iFile vs Hourline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iFile
This utility app seamlessly integrates popular cloud storage services into your file manager. It allows for easy and secure access and management of your cloud files without needing separate client installations.
- Seamless cloud storage integration
- Access and manage cloud files
- No separate client installation required
- Secure cloud file access
- Enhanced file management efficiency
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iFile 专注提升网盘使用效率,将常用网盘无缝接入访达,帮助你轻松、安全地访问和管理云端文件,无需额外安装任何客户端。
Hourline
Customize your device's appearance with illustrated cityscapes and dynamic weather widgets. Personalize your Home and Lock Screens with unique wallpapers, stickers, and time-based information. Access advanced features like detailed forecasts and city-specific alarms with a Pro subscription.
- Illustrated city wallpapers
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Local weather display
- Customizable widget designs
- World time comparison
- Live Activities integration
- City-specific alarms (Pro)
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Bring New York or San Francisco to your screen. Arrange Home Screen widgets, set a Live Photo Wallpaper of the city, then settle into Pomodoro Focus as its day passes. YOUR CITY, ON YOUR SCREEN • Style your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. “Landmark Widget, Edge to Edge” and other premium widgets require Pro. • Export a Live Photo Wallpaper: the last three hours of the city's sky play as you wake your iPhone. Pro adds 3D. • See local weather free for six hours before and after now, along with the forecast’s update time. Pro unlocks weather for every city, hour by hour and for the next 10 days. • Holiday decorations dress the city scene for local celebrations, free for everyone. TIME TO FOCUS AND CONNECT • Pomodoro Focus is free: work and rest as the city's day passes, with a countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Pro moves each round to the next city and shows the past week. • Compare world time with the time-zone ruler and day–night map. Open World Time’s Calendar to see events in your time and the selected city's; Pro adds each clock's daily weather. Event Alerts let you join a call or snooze an alert. • With Pro, Lock Screen Clock for the Weather starts when you open Hourline if rain, snow, storms or fog are happening or due within three hours. The Dynamic Island shows that weather. • What to Wear (Pro) dresses two people for the hour you choose and explains each outfit. MORE WITH HOURLINE PRO Every place and unlimited saved cities; “Another Place’s Weather on Your Wallpaper”; “Wallpaper Cards in Any Size”; 3D city scenes, including San Francisco and New York; city alarms (iOS 26+); holiday information and market hours; iCloud Sync; extra app icons and “Pro Complications on Apple Watch”. New places with their own landmarks, including Buffalo, New York. The free version includes up to six saved cities from the free collection, scenery wallpapers, many widgets, Focus, the calendar, Live Activities and the Apple Watch app. Places added since 1.0.1 require Pro. City Stroll (Pro after the first free exchange) needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence on device or a model you configure. Day Brief needs iOS 26+ and Apple Intelligence; its text is written on device by default. Availability depends on device, language and region. Choose Yearly, an auto-renewing subscription, or Lifetime, a one-time purchase. Yearly renews automatically at the price shown in the app unless cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hourline.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hourline at 4.9 against iFile's 4.0. Hourline also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). iFile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Hourline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iFile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hourline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourline has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
iFile ships an update every 4 months, Hourline every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | iFile | Hourline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Panyu Huanyu Life Software Studio | 成琦 李 |
Customer experience
iFile
Hourline
In-app purchases
iFile
No in-app purchases
Hourline
- Hourline Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Hourline Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
- Hourline Pro Lifetime$19.99









