Comparison

Fileroom vs Backfold Go

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

Head to head
About

Fileroom

Features
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Fileroom is a private, on-device file converter. Images, audio, video, PDFs, archives, ebooks, text and data formats โ€” all processed locally on your iPhone or iPad. No uploads, no waiting, no leaks. WHAT YOU CAN CONVERT โ€ข Images: JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, BMP, GIF โ€” with crop, rotate and resize โ€ข Audio: MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, OGG, Opus โ€ข Video: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and more โ€” plus trim and video โ†’ GIF โ€ข PDF tools: compress, merge, split, convert to images, images โ†’ PDF, scan documents, OCR, add or remove passwords โ€ข Archives: ZIP, TAR, 7Z, RAR (read) โ€” create, extract and convert, with AES-256 encrypted ZIP โ€ข Ebooks: EPUB โ†” FB2, EPUB โ†’ PDF, metadata and cover editing โ€ข Text & data: JSON โ†” YAML / TOML / XML / CSV, Markdown โ†’ HTML / PDF, Base64 / URL / Hex / Binary encode and decode YOUR FILE LIBRARY Everything you convert is saved in your Library. Organize files into folders, rename, move, search and share them โ€” the same files appear in the Files app under On My iPhone โ€บ Fileroom. PICK FROM ANYWHERE Choose files from Photos or Files, or share any file from another app and pick Fileroom to convert it right away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every conversion runs on your device. Files never leave your iPhone or iPad unless you share them. No accounts. No uploads. No tracking by default โ€” anonymous analytics are strictly opt-in and can be turned off any time in Settings. FILEROOM PRO Unlock everything once: โ€ข Arabic & Latin OCR โ€” scanned documents to searchable PDFs, on-device โ€ข PDF security โ€” add or remove passwords โ€ข Media tools โ€” trim, extract audio, video โ†’ GIF โ€ข Batch convert โ€” whole folders in one pass โ€ข AES-256 encryption โ€” password-protect any archive Available in 12 languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese and Korean. PURCHASES Fileroom Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase, or as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account subscription settings. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://fileroom.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://fileroom.app/terms

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Backfold Go

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Your photos, safe on a drive you own. No cloud, no subscription. Connect an external drive, SSD, USBโ€‘C stick or SD card to your iPhone or iPad, tap "Back up now" and Backfold Go copies your original photos and videos and your contacts. Everything goes into plain folders sorted by year and month that open on any computer. COPIES ONLY WHAT'S NEW Backfold Go remembers what's already on the drive, so after the first backup it copies only new photos and videos. You can rotate between several drives too. ORIGINALS, NOT REDUCED COPIES - Photos and videos at original quality (HEIC, JPEG, ProRAW, RAW, HEVC, ProRes) - Live Photos with their video - Optionally, edited versions next to the original - Contacts as vCard, ready to import again SIMPLE AND PRIVATE - No account, no servers: your data only goes to the drive you choose - Works with network drives and folders in the Files app too - Shows free space, what's left to copy and when you last backed up FREE TO START The free version copies up to 500 photos and videos, contacts always included. A single purchase (no subscription) unlocks unlimited photos and videos, for the whole family with Family Sharing. Want WhatsApp, Messages and a full iPhone backup too? Get Backfold for Mac and Windows: backfold.app

Screenshots

Fileroom4 screens
Backfold Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fileroom and Backfold Go are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Fileroom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Backfold Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fileroom versus Backfold Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFileroomBackfold Go
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size214 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohammed ShrayyefUAU Srl

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fileroom

Subscriptions2
  • Pro โ€” Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro โ€“ Lifetime$150.00
1 purchases

Backfold Go

One-time1
  • Backfold Go Full$8.99

Questions

Is Fileroom free?
Fileroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backfold Go free?
Backfold Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fileroom or Backfold Go have ads?
Neither Fileroom nor Backfold Go shows ads.

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