Filer

Filer

App Report, Market and Ranking Data
category
price
$3.99
Reviews
3 (18)
United States United States
Description
64-bit, optimized for all the latest devices
Designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
Dropbox and WebDAV, Background Downloads, and More
"The very best app to help you download your files is called Filer." - appadvice.com

-------- Overview --------

Get your files anywhere!

Filer is a unique application for iOS devices that lets you manage, view, and share your files. You can get your files on the go when you do have a network connection, and view them when you don't.

-------- Features --------

File Manager:
* Clean UI with full featured File/Folder browser
* Save files from other iOS apps - Use Filer to extract ZIP/RAR/TAR/Gzip Archives from any app that makes them available
* Open files into other apps like iBooks, Pages, Numbers, Keynote.
* Full-screen Quick-Look 
* Document Viewer features Page controls and quick slider
* Enhanced media playback
* iTunes USB File Sharing: Quickly drag and drop files between your device and Mac/PC
* Save Photos to Device Photo Album
* Move/Delete Multiple Files/Folders at once

Multitasking:
* Uploads/Downloads continue in the background
* Fast App Switching
* Background Audio Playback
* Background Compress and Extraction 
* App Badge shows transfer count

Dropbox and WebDAV:
- Connect to a server and upload/download/manage files
- Sync what you want, keep files on your device

Archive Support:
- Unarchive RAR, ZIP, TAR, and Gzip Archives.  
- Unarchive multi-part RAR Archives 
- Compress Files/Folders to ZIP

Downloading:
- Download and save files to your device
- Monitor/Manage downloads in graphical queue with progress, speed, and time remaining
- Pause/Resume downloads, quit/relaunch the app and resume
- Auto-Download Option
- Smart Download to handle complex redirects

Web Browser:
- Download Mode to Download any link you tap
- Fully featured Bookmark and Bookmarklet function
- HTTP Auth and Self-Signed SSL Support
- Tap-and-Hold links for additional options

File Viewing:
- AirPlay Video support
- Viewing of all document/media types viewable by iOS 
- HDMI and VGA Out for Video Files
- Scroll Bar to quickly jump anywhere in long documents
- Documents, audio, and video files remember where you left off
- Photo Slideshows
- Source Code color-coding

Sharing:
- Email files from Filer (Under 15MB)
- Save Photos/Videos to Device photo album where other apps can use them
- Web Sharing, optimized for Downloading 
- iTunes USB Sharing
- Dropbox upload and download

Misc:
- Bookmarklet for Safari lets you launch Filer with the current page address
- Built-in help files
- Passcode Lock to protect your data

---- Customer Testimonials (Downloader) -----

Ha! - "This is awesome...this program has eliminated about 80 percent of my need for tethering, I'm very excited about that."

Very useful app and thorough! - "This is a Huge time-saver, allowing me to grab large PDF files without having to re-download every time"

Perfect - "Great app that adds functionality sorely missing from Safari"

Amazing App - "I don't know how I did without it!"

-------- Press --------
+ Awarded "Essential App" from appadvice.com
+ "There are many file utility applications for mobile devices, but the Downloader app pairs a fully-featured program with an integrated web browser, making it super-easy to use." - SmokinApps.com
+ Awarded "Better" Rating from AppReview.com

-------- Notes --------

+ Filer is rated 17+ due to web access through the integrated browser.

-------- Support --------
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Reviews

Used to be awesome

Back when iOS didn’t have any native file handling features or the ability to download content directly from a browser this app was a godsend. Nowadays those features are built in, which makes this app less useful on modern iOS. Plus it hasn’t been updated in 7 years, so there are now bugs too. For everyone experiencing the “Filer crashes the moment I open it” bug, that is due to incompatible data in your clipboard. Filer will try to paste whatever is in your phone’s clipboard the moment you open the app. Some links (such as YouTube links) cause it to crash as a result. Copy something like a series of numbers from Notes to replace whatever is in your clipboard and the app will open again.

NomakeTue, Oct 24, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Works great

I’m happy with this. It makes downloading multiple files from a website like archive.org very easy. There are still some quirks, like crashing upon opening, but that’s easily worked around by copying something to a clipboard first. Haven’t had it crash, ever, once I had something copied to the clipboard. This does exactly what I need, and is the perfect app for browsing/copying/sharing files. The mini web server it includes makes for sharing files with PCs and Android devices a breeze.

JohnmehrWed, Jun 21, 2023
United StatesUnited States

After years of use it stopped working

Now I can’t access my saved files.

hansvossdeWed, Mar 22, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Ok when it works

Better than nothing. When it did work, audio would stop if you opened a different app. Now it crashes each time I open it- even after reinstalling.

johneddyThu, Jun 24, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Filer App and Filer Lote

Both are not working with my iPhone 12 Pro Max.

larvizo24Thu, Mar 11, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Mostly Pointless and Incompatible

Filer used to be my favorite “missing” app from Apple on iOS giving my iPad 1 the much needed presence of a file system. The ability to download and transfer apps was fantastic and the ability to save downloaded data without a computer was incredibly useful. However since 2018, this app is mostly outdated and replaced by other programs like Safari and Apple’s own Files App. Filer is incompatible with Files and can’t access or view anything from the Files app, meaning a file downloaded on Filer won’t be able to be opened anywhere else on the iPhone. This is terribly outdated.

PhantasmoSat, Feb 27, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Failing App

I trustes this App to keep my resume ready to send out when needed o the go. At the moment I am applying for a job and the App will not open. It fails when I click on it to open, just blinks and thats all I get. I tried restarting my phone to no avail. I have always had good luck with this App until now. I am hoping to redo this review soon but as of now 2 stars is being generous.

jreichweinSun, Jan 17, 2021
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 69.2KMar 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$36Mar 2024Worldwide
download revenue
About
Bundle Id
com.hammockdistrict.downloader
Min Os. Version
8.0
Release Date
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
Update Date
Thu, Oct 6, 2016
Content Rating
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
8.94MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
What's New
version
3.1.1
updated
7 years ago
Fixes a first-time launch issue on iPad
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