Nextcloud Reviews

by Beoko

Used to be amazing, but it’s now a bloated and buggy mess. Tried to scan a set of four documents at least a dozen times each but ran into countless bugs. Couldn’t get the rotation to save. Had to clear the scan cache or it would choose old images even if I clicked on newer ones. It would let me rotate the images individually before saving but then the final saved pdf (why remove jpg as destination file format???) would not use the correct rotation. The client thought I was going to have a heart attack watching me fight with Nextcloud just to save a single file. It was as if nothing worked correctly and only pretended to do so. Lost my first and only this app contract, never again.

by Scruffy_Dog

All I want to do is set up an external hard drive as a local server, then provide several accounts to family members. It appears that I have to subscribe to a hosting service (a <10GB limit - what a joke!) or buy a $600+ NAS with a decent amount of storage, but nothing for the home user whose only experience is 30+ years on Macs. I reviewed the user docs and FAQs and whatever I could find on the dev site, but nothing helped a bit. Can't contact tech support for setup assistance because you need to have paid subscription.

by B3rna93

I love the concept of this app and this is a really good app. But the way the file list is implemented makes it almost unusable. On my iPad, the file listing window is fixed width and any file names over ~20 chars are shortened. On my iPhone it’s more like ~30 characters. I have a large directory of videos and other files and without seeing the full file names I don’t know what most of them are.

On iPad, maybe you could allow the preview window to be minimized so the file list extends the full width of the screen. Or maybe you could display the file names as crawls instead of shortening them.

by Kilomanjaro4

Title. Within a week Nextcloud had made my phone completely unusable due to constantly keeping everything downloaded to my phone. The whole point of a cloud server is for me to be able to view documents and pictures then have them removed from my phone when not in use. The ownCloud app was great and you could set how long documents stayed on your phone after you stopped using them. Nextcloud had no feature like that and it should really be added back.

by Heudjejsuxhdndbxhd

The file integration bug has been brought up for over a year repeatedly, and nothing has changed. I cannot rely on this product until it’s reliable, and right now, it’s not.

Often when community is touted as the driving force, it means you get little or no help when things go wrong/the help is very slow/the help doesn’t result in any changes when it’s the developers’ fault. That seems to be the case here.

by Smajeti

The latest version is very slow to open documents/images. It shows loading screen for 3-4 mins before opening the file ( the file is only couple hundred kb)

Nextcloud was running fine until few days ago but started getting request timeouts for everything I do after I upgraded the disk to a 1tb drive. The web interface weeks perfectly fine it's just Nextcloud . I have the same issue from my wife's phone as well. Cannot use Nextcloud now as cannot auto upload photos nor access files from the storage.

by C2D7F96

app works great for storing and retrieving files across devices and users, i just wish you could use it to access the other functions of this app — circles, decks, polls, etc. i use polls and decks quite a bit so it’s disappointing to have to pull it up either in my phone browser (polls only; decks don’t display properly on the mobile site) or on desktop whenever i need it. it would definitely make this a 5 star review if these functions were added

by _jolly

While I’d like to see Nextcloud run better or it have even more bells and whistles; the fact remains it’s an entire Dropbox on a Raspberry Pi.
I used Ubuntu Server and snap option stable with berryboot on a Raspberry Pi 3. It’s so solid it can run months and works perfectly with iPad, iPhone, droid, MacBook and other Ubuntu Linux (use owncloud).
The iPad interface and pdf’s are flawless. Home use over http works fine. The software gets better and better every version.

by Aditya Kamath

Nextcloud works great for basic file management with a this app server. I even like the built-in markdown editor which is handy for quick notes and even draft blogs to be written right within this app and have it saved periodically.

The main feature I miss from Nextcloud is the lack of Shortcuts integration which could make things much better for me.

by J B Stone

I used a provider for my cloud service and that to me defeats the purpose of this app which is self-reliance and the spirit of respect and decency that comes with mutually lived privacy rights... a virtue seen in the more advanced countries in the area of privacy rights and laws ex., Iceland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany is working on it and has awesome ethics and decency ..., however surveillance networks are perhaps too big.

by -_-somejoe

this app gives you control, as much as you can handle: 1) Make an account on a server run by their dev team - their mission is to protect your data, not sell it. 2) Learn barely any Linux - eg Ubuntu, and install the this app Server snap - now you can manage your own server. 3) Learn a lot about Linux - install this app server from source and have complete control of your data, I can help you get there - for now I’m doing it just for fun. Check out blog . somejoe . com for a full write up on #3, #2 will be posted soon - and my contact info is somewhere there ;)
-Joe

by Eagle/13

Iphone 10 .. the pics background sync doesn’t work and it needs opening Nextcloud for the sync to start

To upload we have keep going back to transfers screen. It takes almost a month to upload like a 1000 pics, as it’s manual upload.

by NOTIFICATIONPULLDOWNPROBLEM

App has trouble uploading large mp4 files. It would take much longer than usual and I’d have to use a web browser instead. One time I left it uploading a 4gb mp4 file overnight and it still didn’t finish uploading by morning or if it was even uploading at all. Sometimes I wouldn’t be able to tell because it’ll only show the upload speeds but its progress would be inconsistent and inaccurate or wouldn’t show any sign of progress at all. Other than Nextcloud itself, this app’s quality and UI is better than Google Drives’.

by Fan Of GoodReader

Nextcloud has been working great for me for many months and is a tremendously useful addition to the this app family. Thanks!

Request: I need to be able to vary the size of the column of filenames. Most of my filenames (which I don’t think are excessive) are longer than the displayed text, so if they have similar filenames I often can’t tell which is which.

But thanks for the ongoing support of Nextcloud !

by Alzxjm

I wish synchronization were a bit faster, but otherwise the client is quite nice. I use it to edit notes and manage files. The photos/media viewer is still embarrassingly basic, but since it's not my primary use-case, I let it slide.

Great app! Hopefully future versions will bring better photo viewing and faster syncing, especially with this app Hub II out.

by Storealutes

App works great one issues with it though. The scan image feature is not working for me. I take a picture it detects the document and then it tells me to drag the image to the document but the images are not draggable and the save button is disabled until I can move one image into the document. Didn’t know the best place to submit app feedback but I will update this review when it’s fixed thanks.

by Yula82

The this app thing is amazing. You can buy a Raspberry Pi .. install a chip HDD on it. And you have you personal cloud. That you can use to share files and media between all you devices, whenever they are.
But iOS app is glitchy. Plus, what the reason to have a cloud if files are not synced automatically, whenever you are in network. Windows phones app is just a Web-DAV client.
So I hope support will read this comment - this is my message to them.

by DFWJim

Almost as good as on cloud. I was a fan of OC until I had issues getting the free version to upgrade on my server. It seems that this app is the original developers and founders of OC forming their own company again to make sure the product stays true to its purpose. Nextcloud is almost as good as the original, in fact it works a little bit faster. The only thing missing in keeping me from giving at five out of five stars as the missing quick index letters on the right side and touch ID capability.

by JoshL64

this app is already awesome, but Nextcloud completes it. The whole app is well done and remains unique while using native toolkits and integrating extremely well with the system. The native file management support lets you use your files with any app, and the document scanner is top notch. The auto upload feature is also very well done and I use it all the time. I can’t go into all the details of the whole app, but it really is incredible.

by Zaxxonii

Nextcloud makes it easy to say goodbye to Dropbox Google and other cloud services and lets you stay in control of your data. I’ve been using this app for years and having the phone app makes a huge difference. The this app team has done a lot of work to make their products better over the years.

by Shanter73

Having issues Auto Upload. Seems to get stuck. Background tasks enabled. Seems I have to go back to the transfers page and keep pushing it along. Seems to be trying to upload the same few files over and over again. Feel like I am trying to role a rock up hill. :-/

by Buyerguy

Love the concept behind this app and Nextcloud is slick. A few issues so far. The media view should respect file creation dates of the original file instead of the date a file was added to this app media folder. Could use more sorting features as well, maybe tagging. In the file view it would be great to be able to text search PDF files while viewing.

by Bekoehn

Does everything it's supposed to, synchronizes files, shares, etc. Now supports two-factor authentication, and integrates with the iOS Files app so you can open files on this app into e.g., Microsoft Office apps.

There are a few minor display bugs but it’s been really reliable overall.

by Turfmower

Such a useful suite of programs for a home or business server - and a well-maintained client app available in Nextcloud Store to access those programs and files. I especially like that I can sync my photos - pretty handy when I run low on storage space on my iPhone!

by Tampa Security

Nextcloud is so much faster & more convenient than both iCloud & Google drive AND it doesn’t spy on you as much!
When greed for advertising dollars isn’t the sole reason for developing software you can make functional software products. Way to go this app!!!

by 陌浅忆

Thank you very much for this app!Not only open source but also powerful and free!

I can't stand Baidu Wangpan, a cloud storage service that claims to be free, but if you don't pay for it, you will get a download speed of 40kb/s to 50kb/s.So I made up my mind to give up using Baidu Wangpan and look for a substitute.

One Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox may all be good choices, but I have no plans to store my personal data in public cloud storage.

So, I chose this app. Using this app not only makes it easy to synchronize and share files, but also your data is only in your own hands! This is what I want!

by Jwc000

This is my go to app! I like being able to send files and choose whether or not those can just view or download but also putting an expiration date on the file where it can’t be viewed after a certain date. And Nextcloud is the easiest to use so far in my experiences.

by Andrew Shy

Unlike some of the other open source DIY cloud options this app provides the full package. The iOS app is lean, responsive and helps to tie in my mobile devices to the rest of my this app ecosystem. Everything just works and that is a wonderful thing.