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by Bitmunger

It’s pure junk. The original free version was much better. This is a totally user hostile piece of software that doesn’t work in an intuitive mode. Did this developer EVER use a PC or MAC where drive and file access is SIMPLE? Even the free Files app from Apple is friendlier than this. It’s been impossible for me to map a USB drive in my USBC slot on my phone. Files did it automatically and I was able to access the drive and it’s files without issues. With FileBrowser Pro I’ve been chasing my tail for an hour to no avail. Yes, I checked the user manual which is as useless as the app. I used to be able to save files from Excel to the private folder. Well scratch that. No longer works.
I think I’ll go back to the Files app.
This is really upsetting.

by Ramma_

This app boasts a lot of features, but it’s not quite as straightforward as they make it out to be for many of the features. They don’t clearly say that other apps are required for stuff like edit in place, or how limited it still is by how iOS restricts the local file system in general. Honestly that’s the real issue. iOS is actively working against apps like this with the filesystem restrictions.

Still, compared to other options, this has been much nicer once you do sort out the ways to get around the quirks and read through the FAQs for how to set up features. The nicest part by far is being able to connect to cloud storage with Face ID authentication and use REAL copy, paste, and move to/from exact on device locations. Instead of having duplicate or triplicates of files from the native iOS inter-app permissions fiasco, you can just use a few dedicated folders that frequently used apps always have access to to eliminate the confusion of downloads not showing in photos, or your video editor not seeing supposedly cloud downloaded video files.

So despite the iOS confusion and the app not being quite as simple or feature rich out of the box, it does make coping with the filesystem easier. Especially when you need to move files from different sources frequently. But it would be nice to have better integrated photo editing, a text editor that can do even basic text formatting, and integrated document editing.

by Cliche_username

Not sure when this happened, but the past few updates have removed the ability to “move” files from Photo Library to a network share. Only “Copy” is available, so I must remember to delete the files manually unlike “Move” automatically prompting me to trash the moved photos. Plus, the app deselects the files when Copy/Move is used so good luck remembering if you’re selecting a lot of files to move from the camera roll to a network share. Unfortunately this change majorly screws up my workflow, so I have to deduct one star for that change.
And while I’m here, and feature request: a button/option to create a Windows-compatible shortcut to another folder/file in the network share would be amazing, so I don’t have to have multiple copies of a file taking up space in my NAS. Thanks!