Filebrowser App Reviews

I'm not sure why this app only has a three star rating. It works as advertised, and the video works fine in both landscape and portrait mode. as of the last update Chromecast is now broken Unlike most apps, Chromecast works great. as of the last update Chromecast is now broken The updates nearly always brings awesome new features *has broken Chromecast * 9/28/2018 I have both this and File Browser. Chromecast is broken on both. Cant find device, when it does finally work the video stops, as well as the the time index not working properly

I like the app, it’s got some great features and for the most part it works exactly as expected and needed. However, I am having a glitch with thumbnails and I’ve emailed several times for support help and I’ve yet to hear back and it’s been a couple weeks, which is disappointing. Editing to add: I’ve sent a new email, the previous emails were sent via the site so I’ve sent one direct from my email account instead. Looking forward to a resolution! :) Editing: I heard back right away, thank you. Looking forward to a resolution!

I like the app, it’s got some great features and for the most part it works exactly as expected and needed. However, I am having a glitch with thumbnails and I’ve emailed several times for support help and I’ve yet to hear back and it’s been a couple weeks, which is disappointing. Editing to add: I’ve sent a new email, the previous emails were sent via the site so I’ve sent one direct from my email account instead. Looking forward to a resolution! :)

I like the app, it’s got some great features and for the most part it works exactly as expected and needed. However, I am having a glitch with thumbnails and I’ve emailed several times for support help and I’ve yet to hear back and it’s been a couple weeks, which is disappointing.

Love this app, but if I wanted to copy a file from my computer to my iPad or iPhone while the screen is off the transfer will not finish or take forever. Other apps liked FileExplorer Pro have this functionality were I can send a file to the iPad and let it finish in the background while the iPad screen is off. I don’t know how hard it’s to enable this option, but it would be my favorite app if this option would be enabled. Also, when you transfer a file, you can’t really use the app since the info banner is in the middle of the screen. Please make that minimized so that you can still browse for file while copying in the background. Thanks!!!

My favorite IOS app. Really powerful, easy to use and flawless execution. Highly recommended.

I’ve been looking for a better way to view large folders of photos outside of the Photos app and this is the best. It allows you to change the size of the images with a pinch gesture. The UI is clean and functional, and the features are well executed. I do wish there was a way to view images without the file names underneath but it’s not a deal breaker

Needs an update! Battery is burning up too fast using this app, even when using files stored on my phone.

I use this app regularly on my iPhone and iPad to access my files on network drives. Also I save files from web to network drives for sharing with PCs. Highly recommended.

Cannot connect to simple file shares as advertised. No user feedback on connection errors. No user feedback that a connection is even attempted. I want a refund.

I really do enjoy this app as it's quite versatile. I use it mostly for media playback. However one characteristic I do find lacking is webm support. For some me reason the app requires a separate player to view webm, even though it plays and produces thumbs for mp4. One additional feature I'd personally like is a video loop feature, like VLC has. Overall I paid for the full version and it does mostly what I wanted it for.

Very easy and useful app.

I am so confused. I thought this app was supposed to read what’s on my flash drive but I have looked all over the app and cannot find anything that shows a drive that has been plugged in or the contents on it. I am so frustrated.

Thanks for your wonderful and life saver App which is nothing what one may pay for it. I have 1 Macbook Pro and 3x1 TB WD External hard discs and with this App I have made a private network with all 4 devices plus Google Drive, and MS One Drive and all of them are working like a charm. I have one suggestion and request! Is there any possibility to add left or right swiping features to delete unwanted files or moving them? Would be highly appreciated 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👍

This app is absolutely wonderful and I use it daily but I have hit one snag that limits my use of the app. There needs to be AFP server support so you can access your Time Capsule drive remotely away from your home/office. As my Time Capsule is my primary remote server it would be quite nice to be able to access the drive remotely via my iPhone for quick file management.

Trying to see photos, you choose photo roll and you just get a spinning icon. Doesn’t seem to be able to access anything on the iPad.

Easy to use and convenient

This app has been so very helpful to me. After much searching it was the only app that I found which would let me transfer files to and from my network attached storage device. It has worked flawlessly for me for many years.

Very well done. FB took the place of multiple apps I used to use for SMB and FTP. One small point: The app crashes when attempting view photoshop PSD files. Even basic support for a preview of the PSD would be really handy.

Why would anyone selling a _utility_ app force purchasers to print the associated manual double-sided (no option for single sided printing) and, to top it off, include a watermark that is almost as dark as the text—rendering the printed manual virtually unreadable? For all I know, this may be the greatest app since soft ice cream but I may never get there because I can’t read the dang manual. Seriously, people, think of your users when you make decisions like this. FWIW, the problem I’m having that I was looking for an answer to in the manual is how to selectively access documents from a particular app on my iPad and move them to/access them from other iPads and even my MBP. Some things are easier to scan for in a printed document—IN MOST CASES. Mind you, I’ve used Macs since 1984 and iPads since they first came out, so I rarely need to access manuals. But this app appears to have sufficient meat that reading the manual might have been worthwhile.

I actually got two apps after searching for apps that will allow SMB connections. THIS is the one! Having access to all my drives from my iPad is great. AND if you have an Apple TV, there is a version for it also. Being a photographer it’s nice to see my images on my 4K tv. Reads all my Canon raw files! The ONLY thing that I’m not sure about for the iPad version is the menu tab for “iCloud”. It does not show my iClouds files. I have looked at all the documentation and really see nothing referring to iCloud. I see how to add stuff like Box, DropBox, One Drive, etc., but nothing for iCloud. Developer, am I missing something? NOT a biggie but I am curious.

Photos and videos over the network are always low quality

I’ve been using this app for years to access files on my NAS and to store files for quick access on my phone. Best I’ve found love it!

FileBrowser is extremely useful after you get past the difficult learning curve and setup which required a lot of time.

After I purchased and installed this app on my iPad I was able to connect and use the files on my external hard on my desk anywhere in the house. This is an indispensable app to access your important files from anywhere within your Wi-Fi network.

This app is my cup of coffee. More than 7 years of heavy non-stop work and it never ket me down or crashed. Stable and reliable. Every new update brings more powerful tools every time. Just what I need. It is my exclusive connection to the NAS , time capsule,PCs and MACs on my network. It is recommended for those who have a heavy loaded traffic of data across a network. Let alone its capabilities to connect to cloud services like Onedrive.

I can access all of my network shares on my servers and copy files back-and-forth from my iphone. Works like a charm and really fast.

It’s a easy to use app and makes life easy using various apple devices - quickly move files from one devices to the other seamlessly - a must have app

This app has stellar design and functionality! It is incredibly powerful and makes file transfers between ideviced and pcs macs and most importantly SAMBA servers. Allows you to circumvent some of the difficulties of moving files from ios to other platforms. The app has been refined and polished so it nearly glows in the dark. Thanks to the dev team bravo!

When I try to create a new text file within my private files, the keyboard is not properly displayed. I just get a blank white box where the keyboard is supposed to be. Iphone 6S. iOS 11.3.1.

I give it 5 out of five!

I’ve been using it with great results for the past several versions. I liked it at first and it just keeps getting better.

I keep my photos on a NAS, and this app works perfectly with WebDAV to access them anywhere. It shows thumbnails too. Highly recommended.

This is the best file manager to manage LOCAL files. I connect to my pc or Mac from my local personal home network. Was able to copy folder past onto iPad. From there had access to the folder. Was able to adjust size of thumb nails of photos in the folder via pinch jester. I tried several other programs that just don’t work. This program is a MUST for file management. This program saved me in Vietnam when I didn’t have access to laptop. I had to borrow someone else’s laptop copy files professional photographers photos from usb drive to laptop then access that laptop via this program get the folders copied to my iPad. Then wipe the photos from the borrowed laptop return laptop 20 min later. This program is a MUST have. Thank you SO much for writing it.

A $6 app that brags about its "so many features" but can't show menus in the the system language. At least add support for major languages like German and Russian. Also: Used the built in zip functionality to zip a folder. Destroyed all my Russian file names. I transfered the zip file to another device (difficult process) and now have to figure out how to undo the damage done by this horrible app. BEWARE: Non-ascii characters become gibberish after using Filebrowser's Zip. FileBrowser's thoughtless devs didn't think to encode UTF-8. This will affect any special characters including French, German, Chinese etc. If you need to fix just decode utf8. Can't recommend this app to anyone

Simply the best file manager!

Best way to access your files remotely!

Update: Don’t get this app. Another thing that this app does it “hacks” into your file system and wants to open your other documents. I.e. if you try to open a Pages document on your iCloud Drive it will open in FileBrowser. I tried everything to turn this behavior off but with no success. Googling it is also impossible because their generic app name gets you millions of other topics called file browser. Stick with the apple drive or use Google drive. It’s a ridiculous good program with one major problem: I can’t see all my files on iCloud. I searched the internet, their support site and can’t find any solution. My Files folder from iCloud works well but I don’t understand why FileBrowser is not able to access the same files. If it could do that its a 5 star app.

Strengths • Speed! Faster media load, browse, share than any other similar app. • Bookmarks - allow faster access to NAS and other cloud services with fewer taps than any other app Weakness • Thumbnails often don't show Opportunity • iTunes alternative via Media Metadata search, filter, and thumbnail presentation

I needed this to access my networked drive that is connected to my Time Capsule but could never get it to work. I followed the setup instructions from the developer's website and reset everything several times with no success. I'm sure it will be great for extenting Files for other things but it was a fail on the Time Capsule connection for me.

Brilliant file manager with folders and sub-folders. Easy search all files you have. Drag and drop files here and there.

No hassles - simply establish a VPN connection and give file browser the url.

File Browser is an awesome App, i can store and manage all of my files on a wifi SSD drive and have access to my fileson my Ipad or Iphone. Ed Wentz

Like not other app, just Amazing, love this File Browser, still using it after years, today is Feb-26-2019

Love this product-

I’m able to see all the shared files on our Windows 10 PC, with no effort. Just what I hoped for. There is more here than I have taken advantage of so far. We have thousands of songs that we can listen to, and many more photos and videos we can now access. Another first world problem is solved.

I've been using this app for a few days and really like it so far but I have had it crash when I accessed large JPG files. It imported them from my shared external drive but when I tried to open them, it crashed and had to be restarted. Haven't been able to find any documentation addressing size limits for files. Update 11/17- haven’t had any recurrence of the size problem previously noted. Been using FB for months now and really like it. 12/2018 update- can easily move data between all my devices on my home network. It even has a lockable Private Files folder that you can secure with fingerprint ID.

This works wonderfully and allows me to access all my computers. The only thing I wish I could do was change the names of each computer.

It hacks into your network and does not even support external hdd. Refund me thanks.

It sure if it is me, but crashes on the 32 file every time

Just dl the app on brand new iPad and tried to search PDF for key words and it crashes every single time.

Great app I use it for accessing my network storage setups and it works great very fast so simple to use and setup I think my grandma could do it. I love that I can sign in with touch id the only complaint I have is that when setting up network storage at least to windows is that when signing in if the storage server does not have a password there is no button that says does not have a password but I figured out if I hit connect without imputing anything it would work anyways otherwise a fantastic app definitely recommended.

Last update broke the search function

This app has been restored to its former perfect glory. Five stars and highly recommended!

Outstanding Product! ITM.

It seems to be in the right path with functionality and concept but is very unreliable, the connection will drop and cut off almost 90% of the time when other apps does not fail.

This app does everything when it comes to managing files on your iOS device. It really turns my iPad into a PC replacement. Thanks!

If you have a home / office network shares you need this app.

I’ve been a user for years. But the movie playback controls on the iPhoneX are terrible. They overlap with the bottom bar and trying to make anything fullscreen is nearly impossible to do consistently.

This is the app that really completes the iPad Pro helping to make it a full fledge computer. Apple tried to get there with their Files app, which falls utterly short. This app fills the gap allowing me to truly manage my files across a myriad of sources included my NAS. Connecting to such sources is a complete breeze - it just works and is Very smooth. I didn’t want to have to have a an intermediary like a PC or Mac to transfer files from my NAS to my iPad and to manage iPad local files - and iTunes is abysmal. With this app, no other device is necessary.

Great app, but I bought it to watch movies from my airport on the ipad. Avi movies just play black without sound. Dont buy if thats your goal.

Apple iOS has never handled files very gracefully for some reason. This app solves that problem. I use it to save and access files on my iPad, iPhone, home network storage device, and my PC’s. It allows me to easily save files, copy files, and read the files. It has a very effective media player which seems to play all the media files I have and displays spreadsheets, pdf, and various text files. This is one app that I use a lot. I am very glad that they have maintained the app through the various iOS versions.

I have been searching for a way to access my iMac, Windows computer, and DROBO from an iPhone and iPad. This is the first one that allows me to browse directories and delete or copy files. Outstanding app, highly recommended.

I absolutely love this app been using it for a couple of years now. The only problem I have is that with the latest version it seems that if I am watching a video and I leave the app and come back the orientation is portrait and you can’t change it I have to close the app and then open it again in order for me to put the video in landscape.

Looking for a replacement for the buggy, abandoned Transmit, I found this. Fantastic! Files integration actually works! Inbuilt PDF and image viewers are great Music player is decent Fast and stable, this is good stuff!

This app is almost perfect. Not only does it have a good interface, it fully supports accessibility features like VoiceOver. That is seriously rare, and very helpful. And very, very appreciated. It is one of my “must-have“ apps, and I recommend it to anybody who has to manage files across multiple platforms using an iOS device. Overall, it's great. Well worth the price. Now, it even supports SFTP! That was the one thing I was missing.

To hard to setup , cannot get my hard drive drip so I see it any where I go.

I was skeptical of an app that seemed to do what I wanted to do with files on an iPad, and obviously the Apple version of files was completely inadequate. This application deserves to be al default application in terms of its ability to share files like a true computer. You can browse your computer as if your there, you can drag your iPad down and play a video file on your computer and stream it to your iPad anywhere in the same WiFi range without actually transferring it at all. I’m in complete awe of this app. If they could find a way to actually run programs that would just be the absolute nuts.

Finally the power of a desktop browser, now in the palm of your hands. This app is truly one of the best designed, feature packed and supported app of it’s kind—PERIOD! Going into details about what this particular application can do is not necessary, you will definitely have time to find out for yourself. Just hurry up and download it and see for yourself, why it is I absolutely believe this will be the best app I download this year. CHECK IT OUT..

I have tried every permutation and combination of user / password, including the suggestions from developer, and NOTHING works! Avoid this app like the plague.

This is the best file sharing app out there. Using it for years and each time it only get better. Thanks guys.

Great and reliable. Good job!

iPad app is good. I can connect to multiple OneDrive accounts and and transfer files between them. But iPhone app can’t. It only links to one account. Will give it a 5 star if this can be fixed.

I use an older Mac. Mid 2009. Airdrop is not supported between iOS and Mac. This gives me a way to easily and wirelessly transfer content from phone to Mac and vice versa. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Very powerful all features I need. Can easily recognize hard disks on the network like Apple Time Machine and WD My Cloud, etc.

Been using the app for years on the iPhone and love it! The new UI looks more polished and you guys always have nice updates. It’s great to see the TVOS app and I can view content from my time capsule on the TV. One feature request I have for that TVOS is to allow playing videos at 1.25x, 1.5x and so on. Would be very helpful. Thanks much!!

It just keeps getting better with every update. Definitely the most used app on my phone.

I want to start listening to radio shows and document points where there are songs that I like which I am not able to do unless I am able to quickly leave and resume the player. Right now the only way is to play another song and then play the previous one but then I lose my place. They only way I can see progress is to turn my phone off and back on. Please add this ability

If you have a network attached hard disk, you need this application. File Browser let’s you create folders on your iPad or network attached storage and transfer files to and from your iPad.

So go ahead and pay yourself on the back! I’m 10-15 minutes into using the app and I’m pretty impressed so far, did not know you could have a app that was the jack of this many trades. Folks, in a nutshell, for me, it’s doing what it advertises in the description.

This is the bestest story telling thing that I could ever amagine so look out for FileBrowser the best story telling app in the history of the whole wide world I think I am going to try and make a decision on this app.

Needs support for mkv

This is my go to app when working with files on my IPad. Works great at home connected to my NAS. The only drawback or complaint that I have is its lack of support for AFP (Apple File Protocol) which would permit secure access to my devices remotely. Instead, it offers only SMB which is blocked by many ISPs due to its inherent lack of security. DEVELOPERS...PLEASE ADD AFP TO THIS APP!!

I have used this app for years, and it has generally been my preferred way to play files from a NAS. Previous releases were five star apps. This version has used 41% of my iPads battery in 17.5 hours of background activity. This seems like a new behavior, so once it goes back to reasonable battery usage in the background, it will go back to five stars.

Developer how do i access the files to my app thats the only thing im looking for pls answer.

This app is yet another sham, and it really is Apple's fault. They do not allow real file browsers on this platform, and their own pitiful 'Files' app is proof of that. Spend your money elsewhere!

The video slider used to be on the top of the screen on the iPad , now it is on the bottom and awkward. Please put it back on the top or let me know a way to do this.

I am in a wheelchair, and I often need to send documents to my roommate in another room, which I can easily do over our home wi-fi network, thanks to your wonderful iOS app.

With this app I can access music, pictures, videos, PDFs, etc located on my Network Attached Storage devices from my iPad and iPhone. Apple doesn’t like when we wander outside the Applesphere but FB gives me the keys to my data kingdom much to their chagrin.

Bought an Asus router that allows a plugin hard drive to be used as a NAS. Put my entire music library on the drive, downloaded this wonderful app, and now I can play music from my iPhone anywhere in the house. There is a YouTube video out there that sold me on this app. Haven't tried pics yet, but soon will. $5.99 and well spent. Thanks to you who put this together.

I use this app daily for transferring files from my pc to my phone and vice verse. Stream to my chromecast daily as well. I keep this one on my home screen

I have been happy with the performance of this app.

Does everything you can possibly image. Works flawlessly. No messing with works for the sake of “innovation”. Thank you for the consistency over the years.

A minor gripe, admittedly, but gifs don’t repeat. Plays through once then stops dead.

Seriously the best file manager in the Apple App Store! The attention to detail and the available options for this app are outstanding. Look no further if you are wanting an easy, efficient and through way to manage your files across many different platforms. My only complaint is that it’s not available on the iMac. (Hint hint developers) Thank you Stratopherix for such a professional and customizable file manager.

The ability to transfer files wirelessly from my PC to iOS saves me so much time. Thanks.

I wish the app devs would just stop tinkering and redesigning the interface. The latest update now moves the video slider on the bottom which I cannot stand. It’s far easier to for me to use the slider when it’s on top on my iPad. Maybe this change makes sense for a phone user but it’s terrible for iPad users. Thanks for not giving me an option stratospherix. You kept pestering me for a review, so here’s mine.

Does everything I want it to and more.

With MacOS Server (High Sierra and Server App 5.4), FileBrowser is unable to access shared volumes made available via File Sharing for Local Network Users (users that cannot log into the server but have accounts setup via the Server app to access services on the server). This issue greatly reduces the usability of the app for our purposes. The interoperability issue may exist with other versions of MacOS and/or the Server app. Access to shares of Local Users (users that can log in the server, such as our IT administrator) appears to work fine. I am not sure if the issue is with FileBrowser app or with how Apple keeps adjusting/deprecating file serving features of MacOS. If anyone from Stratospherix can comment on whether this is a known issue, a known incompatibility, or if this is a bug that is being worked on, I would be most appreciative.

A is wonderful product. It can be used to open files from many stored photos, the cloud to make personalized files.👍👍👍👍👍

After perusing the category that would allow me to connect to my NAS, chose this one. Had a more complicated than standard setup issue, contacted support, within 24 hours they had responded and had me up and running. Cool app and support to match. Kudos! Update: This still continues to be an indispensable app AND the updates continue to improve TRULY meaningful things... not just fluff stuff. Great job whoever it is leading and coding this project.

It just keeps getting better with every update. Definitely the most used app on my phone.

Simply the best file manager!

I have been using this app for years. Recently I belatedly found that I could also access the files on my PC. So right in front of me I have access to my network server, my PC, and my Dropbox files. It is interesting that photos on the iPad show up as actual files within FileBrowser that can be treated as any other file instead of having to go to the more limiting iOS Photos app. FB also has a built in server which allows other devices to exchange files with you independent of platform, such as a PC. Outstanding attention to functionality! Here is where I have been very surprised. Apple introduced their Files app recently, iOS 11. It is their first attempt at a file manager. It is limited. What is interesting is that when users want to open a file from within an app like Pages, their new file manager opens where the file can be selected. FileBrowser shows up as a selection. If you make that selection, when FileBrowser is running, you have access to all the locations for files that you have when you are in that this FB app. The locations are displayed as directories. This includes files on the PC, online storage like Dropbox, and your network servers. This is quite an enhancement for the Apples Files app. So I can open a file on my PC from within Pages or other iOS apps. This is very nice indeed!

FileBrowser can move files from just about anywhere to ... wherever or whatever app your iOS device can touch. It is also one of the better music file managers - especially if you want an iOS alternative to iTunes, or need to stream music from the cloud or off of a NAS. The most notable, and most irritating, exception to the usefulness if FileBrowser is the limited access it has to iCloud. I expect that this is an Apple issue - sandboxes and greed being what they are these days. Well, my work-around is to store files somewhere other than iCloud if I think I might need the mobility... sorry, Apple but, like Microsoft, you guys just don’t really have your users foremost in your plans. With time, users learn.

Doesn’t update the file size after saving, and leaves old text at the end of those files. Makes using this as a sftp client completely useless.

Of all the apps I own, this is my favorite. Both for productivity (moving, opening, and storing files) and fun (streaming music directly from shared folders), I have been using it for years and it only gets better. I can’t recommend it enough.

Love this app. I made the purchase for this app roughly 1 month ago in part because I setup a personal nas drive in my house which currently stores a rather large comic, book and movie collection I have. I use this app daily so I can keep my storage on my 32 gb iPad free from getting bogged down from so much storage. Highly recommend this app if you are thinking about setting off site data storages.

Painfully capable and indispensably useful. Any power user must have.

I use it every day!

I still quite like this program, but it has become almost unusable under ios11. My iPad mini plays a few minutes of video and then stops. I close the program, restart and get a few more minutes. I do hope the developer can resolve this issue, as they have provided a good product for a long time.

This app after update is not finding the chrome cast in the network.

Allows to access files on my NAS. Convenient and clear UI.

I mostly use this app for accessing my large collection of e-books which cannot fit on my iPad, just on my external drive. It has saved me a lot of time fiddling with iTunes to transfer files. A really useful app.

I have a Mac mini running as a sever...with this I can access my files with all my iOS devices... what’s not to love ?

I’ve used File Browser for years and it has just improved with time.

It is simple to operate. I suspect it is powerful as well. I have yet to explore all the features.

This app display in Chinese language, I don’t now change! help me please!

Its a perfect app but ive downloaded it for ipad and it ask me for 5 dollars again on iphone , i dont know whats wrong with it , is it normal ?

This app delivers what it promises. It’s so easy to transfer files between iOS devices and Linux, Windows and Mac computers on my home network. It’s also great for sharing files and streaming video with other iOS apps.

Allways works from iphone4 to iPhone X. The developer keeps it up to date

This app solves my storage problem nicely. When I had questions about app compatibility with external devices and other details, I received quick, knowledgeable responses. Good job!

I’ve been looking for a file browser that I can more easily view photos on and this is the best. I love that I can change the thumbnail size with a pinch gesture! I can figure out how to hide the file names under the thumbnails though, like in their tutorial videos.

The developers listen. Quick Access Tabs are no longer automatic and date sort were fixed within 2 weeks of when I reported the problem. I keep this review current as new versions come out but there's really never anything I have to change. No lie, this is the best app purchase I've made...I use it almost daily. Not only is it rock solid and just works, the developer keeps adding features without charging for them. I read one review where the reviewer said this version lost features. Not true! If you have to manage or access files across wildly disparate environments (from real machines to "the cloud") then look no further and get this app. It’s money well spent.

Photos through airplay seems to keep resizing in a zoomed in view cropping large photos. A fit to display size feature could be a solution or just an overall fix. Running on ios 10.3.3 iphone 5s 32 GB Update fixed the problem. Thanks

A stable staple on my iPad and iPhone. Makes working with my home NAS a breeze and even ties into work storage via VPN perfectly. Streams music and video... this app is the Swiss Army Knife of file management on iOS.

This is undoubtedly a great app! This app is still missing support for .Avi and .mkv formats

One day everything’s working fine with FileBrowser on my home network. Very next day, it’s asking me for passwords—and I don’t even have any for this kind of inter-network access. So all of a sudden, I can’t get to my own files. No explanation for the change, either. Just...nothing. Unbelievable.

I've been using this app for a few days and really like it so far but I have had it crash when I accessed large JPG files. It imported them from my shared external drive but when I tried to open them, it crashed and had to be restarted. Haven't been able to find any documentation addressing size limits for files. Update 11/17- haven’t had any recurrence of the size problem previously noted. Been using FB for months now and really like it.

I keep all my files on an NAS. Not a big fan of giving up ownership of my data yet. Also, at work, we keep files on a windows server. This app makes integration between my personal iPad and those servers workable. It’s still not as easy to move files as a PC is, but it works. Definitely worth the few $$ I spent on the app.

Photos through airplay seems to keep resizing in a zoomed in view cropping large photos. A fit to display size feature could be a solution or just an overall fix. Running on ios 10.3.3 iphone 5s 32 GB

1. Move any file to/from other computers and/or NAS 2. Open .zip files and view contents (natively or w/ other apps) 3. View picture, Play music, View iOS supported videos. 4. Stream all videos (including .ts, .mkv) to other computers or other iOS Apps (works great with nplayer). I use this tool every day which allows me not to carry around a laptop. This is one tool in the arsenal to manage Windows and Mac systems. The Oct 28 release has been stable.

With my 1000s of Photoshop PSD photos and 100s of Adobe PDFs — this app is a failure as a browser! The thumbnails used for these files are generic icons, absolutely no help in identifying files if their file name is insufficient help . When I read the reviews I was a believer that it would ease my work, but in fact it will not be used.

Works great with my personal NAS on home network. Thanks For all your hard work I give it a big 👍

Using this with my vpn to access my nas. Works with no problems.

I keep my photos on a NAS, and this app works perfectly with WebDAV to access them anywhere. It shows thumbnails too. Highly recommended.

Needs the ability to quickly select large groups of files in the “multi file select” mode. As opposed to selecting one at a time.

when i try to stream a video from my shared windows network folder, it makes me open another app to download the file (which i don’t what. i want to stream it)

It works very well as file management app and also can easily connects to SMB shares. It also receives periodic updates since I bought it few years ago so I think money is well worth it.

With the 4th update in less than a month the Oct 23 update has only crashed twice, both times when moving multiple files to the camera roll. Two crashes is much better than the daily crashes that happened in releases earlier this month.

With the limitation within iOS, this app helps by allowing you to store many files and have local access at any time. It’s to bad that I can get full root access. 😚

With the 4th update in less than a month the Oct 23 update has not crashed yet. I've only used FB for a few hours and will update my review at the end of the week.

I've used this app for years, but recent updates have made it far less useful to me. My primary use for this app is to stream videos from a shared network drive to my Apple TV via Airplay. However, in recent updates the Airplay button in the app simply refers me to swipe up and use the Notification center Airplay button. Problem is, the Notification Center Airplay implementation only lets me "mirror", which means (1) the video comes through to my TV with a letterbox border, and (2)that I can't multitask on my iPad without disrupting the video on the TV. Please bring back useful Airplay functionality.

Get this app! Best solution I’ve found to display pc files on my Apple TV (4th generation) as well as your iPhone and iPad. Plus Filebrowser provides a slideshow feature for your photos and also streams your videos. My pc’s are running Linux which I use for network shares which I can now access using Filebrowser on both my iPhone and iPad. Very easy to setup plus excellent instructions are provided to setup a free Zerotier One VPN connection so your files are also available when you’re away from home. And the best part... excellent support! I emailed a question one afternoon and had a response the next morning.

This app is great! Can you add support to play .avi and .mkv files? This may be on your road map.

This app changes the way your iPhone functions. It's like having a MacBook to use next to your iPhone. You can access all the files you have on your PC and even do transfer between your Cloud accounts, just on your phone. It can play various media files, too. I haven't been able to test it on the office files yet. One question: It doesn't appear to be able to play WEBM files, which is understandable. Is there a plan to add this feature, in the future? :)

I have been using Filebrowser for several years now to move files from my desktop to my iPad, hanging in there and putting up with the klunkiness because it was still better than iTunes, which has become increasingly useless. And now Filebrowser has become equally useless. Oh, there are slick new features — it will SCAN for other computers on the network, and ask you about them before assuming they’re all Windows boxes! You have a private folder now, and one you can share with other apps!... for what *that’s* worth. Because now you can no longer just open a file in the appropriate app. It DOES NOT RECOGNIZE an epub or mobi file as a book format, let alone know the app that reads them. I can no longer move pdfs using Filebrowser into Goodreader. In fact, unless you want to use Pages, Numbers, or Keynote, it apparently doesn’t export non-video/audio files at all. It doesn’t even really export video/audio, either — just streams them. Deinstalling this now-worthless piece of software as soon as this is posted.

...there is one thing I don’t like in the current version: how Quick Access Tabs work. Disabling Quick Access Tabs should clear the folder history and not remember visited folders until the tabs are enabled again. I keep this review current as new versions come out but there's really never anything I have to change. No lie, this is the best app purchase I've made...I use it almost daily. Not only is it rock solid and just works, the developer keeps adding features without charging for them. I read one review where the reviewer said this version lost features. Not true! If you have to manage or access files across wildly disparate environments (from real machines to "the cloud") then look no further and get this app.

Really disappointed in the quality control, at least on ios10. I can't update to ios11 yet because of some different 32bit apps (not FB). FB still crashes regularly, but not nearly as often as previous release.

The ftp app can’t follow symbolic links

What happened?? Every time I try to open a folder on the flash drive in my router I get nothing but options to create new folder or record a voice command, my folder is right there but the options prevent me from accessing it. I tap close but soon as I tap the folder im presented with the same two options create folder or record voice command. The only times I used my laptop was to put photos, videos, and documents on a USB drive for safe keeping. Now with this easy to use, reliable, and by the way Voiceover friendly app, I simply send these files from my i-devices to a USB drive that is connected to my Airport Extreme router. Love it!

The only times I used my laptop was to put photos, videos, and documents on a USB drive for safe keeping. Now with this easy to use, reliable, and by the way Voiceover friendly app, I simply send these files from my i-devices to a USB drive that is connected to my Airport Extreme router. Love it!

Purchased this app a while ago and have been using it every day. Really love it. One suggestion, password protect and hide folders in My Private Files. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, take a look at OPlayerHD Lite. That app handles protect and hide folders perfectly.

Cette application fonctionne à merveille. Je suis très satisfaite car elle a de très nombreuses fonctionnalités rendant son utilisation facile.

Not getting around much, but everything on all my computers available on my iPad, in a snap! Get it, learn it (it’s pretty easy), you’ll be glad!

Recent update video UI time line place bottom terrible idea 👎, need go back to top of screen!!! Audio UI is awesome Hope see in future updates support video play back formats: mkv Highly recommended this app 👍👍👍 Many thanks 😃

I had tried a couple of similar apps and they were horrible! I gave it one last shot and tried this one not expecting much but it exceeded my expectations. I’m doing things with this app that I had no idea were possible since I have a windows pc and a iPad. I use this app in conjunction with VLCStreaming and I can stream my videos from pc to my iPad which is just amazing. I don’t feel shackled so much to cloud apps. This app should come pre installed with iPads. First time giving an app 5 stars but this one deserves it. Thank g** for nerds who create this stuff!

With MacOS Server (High Sierra and Server App 5.4), FileBrowser is unable to access shared volumes made available via File Sharing for Local Network Users (users that cannot log into the server but have accounts setup via the Server app to access services on the server). This issue greatly reduces the usability of the app for our purposes. The interoperability issue may exist with other versions of MacOS and/or the Server app. Access to shares of Local Users (users that can log in the server, such as our IT administrator) appears to work fine. I am not sure if the issue is with FileBrowser app or with how Apple keeps adjusting/deprecating file serving features of MacOS. If anyone from Stratospherix can comment on whether this is a known issue, a known incompatibility, or if this is a bug that is being worked on, I would be most appreciative. EDIT: Thank you Stratospherix for providing support regarding Apple’s switch to SMB and requirement for domain/workgroup. After updating file share credentials, all works well. Back to five stars!

Set up in seconds to browse files on my windows 7 machine from my ipad pro 12.9 with ios 11. Works remarkably well and has a super clean interface. Creates thumbnails for directories with hundreds of pictures within minutes then can show full pic or video immediately.

This app has made my life soooo much easier to move photos to and from my iPad and iPhone. I’m constantly getting the, Your ICloud is full or almost full. Getting files off my iPad and iPhone and then onto my NAS prior to this app I had to put them on my laptop then move to my NAS. Now I just put them directly via wirelessly and done. Really made file management easier for me as well as network files while using my iPad.

Much faster than previous releases.

This is the best app I have ever used. It allow me so many options to see my own cloud. It’s worth the price. It makes my iPad Air come alive, combined with the new OS WoH.. In my book it is a must have app. Thank you for making it.