FileBrowser Professional Reviews

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 FileBrowserProfessional . 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.

FileBrowserProfessional 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 FileBrowserProfessional 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.

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, FileBrowserProfessional 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!

FileBrowserProfessional was always brilliant, but the developers hit it out of the park with the latest version released today. Incredibly intuitive. Drag and drop, multiple tabs so you can go back and forth without digging through directories, a way to access multimedia files playing in the background; andI’m sure a lot of stuff I haven’t yet discovered.

I use FileBrowserProfessional for file management via a NAS, Dropbox, iPad storage (provided by File Browser Business, etc. FB is my favorite iOS app, and it’s a centralized hub for me. Essentially it brings some PC-desktop organization and functionality to iOS.

Big shout out to the developers. Great work!

Does everything you could possibly want, including quickly and easily connecting to Windows and Linux shares and viewing and playing every popular file type. It will even let you automate moving files between folders on your Windows or Linux share using a timer. It also works perfectly with IOS shortcuts.

Truly, what's not to like? And you can buy a lifetime license instead of %}^*} in-app purchases. It's so much better than FE File Explorer! I wish I'd bought this years ago!

I have been a MAJOR FileBrowser fan for many, many years. I got excited that the Biz version allowed you to sync. But it still relies on other apps to manage your files to sync. You cannot create folders within FileBrowserProfessional to store documents and sync those externally (back up, yes; sync, no). I still have to use Files or other 3rd party apps for storage. HUGE disappointment and waste of my money. But! The original File Browser app is still my go to to access multiple storage locations.

I should have written this review before now, because FileBrowserProfessional has been very beneficial connecting to my desktop Macs in the last 2 years. Exchanging files back and forth with ease was the initial reason for purchasing it. Organizing files and connectivity is a breeze.
FileBrowserProfessional is always updating with new features and fixes. I’ve been a Mac user for 3 plus decades and very much appreciate a company that is willing to support older OS X, MacOS or in this case FileBrowser for supporting older IOSs. I may need that latter support someday good to know it’s there.

Local works fine. Setup ZeroTier with firewall disabled and getting the Connect Failed: Socket Timeout.

After receiving email from support that “A socket timeout indicates that basic TCP/IP routing to your PC has failed” I went back in to my security settings and also disabled Public Network firewall and then was able to connect using the ZeroTier VPN. I only had Private Network firewall disabled.

Thank you support. Please update your support guide to include this for the socket timeout issue. I really love FileBrowserProfessional and paid full price for Pro even though I have owned FileBrowser for years.

I cant say this is the easiest product to learn but its not any harder to figure out than other complex productivity or utility apps.
I've had to contact their Support a couple of time to ask how to do something and have had immediate responses, never robotic and always a person able to walk me through the steps.
My husband and I both purchased the file browser app and installed it on our ipads and computers. We have a home network NAS we use to share our home management and joint files for things like heathcare, banking, tax returns, wills, vehicles, manuals, photos, etc.
File browser gives us each the same access to all our NAS, Google and iCloud files. It keeps entire folders in sync on our local devices.
Before I was aware of this product, we each struggled with the best way to ensure 100% file access between our individual accounts.
This product resolved that!

FileBrowserProfessional has totally changed the game for me when it comes to managing files on my iPad. Here are a few things I really love about it: the way it actually moves files instead of copying them, the seamless connection to cloud services and my NAS, and the flexibility to switch between different views. There’s a lot more to FileBrowserProfessional, but one thing I want to highlight is the excellent support. I was a bit hesitant about FileBrowserProfessional at first, so there’s a bit of a learning curve due to all the features, but it’s easy to get the hang of it with the helpful guides they provide. I’m so glad I made the switch!

FileBrowser has generally been a great app but this last release, 20.0, with the new tabs festure is unstable on my iPhone 7 (iOS 13.4.1). When playing my mp3 song library it randomly crashes. It also drains my battery quickly. The development team quickly responded to this with this solution, which works: “We have found that another user switched off FileBrowser’s “Scroll Long Filenames” option and this resolved their audio playback issue. Go to FileBrowser’s "Config->Preferences" page and switch off “Scroll Long Filenames”. This should work-around the problem until we are able to fix it."

Had the normal one for tears and planned to get the pro one but never did until a few days ago and it definitely worth the price. Amazing functionalities.
FileBrowserProfessional is the best browser app ive come across since for 10+ years. Its a great feeling to know you have a tool that can help you in every situation. Also the price is nothing compared to some other apps like Documents which has a monthly price of FileBrowserProfessional but cant compete with FileBrowser Pro.

But most important feature is an amazing support team that explain every issue as simple as they can for you to understand and help you in every way. The support team is famous for being fast and thorough. I have made some support teams angry at me for being a novice but stratospherix team take their time explaining everything which is the best support experience ive had ever.

Interface, security, and options are what make FileBrowserProfessional a standout in its class. I bought this, and three other similar apps at the same time to try and solve my storage mess. After using all four, I can say this without a doubt is the most superior file browsing app on the market. I’ve tied in my iCloud, NAS, and four other cloud providers, which was kept me so much more organized than I’ve ever been before. Not to mention the time and multiple apps I’ve eliminated. The detail that went into every aspect of FileBrowserProfessional , the updates, and the developers website is truly exceptional. I even reached out to them via twitter, and the response was great. Can’t recommend this enough, thanks!

I rarely write reviews and provide feedback – unless I am getting paid for it. However, I absolutely had to step in here and share my feedback about FileBrowser Pro. I do this because it is rare for a piece of software to be released that works well, is intuitive to use, and covers every need that the user could have.

Everything about this file browsing app just works great. Most of the time, we are stuck with low quality/poorly written junk Apple software (such as their miserable Files native app in iOS, among many examples).

I have thousands of JPEG files on my local network, including Synology, and yet the developers over at Apple could not (amongst any of them) find a way to reliably allow thumbnail previews to appear so that you can actually see the images in the directories you are browsing. You see kids, including easy and intuitive workflows for your software end users is kinda important.

Nevertheless, this file browsing app does all of that and more. I absolutely cannot recommend it enough. It will be the best $15 you ever spent.

I find the Files app on iPad to be lacking in so many ways. A progress status for instance when transferring files. Also, I have recently been backing up video files on an external hard drive and, nearly every time, a number of them are corrupted. I was almost giving up on the iPad until I tried FileBrowser for Business. Someone on Reddit recommended it and I’m glad I gave it a try. All of the files I have transferred using FileBrowserProfessional have done so without error and it’s great to be able to have confidence that I can backup my valuable files. The interface is a little quirky but, once you get used to the way it works, it just works and I don’t need to break out in a sweat.. Highly recommended.

Just like my title says, I connected to my local networked storage system, as well as Microsoft, one drive, dropbox, box, Google Drive, and my local networked PCs, all within about 15 to 20 minutes. So far the inner face seems intuitive. This really did work and that’s probably what matters to all of you. If you want to use your iPad, or iPhone to access all of your networks storage, other computers on your net, work, and cloud storage, this would seem to be FileBrowserProfessional that will do it for you, effortlessly!
Just make sure you use a password manager, or know all of your passwords if you want to connect as fast as I did.
If I encounter any difficulties down the road, I’ll try to remember to come back and update this review.

FileBrowser for Business is everything that’s missing plus a whole lot more when it comes to accessing files on servers, and doing all the basics like copying/moving files, up/downloading, editing text files, creating text files and folders - plus a whole lot more.

The fact that it connects instantly and perfectly to servers and cloud services and allows such tremendous interoperability among all of them makes it the all-time MUST HAVE app if you routinely access/create/edit/copy/move files around on cloud and network servers. It lets you do everything even easier than on a PC or Mac connected to your external storage. It’s just great from the look and feel to the functionality and reliability.

Hats off to FileBrowserProfessional and to the team behind it.

Convenient, fast, easy.

I work as an illustrator from my iPad & often have to transfer files to my PC for final adjustments in Photoshop. I recently had to quickly turnaround a project of 150+pages, that would typically mean exporting each one individually to google drive/Dropbox/etc, waiting, downloading on my PC, waiting. Because this project was so big I knew it would take too long to work that way.

After quick research I found FileBrowser for business and I don’t know why I didn’t get FileBrowserProfessional sooner. Such a game changer if you work across platforms like I do. It makes it so easy to transfer files instantaneously between my PC and iPad — it feels less like two separate entities and now more like two arms of the same entity. Can’t recommend this program enough.

Filebrowser TV is a fantastic app. So is their regular FileBrowser Pro but I really wanted to comment on how great the Apple TV app is. You can access your computer seamlessly without any glitches and it allows many more file formats to be opened from there. Other Apple TV file apps only support photos and audio or video files, but FileBrowser TV supports many other types of files. It’s so cool to be able to have PDFs on the TV.

I wanted to make a feature request in case the developers see this review: It would be fantastic to have access to cloud storage services in the Apple TV FileBrowser app the way the FileBrowser Pro app links to Dropbox, Google, PCloud, etc. Especially because FileBrowser TV offers more file formats to open, it would be nice to be able to open them from Dropbox, etc., too.

This is my go-to app. Without it the ipads would barely be usable. Copy a file from my home server to dropbox or iCloud - no problem. View a file or play music with builtin player - no problem. I have some audible files and discovered it would not recognize them. Sent an email. Next got a reply that the feature was added and will be in the next update. Absolutely NO other ipad has support like that. I could not live without this thing