FileShifter vs Aktar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FileShifter
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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.
Aktar
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. FileShifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aktar asks for nothing beyond the download.
FileShifter ships an update every 4 months, Aktar daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FileShifter | Aktar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ihar Pronka | Mert Topuz |
In-app purchases
FileShifter
- Remove Ads$3.99
Aktar
No in-app purchases









