Filer (formerly Downloader) - Download, View, and Manage your Files from the Web

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.

This is just about the most useful app I've found on the app store, I've been using it since 2010 or so... I use it as a wireless USB stick and Audio player. All meat, no fluff! I'm happy to see its updated to the latest iOS! Thanks again Dan!

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.<br/><br/> However since 2018, this app is mostly outdated and replaced by other programs like Safari and Apple’s own Files App.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 This is terribly outdated.

I downloaded the Lite version first and it seemed to work just ok . But at least it opened my zip files until it reached the limit . So I PAID the $3.99 for the full version, not only could I NOT transfer what was stuck in the Lite but this purchased app wouldn’t open anything . So unclear and would just keep duplicating until I had finally reached the limit for opening the files . So thanks a lot . I wouldn’t suggest it. Keep looking!

Still has loading problem and lacks IOS 9 Split screen support!

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

Edit: As of today, Dropbox integration no longer works for this; apparently they updated their API so a lot of third-party integration is breaking. Hoping we can get a fix; this app is still useful in that it provides an easy way to download files, but not having Dropbox integration makes this usefulness limited as you can't upload anything from the phone.<br/><br/>(Oh, and my comments below about the music player no longer apply, as this got a music player built into it at some point.)<br/><br/>Original review:<br/>One of the annoyances of the iPhone was not being able to download files—having to download them to a desktop/laptop and then transfer them to the phone for storage was a pain. But this app makes it so easy to download and store files. Dropbox integration works great, so you can even download something you come across on your phone and then upload it so you can access it on another computer without having to bring a cable in the interim. I was waiting to buy this until it updated for the iPhone 5, and now that it has I finally decided to.<br/><br/>The only thing that would make it better would be a better built-in music player (right now you have to transfer to a 3rd party app or use &quot;quick look&quot;). Ideally you'd be able to transfer it to your iTunes library on the device, but Apple doesn't seem to want to support that; it's hardly something the dev can fix. A built-in music player would be a nice workaround for small audio files though. Otherwise it's a great, solid app.

Now I can’t access my saved files.