Light Magick vs FileBrowserTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Magick
Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.
- Add beautiful glow effects
- Free line and color options
- Free text with various fonts and colors
- 100+ shapes and colors
- Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
- Share to social media
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
FileBrowserTV
Stream photos, videos, PDFs, and music from your computer or NAS to your Apple TV. Browse files with ease using thumbnails and slideshows, and enjoy direct playback without cloud storage.
- Stream photos, videos, PDFs, comics
- Browse files from Mac, PC, NAS
- Thumbnail view for easy navigation
- Customizable slideshows with animations
- Parental lock for selected folders
- Direct playback, no cloud storage needed
- Supports CBR, CBZ, ZIP, RAR files
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View photos, PDFs, comics and play videos and stream music stored on your Mac, PC, TimeCapsule or NAS drive on your Apple TV! Browse your holiday photos with your family - now easier than ever. Scan your network, connect, browse, sit back and enjoy. - Streams video formats supported by Apple TV. - View thumbnails to easily find the pictures you’re looking for. - Choose from ten different picture slideshow animations. - Auto updating slideshow when adding new images to a folder. - Stream music while browsing or watching a slideshow. - Create shortcuts to your folders for easy browsing. - Add a parental lock to selected folders to keep content for older ones private. - Automatic scan finds your shared folders on computers and drives. - Built in help so you can easily share folders on computers. - Open and view PDF files and comics on your TV using zoom, pan and the page navigator. - View comic book CBR and CBZ files and images within ZIP and RAR files. - View digital camera raw format files. If you have gigabytes of pictures and videos, FileBrowserTV will handle them with ease. No indexing is needed, and nothing is copied to cloud storage. It all happens on your network. FileBrowserTV has been written from the ground up for Apple TV. The user interface is super smooth and looks great, so it will be a pleasure to browse your memories! Try all features free for 14 days and purchase the full version once you’re ready!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FileBrowserTV at none against Light Magick's shown. Light Magick's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FileBrowserTV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, FileBrowserTV every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | FileBrowserTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | Stratospherix Ltd |
Customer experience
Light Magick
FileBrowserTV
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
FileBrowserTV
- All FileBrowserTV Features$4.99
