Comparison

Talking Archiver Lite vs DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server

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

Head to head
About

Talking Archiver Lite

Features
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The app is the standard lite edition. It is recommended to use iOS 16.3.1 or higher iOS edition. A valuable and powerful text archives manager. Listen our favorite plain text file or the content from webpage whenever and wherever. When this App is talking, just tap the home key or lock your device, the App will repeat talking in the background status. Input from pasteboard or plain text file, It could talk the text with over 30 international languages. The repeating talking all of archives could help us listen and go over our important archives. Edit the text archives, we could add some memo to our archives and update the archives where and whenever. With the help of the powerful pasteboard, we could copy the text from an email,text, web page of safari, or any other text as long as the text is not part of an image. Then paste all of these text to the Talking Archiver. With the help of iTune File Sharing, we could move the any text files from the PC to this App file sharing folder. After Tap the import button at the bottom left corner and select the import file item, the open file view will list all of file in the sharing folder. All of the important text data will be saved to the Core Data Database system. One archive would be talked by one speaker. So it is very interesting to listen several speakers talk the text records one by one. As a talking app, the user also could select the talking volume and the talking speed. The user could select the repeating times of the talking. Export the archives to the plain text file, export the pasteboard , export to the email box by sending email. Talking solution by Long Press gesture. In the main view, long press the single table cell, the related text note will be talked repeated. The color of talked cell will be red color. At this talking situation, we long press another table cell, the current talking will be stopped. The App will immediately start talking the text of another table cell. We could stop the talking situation by tapping the stop button. Talking Solution by tap the talking all button. In the main view, when we tap the talking all button, the app will talk the text of each note one by one. If we need to skip, we could tap the next button or the prev button at the bottom toolbar. When a phone call is coming and is accepted, then tap the All Talking button in the main view or tap the talk button in the single view, after that, both sides could hear the same talking contents at the same time in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. In short, this App includes the file editor, the pasteboard editor, the database management system,the talking ability, and sending email features.As a result, wherever, we could review,create, share and listen the talking of our favourite archives.

About

DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server

This app provides a robust cloud-based FTP, SFTP, and FTPS server solution. It allows for instant setup, secure file sharing with sub-users, and public downloads. Manage accounts and permissions from anywhere for a reliable and cost-effective alternative to in-house servers.

Highlights
  • Instant FTP/SFTP/FTPS server setup
  • Secure file sharing with sub-users
  • Customizable user permissions
  • Public file download hosting
  • Remote account and folder management
  • Integration with DriveHQ services
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DriveHQ is one of the largest FTP/SFTP/FTPS Server Hosting service providers. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server can be setup instantly. It is a complete FTP/SFTP solution with all standard FTP features and many high-end business FTP features. You can connect to the Cloud FTP Server using any FTP client software. It can completely replace your in-house FTP server or FTP virtual machines for only a fraction of the cost. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server is fast with virtually unlimited amount of bandwidth, and it is extremely reliable with over 99.99% uptime. It supports secure FTP with FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS/FTPES) and SFTP. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server allows you to create sub-users. You can create regular FTP accounts for your employees (co-workers) and guest accounts for external clients. Each user will have his (her) own login credential and FTP root folder. You can share different folders to various sub-users with read-only or read-write permissions. It is the most popular way of securely sharing large files with multiple clients. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server can host large files for public download. The performance and reliability is far superior to any in-house FTP server. You can publish anonymous FTP download URLs or HTTP-based download URLs. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server App makes it extremely easy to setup and manage your Cloud FTP Server. You can manage your FTP accounts and Folder access rights from anywhere at any time. DriveHQ Cloud FTP server is better than other FTP servers in that it is seamlessly integrated with our very broad Cloud IT service. Users can use DriveHQ FileManager, WebDAV Drive Mapping Tool or DriveHQ.com website to access their cloud files. Founded in 2003 in Silicon Valley, DriveHQ has over 3 million members and over 20 years of solid track record. Please visit www.DriveHQ.com for more details.

Screenshots

Talking Archiver Lite4 screens
DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Talking Archiver Lite at none against DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server's 4. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Talking Archiver Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Talking Archiver Lite ships an update every 9 months, DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Talking Archiver Lite versus DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalking Archiver LiteDriveHQ Cloud FTP Server
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer方 沈Drive Headquarters, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Talking Archiver Lite

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server

One-time4
  • 1GB storage monthly service$1.99
  • 1GB storage and 5 user licenses monthly service$4.99
  • 1GB storage yearly service$19.99
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  • 1GB storage + 5 user licenses yearly service$44.99

Questions

Is Talking Archiver Lite free?
Talking Archiver Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server free?
DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Talking Archiver Lite or DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server have ads?
Neither Talking Archiver Lite nor DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Talking Archiver Lite or DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server?
Talking Archiver Lite ships an update every 9 months, and DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server monthly. Most recently, Talking Archiver Lite was updated on October 28, 2026 and DriveHQ Cloud FTP Server on October 7, 2026.

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