[Review] iFiles App

iFiles is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it can be found in the App Store, for approximately £1.79. The app is a file manager for the iPhone and iPod Touch, in which you can view, edit and transfer files to your computer, and to friends. The App transfers files to and from your computer via WiFi, the app allows to also send files from the App, transfer files from iPhone to iPhone, iPod to iPod, or iPhone to iPod, and so on

I would like to thank Imagam, Inc. For supplying a review copy of this app to review.

Design & Interface

The design of the App is very sleek, it operates easily and very smoothly. The interface is very easy, showcasing the easy to use classic iPhone menu interface, with some really nice changable themes. The 1 thing I dislike about the design of the interface is the folder icons. It would be nice if they could change colour with the actual theme, it would be a nice addition in my view, and also keep the application more centralised to a certain colour scheme. The other parts to the interface are based around sub menus, which drop down in a translucent black rounded box, similar to the Stacks on the Dock in Mac OS X.

The image to the left shows an example of the sub-menu. The + icon is for adding files into the application, such as a folder, a text file, from your Library (photos/videos from the camera/screen grabs), and a Voice Recording button. The icon you see next to it is the Wi-Fi button. Clicking this and you’ll get a notification display explaining that you have Wi-Fi Sharing Running, and also the IP Address/Bonjour address to connect to the device.

Performance/Compatibility

I’ve used this App now for a few days on my iPod Touch (2nd generation), and the performance has been well above standard. The speed of the app is just right, and also the capabilities of the app are shown throughout with easy to use help menus, and also a very easy to use interface. The only times I’ve seen it struggle is when you try to send a high amount of files to the device, but that was soon fixed with a resending of the files.

The photo below to the left shows the Settings pane for the application, my information and port number have been blocked out for this review, to save privacy compromises. The Settings menu is very easy to understand and work around, this also goes for the Help menu, which is shown to the right.

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Conclusions

Overall, I love this application, it’s a very useful app to have on your device, mainly if you need to thrown a file from 1 PC to the other, or to another device. Also with iFiles, you can easily password protect your connection to and from your iPod/iPhone between your Mac/PC.

I’d happily give this app a 9/10, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a nice, file manager app for their device. You can buy iFiles, made by Imagam, Inc. for £1.79 from the App Store.

For more information: ifilesapp.com
To buy iFiles: Visit The App Store

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