Comparison

iFile vs Hourline

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Seamless cloud storage integration
  • Access and manage cloud files
  • No separate client installation required
  • Secure cloud file access
  • Enhanced file management efficiency
Features
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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。

About

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.

Highlights
  • Illustrated city wallpapers
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Local weather display
  • Customizable widget designs
  • World time comparison
  • Live Activities integration
  • City-specific alarms (Pro)
Features
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Make your screen your own with Hourline. Create illustrated city wallpapers, add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and check local weather as the sky changes from day to night. Your city. Your wallpaper. Choose an illustrated city, adjust its position and zoom, and make it your Home Screen or Lock Screen wallpaper. Add stickers, or cut yourself out of a photo and stand in the scene. Set up and preview weather information for free; save it with Pro. Scenery wallpapers are free. Refresh with Shortcuts; automation needs your own Shortcuts setup. A little city on your screen. Keep city time, weather and the sky close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: Now & Next, Year of Light, Moon Month, Two-City Calendar, Reminders Across Time, Golden Hour, a world timer dial and more. Design your own widget in Widget Studio. Many widgets are free. Postcard, Landmark, Illustration, City Status, Window, Departures and other premium widgets require Pro, as does adding a Widget Studio design to your Home Screen. Postcards from your cities. Print the clock's city as a postcard in color or in one of three inks, and decorate it with stickers from your photos. A place of your own. Add My Location to keep your own place beside your cities, with its time, weather and sun. It is free; Pro members can ask for an illustration of their place. World time, when you need it. • Compare cities on a shared time ruler and a day-and-night world map. Time zones and daylight saving changes follow the system. See calendar events alongside the hours you are comparing, and compare working hours when planning a meeting. • Open any city's day from the clock's calendar. With Pro, see its public holidays and stock market hours. • Check Apple Weather, then open the forecast. Choose color or ink, light or dark, and 12- or 24-hour time. • Free Live Activities show up to three cities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Follow saved cities on Apple Watch; Pro adds weather details there. • With Pro on iOS 26+, set alarms in a city's local time, choose the weekdays they repeat, and hear the weather read aloud when you stop one. System alarm permission is required. CITY STROLL AND WEATHER BRIEF Follow a fictional conversation through real city places (iOS 27+), or read a short weather brief (iOS 26+). The first three City Stroll lines are free; Pro lets the walk continue. Use Apple Intelligence or a configured supported model. Availability depends on device, model, language and region. Model setup is free; third-party providers may charge separately. FREE AND HOURLINE PRO Free includes up to six saved cities, 199 places, your own place, the selected city's weather and Live Activities. Pro adds all 372 places and unlimited saved cities, weather for every city, hourly and ten-day forecasts, holidays and market hours, calendar event creation, city alarms, iCloud Sync, premium widgets, weather information in wallpapers and continued City Stroll conversations. 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

Screenshots

iFile3 screens
Hourline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hourline at 4.9 against iFile's 4.0. Hourline also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (9 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hourline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iFile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFile ships an update every 4 months, Hourline every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iFile versus Hourline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFileHourline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou Panyu Huanyu Life Software Studio成琦 李

Customer experience

iFile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hourline

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iFile

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hourline

Subscriptions2
  • Hourline Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Hourline Pro Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hourline Pro Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is iFile free?
iFile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hourline free?
Hourline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iFile or Hourline?
Hourline is rated higher. iFile averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hourline averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do iFile or Hourline have ads?
Neither iFile nor Hourline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFile or Hourline?
iFile ships an update every 4 months, and Hourline every 3 days. Most recently, iFile was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hourline on October 24, 2026.

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