File Explorer & Player Alternatives

File Explorer & Player is described as 'Turn your iPhone or iPad into the wireless flash drive for your Mac. Stream video and music from Mac to your iPhone/iPad/Apple TV' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to File Explorer & Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, iPhone and Apple TV apps. The best File Explorer & Player alternative is iMazing, which is free. Other great apps like File Explorer & Player are FlexiBackup, Touch Copy, iExplorer and WALTR.

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  1. iMazing icon
     53 likes

    Empower your iOS device with versatile management and seamless transfer of music, photos, contacts, and app data on Mac and Windows, ensuring backup safety, ringtone personalization, and Safari data export.

    23 iMazing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • iMazing is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • iMazing is the most popular free alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • iMazing is Freemium and ProprietaryFile Explorer & Player is also Freemium and Proprietary
  2. FlexiBackup icon
     4 likes

    FlexiBackup is a macOS app that lets you easily choose and manage backup locations for all your iPhones and iPads, freeing up your Mac’s storage and reducing reliance on iCloud.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • FlexiBackup is the most popular commercial alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • FlexiBackup is Paid and ProprietaryFile Explorer & Player is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Touch Copy icon
     25 likes

    TouchCopy is a versatile software solution that enables users to backup, manage, and transfer content of their iPhones, iPods and iPads to their computers, including messages, contacts, music, and more.

    38 Touch Copy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. iExplorer icon
     30 likes

    iExplorer transfers music, messages, photos, files and everything else from any iPhone, iPod, iPad or iTunes backup to any Mac or PC computer.

    29 iExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. WALTR icon
     12 likes

    Effortless drag-and-drop transfer of media, documents, and more to iOS devices, allowing real-time conversion, Wi-Fi transfers, smart metadata editing including cover art, third-party app delivery, FLAC support, and seamless Apple Music integration.

    35 WALTR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Use Apple Configurator 2 to quickly configure large numbers of devices connected to your Mac via USB with the settings, apps, and data you specify for your students, employees, or customers.

    34 Apple Configurator 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. ScanBridge icon
     2 likes

    FOSS Android app for using network-enabled scanners supporting the eSCL protocol (AirScan).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
    • ScanBridge is the most popular Android alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • ScanBridge is the most popular Open Source alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • ScanBridge is Free and Open SourceFile Explorer & Player is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. SharePod icon
     85 likes

    Add and remove music, videos, playlists and artwork on your iPod. Backup all those tracks you just cant lose onto your computer. Import them automatically into your iTunes library. SharePod can run straight from the iPod itself, so you can use it at work, school, home - wherever...

    34 SharePod alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. CopyTrans Apps icon
     16 likes

    CopyTrans Apps is the iPhone apps and documents manager. Take control over your favorite iPhone apps and app data and keep them safe. With CopyTrans Apps, it's easy to backup iOS apps and to restore them at any time to any iPhone or iPad.

    18 CopyTrans Apps alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Explore files and folders with list view or grid view. View/edit files with powerful viewers, includes: media player, plist editor, hex editor, text editor, …

    43 Filza File Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Filza File Manager is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & SaaS alternative to File Explorer & Player.

    • Filza File Manager is Free and ProprietaryFile Explorer & Player is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Appandora icon
     5 likes

    Appandora is an free and easy-to-use yet powerful iOS device manager, which is well-designed to manage contents including apps, photos, music, ringtone, videos, contacts, bookmarks, notes, SMS and eBooks between iPhone/iPod/iPad and PC.

    17 Appandora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. bagoup icon
     2 likes

    bagoup (pronounced BAAGoop) is an export utility for Mac OS Messages, implemented in Go, inspired by Baskup. It exports all of the conversations saved in Messages to readable, searchable text or PDF files.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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