Comparison

Simple Viewer vs Unlimited Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Simple Viewer

Features
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Simple Viewer opens files. Quietly, quickly, and without asking for anything in return. Share any file from any app — Mail, Messages, Files, a browser, a cloud drive — and Simple Viewer renders it the way it was meant to be read. No account. No upload. Files stay on your device. It is designed for the moment when you just need to see what's inside a file. RENDERED WITH CARE • PDF with smooth scrolling and pinch-to-zoom • Markdown with typography that reads • Source code with precise syntax highlighting • JSON, XML, and YAML, pretty-printed • CSV and TSV, as readable tables • Excel spreadsheets (XLSX) • Word documents (DOCX) • ZIP archives, browsed inside • Plain text, logs, and scripts • x509 certificates BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Open from any app via the iOS share sheet • Recent files, one tap away • Orientation-aware on iPad • Works offline. Always. NOTHING YOU DON'T NEED No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No cloud sync. No bloat. Just a clean surface for reading what you already have. Because simple is elegant.

About

Unlimited Viewer

Features
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Unlimited Viewer opens many file types on your Mac and iPhone or iPad. Images, RAW camera files, video, audio, books, documents, spreadsheets, data files, 3D models, code, and BBS art. One app, no juggling. No web views. Just fast, native rendering on every file you throw at it. What it opens: Images - jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp, tiff, webp, heic, svg, ico, and more. ANSI / BBS Art - adf, ans, asc, avt, bin, diz, dur, ice, pcb, xb Audio - mp3, m4a, aac, wav, flac, ogg, opus, aiff, wma, mid, and more. Videos - mp4, mov, mkv, avi, webm, m4v, flv, wmv, mpeg, mpg, and more. Office - pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, txt, rtf, odt, and more. Books - epub, mobi, azw, azw3, fb2, cbz, cbr, chm, lit, pdb, and more. Source Code - c, cpp, h, py, js, ts, java, go, rs, swift, and more. 3D Model - 3mf, obj, ply, stl Structured Data - json, xml, yaml, yml, csv, tsv, toml, ini, plist, geojson, and more. Fonts - ttf, otf, ttc, otc, woff, woff2, eot, pfa, pfb, dfont, and more. Gaussian Splats - ksplat, splat, splatb, spz Archives - zip, rar, 7z, tar, gz, tgz, bz2, xz, zst, iso, and more. Features: Thumbnail strip and grid view for browsing collections. Zoom and pan for images. Playback controls with seek for audio and video. EXIF and file metadata information panel. Files stream and render progressively. Native on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Buy once and get both Mac and iPhone or iPad apps. Your files open the same way everywhere. No account, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no cloud required.

Screenshots

Simple Viewer3 screens
Unlimited Viewer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Viewer at Free against Unlimited Viewer's $2.99. Unlimited Viewer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Simple Viewer is free to download; Unlimited Viewer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Viewer ships an update monthly, Unlimited Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Simple Viewer versus Unlimited Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple ViewerUnlimited Viewer
PriceFree — better$2.99
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTLinkThe Virtually Unlimited Corp

In-app purchases

None

Simple Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

Unlimited Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Viewer free?
Simple Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unlimited Viewer free?
Unlimited Viewer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Viewer or Unlimited Viewer have ads?
Neither Simple Viewer nor Unlimited Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Viewer or Unlimited Viewer?
Simple Viewer ships an update monthly, and Unlimited Viewer weekly. Most recently, Simple Viewer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Unlimited Viewer on October 28, 2026.

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