upload several files at once, with progress, cancel and retry • Multiple destinations, switchable per upload • Upload history with search, thumbnails and previews for images, PDFs, text and Markdown • Browse your buckets folder by folder, including files not uploaded with Aktar • Search a whole bucket, create folders, rename, move and delete files • Temporary links that also work for private buckets, valid from 5 minutes to 7 days • Expiring uploads: pick 1, 7, 14 or 30 days and your bucket deletes the file by itself, even when Aktar isn't open • Upload whole folders as one ZIP, or file by file with their subfolders • Upload profiles: each destination keeps its own copy format, link and “Delete after” • Photos lose their location before they're uploaded, or all metadata, set per destination • Show a QR code for any upload's link • The same file sent to the same destination again reuses its existing link • Name files after their MD5 or SHA-256, or rename them before upload • Image processing per destination: convert, compress and resize photos • Large files upload in parts with no 5 GB limit and resume after a failure • Delete a file from your storage right from the history • Light and dark mode, in 17 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your access keys stay in the iOS Keychain and are only ever sent to the storage endpoint you configure. Aktar has no backend, no analytics and no tracking. Your files go straight from your device to your storage. Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Also available for Mac at getaktar.com.

Screenshots

FileShifter4 screens
Aktar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aktar at none against FileShifter's 1. Aktar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FileShifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aktar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FileShifter ships an update every 4 months, Aktar daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
FileShifter versus Aktar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileShifterAktar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIhar PronkaMert Topuz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FileShifter

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Aktar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FileShifter free?
FileShifter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aktar free?
Aktar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FileShifter or Aktar have ads?
FileShifter shows ads; Aktar does not.
Which is updated more often, FileShifter or Aktar?
FileShifter ships an update every 4 months, and Aktar daily. Most recently, FileShifter was updated on October 31, 2026 and Aktar on October 29, 2026.

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