FE File Explorer Pro

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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4.7 5775 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Great features

   I was a little concerned about downloading the new update. I use the app to pull videos I am working on from my server, and the old video player UI worked perfectly for me. No issues, though, I love the new update. I have to skip around the videos to find certain parts of the speech to analyze, so I used the 15 second jumps and the finger drag skipping all the time. Having the 15 second jumps on the side instead of the bottom makes my process a lot easier since I can more easily hit them to repeat a small section without having to move my hand over the screen, blocking part of the my view and causing a lot of extra movement. That probably doesn’t apply to many people but I wanted the dev to know it helped me out. For others, this is a great app. You can connect to a ton of different cloud services and network shares, and moving files around is pretty slick once you get used to it. It works really well to help get around the limitations of the iOS file system. Video and photo players work very well, so you don’t have to bounce between apps. If you need to open something in another app instead, you can do that as well. I have used it for several years and the dev has always made useful updates and kept all of the features that I use working. A+ from me.

   Bloggs!!! · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Indication of the Files the User Has Begun to Watch and Volume Gestures

   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.

   Hubert Dobrosiński · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Better than built-in File app in every aspect

   I’ve been using this app for three years. I used this app for accessing my files on NAS when I bought this because the system version File app wasn’t there in iOS 11 or so. When iOS 12 came out I knew it also got FTP feature and considering it is an Apple software, I used the File app as an replacement for a while. However, it’s probably the most buggy software that I’ve used, even with the very limited things you can do with it. I quickly swapped back to this app and everything just works as it should be. Another problem that encountered recently that could be solved easily with this app was importing photos from computer. I have no idea why half of my photos went disappeared from importing via iTunes. I had to first import to this app via file transfer and then import to photos by copying to album. It will be more time-consuming but at least you wouldn’t lose your photos.

   CPY1048454102 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5Clean and simple

   I have a NAS at home for file storage and needed to access it from my phone. It was a snap to set up, the interface is clean and intuitive. I had a question for the developers because I wasn’t seeing hidden files. They responded quickly and pointed me to the individual connection’s settings (not the general app settings, which I guess is nice). On the iPad I did have a lot of issues where I was scrolling through directories with a large number of folders, and some were disappearing. I realized I must have been touching a folder just right and was dragging and dropping it into another folder instead of scrolling through the directory! Luckily, there’s a setting to disable drag and drop functionality, which I would suggest be made the default setting. You can still move folders through another edit menu, so it’s still possible to move things more “safely” in a touch environment.

   mikegfromma · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Great App!

   I recently found an AirPort Extreme 5th gen and was excited to find that you could access files wirelessly if you plugged a flash drive into it. However, I did some research and found out that it uses an older version of something called SMB, and that it wasn’t compatible with the native iOS files app. I did some more research and found this app, which has been absolutely perfect for my needs and is totally worth the money. Another plus is the fact that you can link other storage providers too, so it can serve as complete replacement to the native files app, which I have already deleted. Last thing: It supports dark mode, drag and drop, and integration with the native files app and you can access NAS files without this app being open. The free version does not support integration so if you were looking for that in the free, consider this one. That’s all, thanks for reading!

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