iTransfer - File Transfer Tool Reviews

by Josh EH

iTransfer is pretty clunky and junky in a number of ways. It seems like a smoother experience is hiding behind the “pro” version, but there’s nothing really there to make me believe it’s worth it. I think I’d rather find something else to spend my money on, and I’d suggest you do the same.

by User99672

Can’t upload a file in the free version? Is this thing just a dud? Is the entire rest of iTransfer paywalled off where it’s only remaining function is to traverse directories? Not wasting more of my time to find out. Garbage.

by Udarm

Doesn’t specify limitation - you are limited to download of 20MB or smaller sized files. For more you have to pay - which is fine, if I knew that before wasting my time.

by PCHomepage

Can’t even test as it closes itself every time when I select the newly created SFTP link.

by Augustobob

I previously purchased the pro app then they removed and renamed iTransfer to make people buy it again

by Juiopjhgftrewsdrzxcbnjjhgdf

Can’t get to the ‘save’ button because the adds cover it!

by XGERMx

Literally no way to add a new server

by TsAubrieTaylor

I add my personal sFTP and tried to connect with it. It says loading then crashes every time. iTransfer is just not stable to do what it says it does. I'm using iTransfer on the latest iOS update on a 32GB iPhone 5s which is a day old. I'm just glad I didn't spend any money on iTransfer what so ever.

Also when setting up a server you have to guess what information it wants at what spot because they use little icons to represent what they want in the boxes where if they only had the word PORT or IP would make it easy. It's not like those words would take up to much space. I know they want to make the UI look nice but go with a simple look first with a WORKING app.

by Nemo2468

The free version of iTransfer works fine, but don't purchase iTransfer--the license resets every time iTransfer updates, and there is no customer support if you have an issue.

I bought this, paid for it, but then for some reason can't restore purchases, so every time iTransfer updates I get kicked back to the free version and it deletes all my settings. It happened three times, and since the last time I've been totally stuck with the free version.

I've been emailing customer service over a period of months, but they either ignore my emails or just send the same old basic instructions (which are on available the internet) again and again without ever actually addressing the specific problem. So basically, if you buy iTransfer and it ever stops working, then you're completely on your own. So don't waste your money.

One more thing, if you click on the 'App Support' link above, it takes you to a dead link.

by WhitewaterDave

It’s a good app for transferring files between my iPhone and other computers. However, I purchased the Pro version a couple years ago and am not able to get the pro version back. In order to upgrade, I have to repurchase the upgraded version. I won’t be doing that.

by VersaMax

They use ads to coerce you into upgrading. Best of luck…bye bye.

by Need2knowAlso

I was able to setup and use iTransfer pretty quickly, but there are a few problems. The biggest (and the one that made me delete iTransfer ) is that I don't want to listen to the music I've downloaded in iTransfer. In fact, I *can't* listen to a lot of it without moving it -- iTransfer doesn't support .flac format. To move music to iTransfer I prefer, I have to a) move each file individually, and b) since it transfers me to the target app, I have to reopen this app to move the next file.

In the meantime, if I'm still downloading other files, it doesn't just pause the transfers -- it marks them as "failed" and each has to be restarted individually.

After a couple dozen times switching from one app to the other with every song, with a few hundred to go, not to mention the upgrade ad popping *every* time I went back to this app, I gave up.

by R.PALACIOS

Configuring SFTP connection, iTransfer requires that you enter your server password, and saves it in your config profile.
If you decide to leave the password empty, iTransfer should prompt for it on every new connection. However, your have no other option than storing your password. Worst of all, it does not allow you to clear the password (the only workaround is to enter a fake password before you leave iTransfer ).
Apart from this security flaw, that should be corrected soon, it a good application.
I also miss the possibility to display long file names.

by JohnV163

After searching high and low this was the only FTP app I could find that would let me export whatever local file I want off my phone to the target device. Cant believe how many apps only let me make text files or only export photos.

by CallMeMrSmith

I have been playing around with the FTP for my website for a while. Part of this was a problem with the FTP account. Even after fixing it, though, I was having a problem getting into it with other FTP clients. Though I might be able to use things like FileZilla on my PC, I love being able to access it from my iPad. Bottom line, iTransfer is the bast way to do that. +5*

by Xraytek8134

I had all of my pictures from my hard drive on the iPad. When the hard drive crashed, I thought it would be an easy transfer to the new hard drive. iTunes would not sync the pictures that were not in the camera roll. I combined iTransfer with dropbox and was able to save all of my pictures. I couldn't be happier.

by Justine Cause

I love iTransfer! I like that it allows different FTP sites... I have one site set up for general backup (I only have the 16 gig ipad, and can't be near my computer all the time to load larger media files to), and another set up that generates galleries from my photo uploads so that I can easily privately share with friends.
I don't use dropbox or the other services. The FTP to multiple sites was exactly what I needed, and it works great!

by Roberta~Jeanae

Says I can’t give it 10 stars because Apple won’t let me but that’s ok. I can review it twice!

A great layout, does what it says,and connects every time! How can you argue with that!?!

by PandaBear75

I had a problem where I no longer had access to a laptop that had all my original files that I uploaded to my Ipad. Using this app, I was able to port things over along with using the Dropbox app/website. I would recommend you use Dropbox as it is also free along with this app and more importantly is incredibly fast to setup as there isn't anything technical other than creating your account.

by Malukens

Not sure what the flurry of 1-star reviews are unhappy with. I was able to connect with my website and upload photos directly from the iPhone photos folders after just a few minutes of simple and straightforward setup. It was easy to create folders on the FTP server and monitor the progress of the uploads. If this is your goal then this is iTransfer for you.

by Nobilis702

I add my personal sFTP and tried to connect with it. It says loading then crashes every time. iTransfer is just not stable to do what it says it does. I'm using iTransfer on the latest iOS update on a 32GB iPhone 5s which is a day old. I'm just glad I didn't spend any money on iTransfer what so ever.

Also when setting up a server you have to guess what information it wants at what spot because they use little icons to represent what they want in the boxes where if they only had the word PORT or IP would make it easy. It's not like those words would take up to much space. I know they want to make the UI look nice but go with a simple look first with a WORKING app.

by Katropa

Works great with photo & music albums, iCloud and my home sftp server. I can upload and download easy between the iPad and other storage. Also, pki keys work very well. iTransfer is able to use ppk keys created on puttygen and covert it to pem openssh format. Dropbox, cloud, etc. isn't available in the free version; need to upgrade to get access on theses. Overall, good so far.

by SFTPuser

Wonderful app. I had to enter full path to my SFTP directory but after that SFTP worked flawlessly to my UNIX website. I also greatly appreciated the ability continue transferring via the progress section when i lost my connection. I don't have a Dropbox account and I didn't want to send 300+ pictures to Facebook so this was absolutely great. Thanks ComcSoft.