FE File Explorer Pro App Reviews

Very good App!

Not working and cant get tech support

It works!!!!

Top App

アニメGIFやMP4はもちろん、まさかのflv・rm・wmv・webm形式の動画も再生できました！ 動作も軽くて安定しているので画像ビューアとして重宝してます。 あとはGoodReaderみたいにNAS内のフォルダを自動スケジュール同期できたらオフラインでも使えて最高なんですが・・・

需要ftps功能，希望追加

問題無し

Wonderful program

Best app in class. I like it.

Wonderful app !!

I’ve used it for at least 5 years and I love it. I can easily transfer and manage files between iOS, windows, my NAS,etc. I appreciate the access into iOS that it provides as well as the media player.

Because of this app, I don’t need a computer in my living room anymore. I use it mostly on my Apple TV. If you watch videos on your computer and you have an IOS device or an Apple TV, this app is for you.

I need a way to move files efficiently from my sd card to my external drive. When trying to select a group of files it will only allow you to select files that are “visible”, or that you can see on the screen. Any file that is not visible or “below the fold” will not be selected. I’m trying to select a few hundred photos out of the thousands I have, but doing that is almost impossible since I can select the top photo, hold shift and then click a another photo which is a few hundreds photos down in the list. Terrible. Waste of money.

Works on most files, but occasionally drops the connection to shared computers.

I’ve been using this app for several years. It is by far the most useful app in the utilities category. Aside from the core file management features, it has two that are worth calling out. First, it installs itself as a target in iOS Files app, which allows you to access storage that’s not natively supported by Files but is supported by FE File Explorer. Second, it has a functional media player built in, I use it to play music from NAS. It’s not fancy but it gets the job done well, eliminating the need for a separate media player app.

It cannot seem to access the same local files that the built-in Files app can. How can you “manage" files that you can’t see? You can see remote files, on a server, but you can’t see local files. So you’re right back to using the Files app. I’ve applied for a refund.

Have been waiting for windows file share to be fixed for over a year. Crickets from developer.

This is my “GoTo” iPad app for getting all kinds of things done. It single-handedly makes the iPad much more nearly as useful to a power user as a PC. As a retired software developer, I would have been extremely proud to have had any part in the design and development of this application. It is intuitive, comprehensive, and absolutely worth buying. Congratulations to the developer(s)!

I've had this app for years and I love it! Its simple and straight yo the point! You can't get better than that!

Ever since I got new iOS 18 and be iPhone 16 pro the video playback no longer work. Just black screen

what happened with google drive support?? spent money on this app as it had value for me but now not anymore.

I was sold on the multitude of connections I can hook up but the primary one I use, Google Drive has been removed. I paid for this and now I’m left with an app I can’t use. I can’t migrate my cloud storage just because of this little app. It’s now useless to me.

I thought I got scammed by buying this; but once I figured out how to get file uploads working, I was satisfied. You gotta share your file with the created connection from the app 👍

The lite version of this app worked really well. It played video well, had PIP, and connected with my NAS easily. Then I bought the pro version to allow MKV file playback and it all went wrong. PIP just ends up glitching the video. Background playback glitches the video. Swiping the control or notification centers down glitches the video. Fully pausing the video sometimes allows you to switch apps and go back without glitching the video. It’s ridiculous. I paid for this and now the app has to be the only thing my phone is doing or video becomes stuttered and audio gets off sync. Been like this for over a year at least UPDATE: At least another year later still the same problems. The video player is unusable unless my phone is just a dedicated device for that doing nothing else. It’s very frustrating because I actually like everything else about the app. The direct file storage, the interaction with SMB and other shares, network directories, and so on. It all works great except for the most important part (for me): playing the video seamlessly.

The functionality of this app is incredible and has been for years. It allows seamless integration for connecting to my NAS and networked computers, even the TV and home media equipment. Sharing information between apps and email clients is well handled and it has always been my go-to for such. The ability to backup data or share files to a PC is something I have never enjoyed about apple products; FE File Explorer is much more intuitive and makes backing up a breeze.

The only third party app I’ve found that can play back EAC3 JOC Dolby Atmos files correctly using Spatial Sound on the iPad. I wish it could do gapless playback though. Maybe in the future?

Randomly just decides not to connect. No explanation given. Diagnosing does nothing. I’d like my money back.

What happened to Google Drive?! I bought this for that!

Its promo images show Google Drive as an online directory that may be accessed through this app. I paid for the app to have that access to my numerous Google Drives but Google Drive is NOT accessible. I requested a refund through the iOS app store and it says that Apple doesn't refund it. I'm giving this a day and then filing a dispute through my credit card co.

Actually the title says it all! This is the app I use when I want to transfer any file or document to my IPad, IPhone or my Linux NAS. That’s right, even my Linux NAS. Very versatile application and it just keeps getting better and better! - SWG

Can we get NFS support? I know owlfiles support it but I already have the pro version of this app

If possible, it would be convenient to add a list of files, for example under the global Settings (that is, those accessible at the main screen of FE File Explorer, still before the user begins to play back any file), that the user has begun to watch but hasn’t finished yet, which can be continued. Alternatively, if adding such a global list under the global Settings were to be troublesome programmatically, you could add some sort of marking next to such a file that would be there until the file is watched to the end or rewinded to the beginning. Because the way it is now, FE File Explorer remembers the files that the user has begun to watch, but it doesn’t indicate which, out of all the files the user has, are specifically those file that the user has begun to watch but hasn’t finished yet. If the user has multiple of such files to finish, he or she can forget which files he or she has begun watching and has yet to finish. Moreover, similarly to how the user can skim back and forth through, say, a video file by swiping his or her finger either to the left or to the right respectively at the left-hand side of the iPad screen during playback, you could make it possible to increase and decrease the audio volume by swiping the finger either upwards or downwards to the right-hand side of the iPad screen during playback. This way, the control over the audio volume would be even more convenient and more quickly accessible than using the physical volume buttons, not to mention accessing the settings available to the the right-hand side during playback first, then switching to the audio controls tab, and only then having access to the volume slider, which is the way it is now.

I wish I knew this bed I bought it but Google is blocking this app and it’s under some sort of review by them and you can’t use Drive with FS Explorer Pro at the present moment. I get the error message telling me this every time I try to connect it.

I used to move images to Google drive constantly and now since u guys have not completed the google verification process it won’t let me add others :/ a shame since I spent money on this

I moved a file on NAS. There’s a file with the same name. I chose ‘keep both’ but it overwrote anyways. Tried the same with Owlfiles and it worked. Why is this app still here? Owlfiles is basically the same thing (at least the UI). And these two are from the same company.

So after looking at lots if reviews hyping the performance of this app, I decided to buy it and tried to immediately setup sftp connection to my ftp server. Got error timeout, upon diagnosis I found that connection is successful but its not listing any contents. Almost any free app on appstore is able to do this simple thing and to verify that I tested it in free app too and boom it works on free app ! but this paid app refuses to work. Im sure you can develop much better app and please do. Heading towards AppStore refund page. Good luck !

I don't write reviews often but I had to give this one 5 stars. I connect to all my network drives with ease. No monthly subscription required. Thank you!

谢谢

通过复制到可以把照片和视频复制到那个局域网的网盘，但要需要手动去删除这些移动的照片和视频，移动到就可以把这些已经复制完的视频或图片文件自动删除。

I’ve been using this app for a few years now and it has always been great. It has been the only app that I’ve found that actually works with my NAS. Lately though, I’ve noticed that it has been using battery in the background even when I’m not using my device. I have Background App Refresh turned off and I’ve even resorted to force quitting the app when I’m done with it, but it continues to be doing something in the background constantly. I don’t know if it’s a bug or if the app is doing something nefarious, but I no longer trust having it installed. I will have to look for a different solution.

Hello, I realized that if you go into the iPhone's Settings>General> iphone storage you can see and delete all the data even if the application is blocked. Please correct that and understand personal safety.

Been using this for years. Can no longer connect to PC! True for both iPad and iPhone

An invaluable tool for remote folder access and file management. It works and it works very well given the constraints of iOS. If you’re using rclone crypts you can get to them by using a remote server with the crypt mounted on it, and then connect to that server from the app. Bam.

It is, at least connection wise, the best file manager I have used. The transfer rate to/from my NAS, is unparalleled. I would just add a couple features found in other file managing apps: - Real time video scrubbing preview. - integrated web browser. - Copy / cut and paste from sources to device. - External storage integration without using apple’s file app. - Local network devices scouting. - More appealing design including logo. one that I have not seen anywhere and don’t even know if it is possible or not, but being able to edit photos and videos like the photos app from within the file viewer itself, cropping and marking would be enough.

Took a chance and purchased it. Glad I did. I am able to copy/backup IOS photos to an NFS share on my local network. This solved complicated scripting and shortcuts that may half work. Saved me A LOT of time. Not only is the copy task fairly quick (depending on how much you're copying), you get thumbnail images on the NFS side!!! Apple Files does not provide thumbnails and is typically slow to list files in the remote location. This app also allows you to delete the Photo files, though you still have to go to the deleted files area in Photos to permanently delete. Happy with the ability to create folders in remote location as I'm copying (select files, go to location, create new folder and select it, then paste). Would be nice to copy the album as a folder.

This latest version of FE app is crashing on iOS 16.6.1 I have not been able to view my stored files.

Just installed yesterday, everything worked fine, today none of my user created files are accessible. The only folder visible are in “My Files” I have no files there, and files on my PC using connections. This is of zero use to me.

Now it is working

I was able to reinstall and update.

Been using this app for many years. Extremely versatile and useful in locating and accessing local network shares. Easy to use. The developer is responsive in addressing any issues that might arise. Worth every penny.

Update review: All’s well.

App showed up under updates, but “update” button would turn to the progress indicator then back to the word “Update”. I deleted the app and then tried to download it from the App Store, but still not working.

unable to update and download why?

Your update 11.2 released recently won't install. No error message, the update button simply resets after a second or so.

Loved this app until today when I was trying to set up new connections to my router. It no longer discovers systems and displays them in "NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD" at the bottom of the screen. I have to input the IP address, display name, any old user name, and the router password to create a connection. The previous version allowed me to select a server from the network neighborhood, specify a user or "guest" to login with and save the connection. Please fix this. As of August 24, 2023, the update will not install; the red update indicator remains after tapping the "update" button and the app DOES NOT update. If it isn't going to update, please clear the flag that indicates it needs updating. Total junk.

App will no longer update. Used to be one of the best. Latest update rendered it useless l.

Why isn't the app downloading to my phone.

….but there is an update for it today that refuses to dl from the app updates. Please fix…..

2023-08-25，iPhone和ipad都无法更新