Content Browser Mobile vs IBM Aspera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Content Browser Mobile
Control Sony professional camcorders and recorders remotely. Monitor live video, adjust settings like focus and zoom, and manage clips. Upload, download, and even perform rough cut edits directly from your mobile device.
- Live video monitoring
- Remote focus and zoom control
- Rec start/stop
- Clip list browsing and playback
- Metadata editing
- Clip uploading and downloading
- Rough cut editing
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Content Browser Mobile is an application to remotely control CBK-WA100/101 Wireless Adapter and Wi-Fi compatible Sony professional camcorders/recorders. LIVE OPERATION - Monitoring live video from camcorders/recorders - Displaying the status of connected devices - Remotely controlling focus, zoom, rec start/stop, and etc. - Live logging (Essence Mark) BROWSE - Displaying the clip list - Playing clips - Editing metadata of clips TRANSFER - Uploading clips to FTP, FTPS, or other servers - Uploading clips partially by marking in and out points - Downloading clips to mobile devices - Managing transfer jobs via job lists STORYBOARD - Rough cut editing - Uploading clips partially and an EDL based on storyboards PLANNING METADATA - Naming clips - Assigning Essence Mark lists to buttons - Browsing and uploading related clips TC LINK - Synchronizing the timecode of multiple camcorders DEVICE SETTINGS - Making setting of network functions for connected devices NOTES: - System Requirements OS: iOS/iPadOS 15.0〜16.5 - For details about usage, please see the help page below. https://helpguide.sony.net/promobile/cbm/v2/en/index.html
IBM Aspera
Facilitates rapid file transfers to and from your IBM Aspera server. Link your server account to upload, download, and share files seamlessly from your mobile device, mirroring web browser capabilities.
- Fast FASP file transfers
- Link server account
- Upload, download, and share files
- Mobile and web browser parity
- Supports multiple IBM Aspera server types
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Welcome to our consolidated mobile app for IBM Aspera. Enjoy streamlined functionality for fast FASP file transfers to and from your IBM Aspera server by linking to your server account in the mobile app. Our consolidated app matches the look and feel of IBM Aspera on Cloud and Faspex 5. This app is FASP native on iOS, so you can transfer files to and from your mobile device with the amazing speeds of IBM Aspera. Main Features: • Simply link your IBM Aspera server account on the app to upload, download, and share files from anywhere. • The capabilities of your mobile app will be similar as in your web browser for IBM Aspera on Cloud and Faspex 5. • You can link to your accounts on IBM Aspera High Speed Transfer Server, Faspex 4 or 5, and/or IBM Aspera on Cloud. This replaces the following: • IBM Aspera Uploader (mobile app) • IBM Aspera Drive (mobile app) • IBM Aspera on Cloud (mobile app) • IBM Aspera Faspex (mobile app) Thank you for choosing IBM Aspera!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IBM Aspera at 3.7 against Content Browser Mobile's 2.1. IBM Aspera also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 15%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IBM Aspera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Content Browser Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of IBM Aspera's.
Content Browser Mobile ships an update every 4 months, IBM Aspera every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Content Browser Mobile | IBM Aspera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (30 ratings) | 3.7 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.6% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sony Corporation | IBM |
Customer experience
Content Browser Mobile
IBM Aspera
In-app purchases
Content Browser Mobile
No in-app purchases
IBM Aspera
No in-app purchases
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