Comparison

uniFile vs WebShelf

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

Head to head
About

uniFile

Access files, photos, videos, and documents from leading cloud storage providers and personal content sources. Search across multiple providers and access content remotely from your mobile device, with offline capabilities for productivity.

Highlights
  • Access multiple cloud storage providers
  • Remote PC content access
  • Offline document access
  • Searchable content across providers
  • Supports major document and media types
  • Enterprise solutions for content management
Features
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uniFile is an easy-to-use, convenient and free app which allows you to access your files, photos, videos, music and documents from the leading cloud storage providers, your personal and business content sources. Quickly and easily search for you content across multiple providers from your iPhone, iPad or iPod. Key features: Access content from: •Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Box, DropBox (Free features) •FTP, SFTP, WebDav, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows share (Premium features – available through in-app purchase) Directly access your pc content remotely from your mobile device Offline and online capabilities - Access to already downloaded documents while offline, allows for productivity even without internet connectivity. Searchable content - Quick and easy access to documents relies on the ability to search for a specific document in a specific provider. Supports all major document types: •Word documents (doc, docx) •Adobe documents (PDF) •PowerPoint documents (ppt, pptx) •Excel documents (xls, xlsx) •Text documents (txt, text) •Web browser files (htm, html) •Music files (mp3) •Multimedia files (mp4, mov, wmv) •Images (png, gif, jpg, jpeg) uniFile in the enterprise: Visit unifile.co.za to explore uniFile enterprise service options, which enable organisations to manage and control specific content to specific uniFile users. Use cases include: •Keep sales teams up to date with the latest collateral, information, inventory or pricelists •Empower conference delegates with all the key information including any presentations •Provide access to automatically updated Health and Safety information in a secure and central location For more information about uniFile visit http://www.unifile.co.za/

About

WebShelf

Organize your digital life by creating custom libraries, shelves, and books to store online or offline pages. Easily arrange content and secure your collections with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable libraries, shelves, and books
  • Store online and offline pages
  • Drag-and-drop arrangement of content
  • Password protection for collections
  • Organize research and personal interests
Features
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WebShelf allows you to organize your online experience in a way that works best for you. You can create libraries, with a bookcase containing one or more shelves. Each of these bookshelves contains books, which in turn contain pages (either online or offline*). You can fully customize libraries, shelves, books and pages with the names and descriptions you like. For example, you might create a book called recipes, which contains your favorite desserts, main dishes and so forth. WebShelf is also there if you want to research topics, such as how to start a small business. You can quickly build books about how to apply for a license, obtain certifications, connect utilities and so forth. WebShelf also allows you to customize the order of items in your libraries with shelves, books and pages easy to arrange as you please. So, you can organize your collection however you'd like, at any time. And speaking of which, each user can have their own library to collect information and it can be locked with a password, if you prefer, to avoid the possibility of someone modifying your collection of pages. * Please note that offline pages may not always appear exactly as the online version due to dynamic content used by some web pages.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: uniFile at Free against WebShelf's $0.99. uniFile also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 29 months) and device support (3 vs 1). WebShelf's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

uniFile is free to download; WebShelf costs $0.99 up front. uniFile sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. WebShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WebShelf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of uniFile's written reviews are positive against 100% of WebShelf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uniFile ships an update every 5 weeks, WebShelf every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
uniFile versus WebShelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruniFileWebShelf
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGijima Holdings (PTY) LTDSteven Sipe

Customer experience

uniFile

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

WebShelf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

uniFile

One-time6
  • FTP Provider Plugin$0.99
  • SFTP Provider Plugin$0.99
  • uniFile Windows Share(SMB) Provider Plugin$0.99
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  • uniFile Sharepoint 2010/2013 Provider Plugin$0.99
  • uniFile WebDAV Provider Plugin$0.99
  • uniFile Sharepoint Online Provider Plugin$0.99
None

WebShelf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uniFile free?
uniFile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WebShelf free?
WebShelf costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uniFile or WebShelf?
WebShelf is rated higher. uniFile averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while WebShelf averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do uniFile or WebShelf have ads?
Neither uniFile nor WebShelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uniFile or WebShelf?
uniFile ships an update every 5 weeks, and WebShelf every 29 months. Most recently, uniFile was updated on November 1, 2026 and WebShelf on November 3, 2026.

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