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iOS App Store seems to have about nine hundred ‘file managers’ all of which are anything but and demand ridiculous subscription costs.

Is there a decent file manager for iOS that actually will do file management things like select multiple file & rename etc that isn’t a scammy subscription/Ad ridden mess?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I might be missing something here, but why wouldn’t you just use the Files iOS system app?

[–] ChrisG 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because it’s extremely basic. I want to do more sophisticated file management. At the moment I kludge Apple's Files app with home brewed Shortcuts but I find Shortcuts to be buggy. There are some small utilities available in the App Store to supplement but there are not very cost effective.

[–] fox2263 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ve always just used ES File Manager

[–] ChrisG 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you for your suggestion. $99.99 to do file management tasks is a bit rich for me …

[–] fox2263 1 points 1 month ago

I’ve only used the free version to be fair

[–] punseye 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't find the app, can you give link?

[–] punseye 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ChrisG 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$149.99 AUD per year? Pass ..

[–] punseye 2 points 1 month ago

You can skip the paid version and use the app for free. I think they deliberately kept the skip/cross option tiny so that isn't visible.