Unlike Android and Windows, iPhone doesn’t have simple file management and that’s what makes its users a little harsh when they want to edit, download, share their files and documents. In that case, you must have a good file manager on your iPhone that will let you do all the required tasks related to file manager without consuming much of your precious time. And that’s where third-party file managers are helpful to manage your files, folders, and documents on iPhone.

In this article, we have mentioned some best file managers to manage your files on iPhone. If you are looking for the same, then read on the post till the end because who knows? Which file manager suits you.

What Qualities a good File Manager should have?

Following are the qualities, which makes a file manager a better file manager than others:

• Simple Interface: A file manager must have a simple interface in order to allow its users to look easily for their files and folder.
• Quick access: You should be able access the files and documents quickly or the task of locating a file must be easy.
• Managing: It should be easy to import, export, and sort all type of files, document, or data. Creating a file, folder, document and organizing them must be simple.

That all makes a file manager a better place to manage files on devices, but having tons of features and functions makes the user uneasy to access or manage their files, that’s why we have mentioned some best file managers for you.

Documents by Reddle

• Documents by Reddle is a simple file manager that will help you organize and manage files without any issues. It’s a free-to-use app for iPhone along with some productivity features like easy import/export, cloud storage, Wi-Fi sharing, web pages, and other apps.

• You can easily access your files by dragging, dropping, sharing, archive features, tags, and others. On the other side, the app will let you access all types of formats and cloud syncing is also possible using Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.

• Documents also have an inbuilt web browser that will help you to download any files you want, and it also offers a free VPN of about 500MB a day. You can unlock its premium features with In-App Purchases.

Pocket Drive

• Pocket Drive is a solid and simple file manager have all the features and functions that a file manager should have.
• A built-in browser is present which will let you download any files, but somewhere lacks the integrated cloud support.
• You can access Mac’s Finder when Mac and iPhone is connected over same Wi-Fi network.
• Moreover, the app does support built-in office files like Rich Text (RTF, TXT) files, photos (JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIF, ICO, XBM), popular audio & video formats, and compressed (ZIP) files.
• The app is also focused on security, where you can secure your app using password along with enable/disable Touch ID in order to grant the access to the app.
• The app is free to use with limited features, you can unlock more feature by having it’s premium version.

FileApp

• FileApp comes with a standard looking interface which allow users to organize files at better place.
• Creation of new images, audio recording, text files directly from the files is possible.
• Transfer of HTTP, FTP by FileApp desktop version so can quickly transfer the file from iPhone to Windows or macOS, you have to manually do the process and turn on the Sharing option to begin the transfer process.
• You can secure you apps using passcode protection, just enter the passcode to access the app.

Apple’s Files App

• iOS 11 and later has a built-in file manager known as Apple Files app, this is somewhere similar to Finder.
• Features like drag and drop, access of iCloud storage, organize file with Tags features, you can also color codes your apps accordingly.
• Also, you can be able to connect multiple cloud source like Dropbox, iCloud, One Drive, and Google Drive.
• The only thing Apple Files app lack is that, there’s no such way to do Wi-Fi transfer or web download. If you are a privacy lover and don’t want to use third-party file manager, then Apple’s File app is better file manager to have on your iPhone.

Send Anywhere

• Send Anywhere allows users to send and receive media files, contact, and other files with ease. While sharing the files, recipient needs to use the link or six-character key or scan a QR code in order to download the file, this method seems secured as compared to other file managers.
• Once you start using Send Anywhere, you can be able to get the following data which is linked to your identity:
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics
  • Identifiers
  • Financial Info
  • User Content
  • Location, and other data
• Send Anywhere is free to use, needs iOS 10 and above, to remove ads, you need to pay $4.99.

GoodReader

• Good Reader is more than file manager that will allow you to organize files and folder accordingly.
• On the other side, you can import PDFs from cloud server and local server on your computer.
• If your workplace revolves around office files, then GoodReader is a must have file manager as it can manage all your document, PDF and office files at one place, GoodReader have PDF rendering engine which allow users to scroll PDF easily and smoothly which lacks in majority of the apps.
• You can draw, annotate PDFs, markup PDF using freehand or with Apple Pencil.
• GoodReader is productivity file manager that will cost you around $5.99.

Conclusion

A file manager must be simple, which should feel pleasant to use. All the file managers listed above are more than good file managers for your iPhone and iPad. We have made sure that the mentioned file manager should feel simple to use with some unique and better features where somewhere lacks in other file managers available in the app market.

That’s it for now, hope this helps! We are glad to know your thoughts in the comment section below. Till then, stay tuned for more info.