Compare the Top File Managers for iPhone as of August 2025

What are File Managers for iPhone?

File managers, also known as file browsers or file explorers, are software applications that enable a user to browse, search, organize, and manage the files and folders on their computer or device. Compare and read user reviews of the best File Managers for iPhone currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

  • 1
    Apple Files
    Access and organize your files no matter where they’re located, on your device, in the cloud, on an external drive or file server, with Files. The Recents view displays the files you’ve been working on lately in high-resolution thumbnails. Use the powerful browse view to navigate folders, organize your files with tags, move files between folders, and search. Files also make it easy to access iCloud Drive and third-party cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive. Press the Files icon in the Dock or Home screen to quickly open a file from anywhere. Connect an external drive or SD card to your device to access the files. Connect to a file server at work or a home PC using SMB from files. Use tags to organize files stored with different cloud providers and across different apps. Pin your favorite folders in Browse view for quick access to the ones you use most. Give people access to any file stored in iCloud Drive by sharing a link from the files app.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 2
    Readdle Documents
    Documents is about action. Download videos. Read ePUBs. Open ZIP files. Watch movies. Edit PDFs. Documents gives you the superpowers to do what you want with your files. Add an extra layer of protection with the world’s fastest VPN. Use it to change your virtual location and enjoy music, video, and the TV shows you love. And yes, once enabled, VPN works perfectly across all your apps. Documents is now available on M1, becoming the first super app for desktop. Do what you want with your files, without jumping between dozens of apps. Manage all your files, watch videos, browse the web, edit PDFs, and more. Use a powerful built-in browser to quickly download mp3, books, videos, and literally anything from the Web. Private browsing is also there to respect your privacy. Think of it as an AirDrop on steroids. Now you can instantly send your photos, documents, or entire folders to a nearby iPhone or iPad. And no worries: the file structure in your folder will remain the same.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 3
    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe

    Slik Safe is a Blazing Fast File Experience built to increase efficiency, speed and security. An end-to-end encrypted file storage solution that enables you to store, share and share your files in less than 5 seconds. Your files and folders, be it on cloud apps like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox etc or local devices, get backed up by connecting to the Slik Safe app on your device. All your files are encrypted on your local device with military grade protection before uploading it on the cloud. The app is designed in a way where it keeps running in the background, constantly backing up connected files and folders in real time. With Slik’s AI, you can retrieve a particular information from a specific file wherein all the details get extracted in Natural Language. So if you want the sum of Column 2 in your datasheet. Just type it, you get the answer.
    Starting Price: $0
  • 4
    Owlfiles

    Owlfiles

    Skyjos

    Owlfiles is a powerful file management app on mobile platforms and desktop platforms. It can access not only files on your macOS, but also files on your server, NAS, and cloud. Stream movies and music on your Mac. Directly view and manage documents, and photos on your server, NAS, and cloud without downloading. Access network shares on PC, and NAS via SMB/CIFS protocol. Access network shares on PC, and NAS via SMB/CIFS protocol. Automatically discover servers and NAS when you set up a new connection. Stream movies and music from server/NAS/cloud to your Mac. Create unlimited connections with your computers, NAS, and cloud storage. Sync connections to all your devices. Sync files between macOS and server/NAS/cloud storage. Use Owlfiles on your mobile and desktop platforms. Built-in FTP Server for file transfer. Directly transfer files between Mac and mobile devices. Transfer files by drag and drop.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 5
    File Manager & Browser
    File Manager is a free file manager and virtual USB drive for the iPhone and iPad. Easily view images, audio, videos, PDF documents, Word documents, Excel documents, ZIP/RAR files, and more. Integrated PDF reader. Supports Microsoft Office, Excel, and Powerpoint. Supports Apple iWorks documents. Multiple clouds (Dropbox, OneDrive, and more) Integrated music player. Copy, move, and zip multiple files. Passcode protects files. Supports iTunes USB file sharing. Transfer files from your PC/Mac using Wi-Fi. Built-in search feature. Sort files by "name", "date", "size" or "kind". Share files by email, Bluetooth, and Facebook. "Open in" feature allows you to open files in other apps. Create and extract ZIP files. You will receive access to the apps in the TapMedia PRO bundle for the duration of the subscription. Subscriptions with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 6
    Amerigo File Manager
    Amerigo is an enhanced file manager that allows you to manage and organize local and cloud-saved files. It's the only app that allows the link of multiple clouds (DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud Files) and offers iOS files app integration to download and upload to any cloud from any app! For example, if you receive an email, you can directly save the email attachments to one of the clouds linked in Amerigo, by simply choosing "Save in files" in the action sheet. Virtual folders allow a group of files that come from different sources (cloud/local): you can for example have a virtual folder with all the files that belong to a project but are stored on different cloud storage providers. The spotlight indexing of all local contents allows you to immediately find and open the file you're looking for, without opening the app! You can also add more than one account for each cloud to increase your space!
    Starting Price: Free
  • 7
    FileMaster

    FileMaster

    YouMi Tech

    FileMaster is a file manager, document viewer, video/audio player, text editor, and more for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch. Transfer files from your computer, carry them around with you and share them with your friends. Using FileMaster is easy. Just long-press on a file or folder icon to display a popup menu. Simply tap your selection and you’re ready to go. You can tap on the screen to copy, paste, create folders, and so on. There’s no need to worry about the security of FileMaster, either. Your files can be accessed remotely with a password or locally with a master passcode. No one but you will see what’s in your FileMaster. Create new folders? Copy, cut, paste, and delete operations. Long press to popup menus. Support multi-selection mode. Import photos/videos from the system album. Take private photos or videos inside the app. Check the free disk space. Supports avi/Flv/rmvm/rm/mov/mp4/mp3/WMA/m3u8 formats.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 8
    File Manager App
    File Manager is the ultimate app to organize and view all your files on your iPhone or iPad. It is like the Windows Explorer on your PC or the Finder on your Mac. Always have your important files with you. Getting your documents onto your iPhone or iPad is really easy. You can download your files from your computer using iTunes or import them from Dropbox. You can also open files directly from email or other apps. The intuitive user interface is amazing and makes organizing your content just a breeze. The app combines traditional file browsing with a truly touch-enabled interface. File Manager has a robust viewer for documents such as PDF files or MS Office documents. You can also view images, play your mp3s or watch videos with the in-built players. File Manager supports many formats. File Manager is a universal app. You can download File Manager for the iPhone and the iPad paying once only. Always have your important files at your fingertips.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 9
    FileBrowser Professional
    All the professional features you need from a document management app for your iPad/iPhone. Connect to computers, Windows, Mac, servers, cloud storage, and USB drives. Edit documents in place and create automatic file backup and sync tasks. Rename files and folders in bulk, and so much more. One clean, consistent UI allows you to manage your files and folders by creating, deleting, and renaming, and providing the ability to copy, move, download, and upload. FileBrowser Professional's connections are so seamless it feels like everything is on one server. On an iPad use split-screen mode to drag and drop from a local USB flash drive to your web server's FTP site. Copy and paste files from Dropbox to Google Drive, or from any storage to any other. FileBrowser Professional is the only app you need to organize and access your storage. Easily copy and move documents and folders from one computer to another or to your cloud storage with our FileBrowser Professional iPad/iPhone app.
    Starting Price: $14.99 one-time payment
  • 10
    Browser and Documents Manager
    Download and browse files and documents on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad like on your computer. No limits on storage or downloads! Full-featured download manager. Auto-correct file name, fast speed, safe pause, and resume downloads. Background modes support. Tap and hold to start downloading, or simply click the link. Private browsing by default. Multiple tabs. Custom search engine and user-agent. Includes a favorites grid. Edit files, and organize files in folders. Extract zip archives. Work with doc xls pdf ppt txt HTML RTF and 100+ formats. iCloud, camera roll, and iTunes file-sharing support. Open In files in other apps! This app does not include any audio or video download feature or any related functionality. Web browser like Safari with bookmarks. Your personal downloader for iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 11
    Total Files

    Total Files

    App Ideas

    Total Files is the one-stop file manager for iOS, with a powerful PDF reader, cloud storage support, and much more! Total Files supports DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud Files and offers iOS files app integration to download and upload to any cloud from any app! You'll not need to install a separate app for each storage provider that you want to use from your device! Link all cloud accounts in Total Files and enjoy the full integration with iOS. For example, thanks to the iOS “files” integration, you can directly save files to one of the clouds linked in total, simply using the "save in files” feature available in any app on your device. Virtual folders allow the grouping of files that come from different sources (cloud or local). The Spotlight indexing of all local contents allows you to immediately find and open the file you're looking for, without opening the app! Our powerful PDF viewer offers annotation capabilities and automatically recognises common shapes.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 12
    My FileManager
    'My FileManager' app is a full-featured file manager and private browser that allows you to organize your files on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. You can preview hundreds of file types and transfer them in between apps. Move, copy, rename and delete files. Organize files in the folders. Document viewer that supports .ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .txt, .HTML, and .rtf file formats. Edit and compress images. Edit video, search files by name, and sort by name, date, and type. Complete zip archive support. Open files in other apps. Email files to your friends. Instantly send files to your Mac with AirDrop. Protect your files with a 4-digit password. Support TouchID and FaceID. Enjoy the app without the interruption of any ads. Features a night mode. A new feature that removes the background of the images using artificial intelligence or using the brush. Supports iOS 14 and Widgets. Bookmarks and history, as well as favorites home screen.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 13
    Files App

    Files App

    Hian Zin Jong

    Files App (formerly known as Downloads Lite) features a Web browser that lets you save documents to your iPhone or iPod touch so that you can work with them offline. It has a built-in file manager, with a robust viewer for all iOS-supported document types, a powerful photo browser, an advanced PDF reader, full Dropbox support, and more. This app does not support downloading audio or video content. Provides a user experience very similar to Mobile Safari. Tabbed browsing. Tap and hold on to an image to download it. Tap and hold to force download. Save web pages with images for offline viewing. Full-screen mode, bookmark manager, and history support. Address bar auto-completion. HTTP basic authentication. Form-based authentication. Integrated Google or Yahoo! search. Ability to spoof browser's user-agent string to display web pages like Firefox. Unified smart search field. Type a URL or search term in the unified smart search field.
    Starting Price: Free
  • 14
    GoodReader

    GoodReader

    GoodReader

    Professional tool for creating, converting, editing, and annotating your PDF files. GoodReader® is a file viewer with many powerful features, most of which address PDF and TXT viewing. GoodReader® is a super-robust PDF editor app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Its iPad version was the #1 selling non-Apple app for iPad in 2010 in the USA, and all those years we`ve been adding new features, keeping it the best mobile productivity tool on the market. And we`ve got a lot more to come! With GoodReader on your iPad/iPhone, you can read virtually anything, anywhere, books, movies, maps, pictures. Use it once and you`ll be hooked. If you work with documents, soon you`ll be wondering how you ever managed to use your iPad or iPhone without GoodReader. GoodReader can automatically sync individual files and entire folders to their remote versions hosted on online servers. GoodReader also supports e-mail server access, and e-mail attachment downloads.
  • 15
    Digital File Manager
    Resourceful companies constantly look for ways to reduce operational costs. Businesses waste time, money, and resources storing and moving paperwork. Paper documents are hard to share, costly to file, take up a lot of storage space, and are difficult to retrieve. Switching to web-based ENet Docs improves efficiency in daily operations, increases profit margins, and allows secure remote access to your critical documents. With ENet Docs you can quickly find the documents you need no matter where you are located. Implement more efficient processes, improve control of business documents, automate workflows and eliminate the reliance on paper records with ENet Docs. All documents, no matter how they are received are automatically indexed, converted to a fully searchable PDF and routed to their correct destination. With ENet Docs, there is no labor to name, move, or link documents of any type.
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