FX File Explorer

Jordan “Drak” Drakinite

2 years ago

I've been using this app for years and it's served me very well. I'm happy to financially support an app which refuses to show ads and continues to be useful over the years. EDIT: I sadly have to reduce my rating by a star. The new update broke some functionality: I can now no longer set a default app for several file types, e.g. MX Player to open all video and ReadEra to open all PDFs. Now it either opens the builtin viewer / web browser, or prompts me to pick an app each time I open a file.

Crash Override

2 years ago

The best file navigation software on the play store. It's functionality is excellent, has all the features you need, and fulfills its promise on privacy. While I haven't put it through a more rigorous DAST evaluation, I have actively sniffed and proxied it's activities while being used. I haven't found any telemetry, suspicious or otherwise, being generated in the productin release. As far as Android file navigation tools, this is the best.

m davis

1 year ago

Not perfect, but close enough for 5 stars. My issues are only with the visual design, which is personal taste & not the devs fault. I wish the font & icons could be scaled to various sizes for readability & less scrolling through all my junked up folders xD hands down my fav file manager & archiver, despite that! Powerful enough without being overwhelming or obtuse. Excellent app!

Spencer Dabell

3 years ago

so freaking exceptionally good. usually Android apps are idk kinda underpowered, but I've been using fx on the road to connect to my remote server and it powers through like a champ! I was sorting some camera shots and instinctively finger zoomed in the file browser and the thumbnails actually resized and got bigger. an example of the thought and care that has gone into this product. I imagine the maker(s) of the app actually use it themselves. I believe I have the paid version, worth it.

Swim Fan

2 years ago

this app was, is, and will always be the coolest I've ever used. even in the final months to where it stopped being useful and lost all its features. It no longer works with the rest of my system without pressing the metaphorical red button...diving down a deep narrow rabbit hole is not my idea of a good time. i no longer recommend this app unless using pre android 9 (really 8) build image. it's not at all compatible anymore with 11+ unless you're an expert. sorry..

Joshua Muscara (SevenSins)

2 years ago

Used to love this app for cloud storage but after they dropped support(android limitation, but it's been a year now come on devs!) Loved the interface. I switched to solid explorer(paid) and I love it the support cloud, local, root, android/data, and pass/print locking cloud drives. And it's a nice yi as well. Highly recommend for anyone looking to switch.

ʝαcƙ ωooժheαɗ

1 year ago

I usually prefer apps that adapt better to Android's interface, but I've made an exception for this app because for file management, it honestly just works better. I initially choose this app over (more popular) competitors for its fantastic privacy. All of the app's "basic" functionality is completely free, so until recently, when I set up a home NAS, I never had an excuse to purchase the $3 full version (which can be purchased w/o Play Services). Seriously, this app is /packed/ with features.

Tes Tos

3 years ago

Perfect for my needs, I can access my NAS files from anywhere and with different devices, once you learn how to use it is easy to get to your files, transfers, open documents. I have used many other apps but this one is a keeper, just wish there was a way to save the password since I mostly use within my network, a thumbprint reader would be nice since I'm a senior and my vision is not 20-20 is hard to see small print on small devices.

Kent Pearce

1 year ago

While I have five or six file managers installed on my phone, FX File Explorer is the primary file manager which I use. Besides giving me access to the internal storage (normal file name editing, file location control, etc.), I can connect to my cloud drives (Dropbox and Google Drive) and I can connect to my desktop computers and consequently transfer files between all of these devices from within FX File Explorer which is extremely useful.

Scott Fisher

3 years ago

The app looks nice & the functionality is better than some other options. I got the plus add on for the extras and to support the dev. Unfortunately already found a bug where the photo viewer will not swipe between photos in a remote SMB directory when they're over about 4 or 5 MB. It would also be nice to navigate photos with vol +/- and a slide show mode would be a bonus. Back to CX explorer, I guess. Looks a little abandoned with the last update more than 15 months ago. It's a pity.

Trang Quỳnh

2 years ago

Best Android file manager I've ever used. The animations as you switch directories are a nice touch. Easy to set up to work with Termux. I wish I could see/change permissions for files within the app, edit files with the binary viewer, or use the built in editor with scripts set as executable, but for most of what you need to do this should be more than enough "out of the box."

Jay Van Alstyne

1 year ago

Clean, responsive, and lots of cool network storage features. The only problem I've had in years is I don't think I can filter by file extension, just predefined "type" like "image," an asterisk wildcard doesn't seem to work. But that problem made me realize I had, what, a 4 year streak of never having to look anything up? And it still gets maintenance updates! Just buy it!

Clara Lopez

3 years ago

Best Android file manager I've ever used. The animations as you switch directories are a nice touch. Easy to set up to work with Termux. I wish I could see/change permissions for files within the app, edit files with the binary viewer, or use the built in editor with scripts set as executable, but for most of what you need to do this should be more than enough "out of the box."

Pat NY

3 years ago

This app was last updated about 1-1/2 years ago. Doesn't work properly on Android 12 and MIUI 13. The problem is the inability to get full write access to the SD Card. For example, I can't rename a folder. This has been my favorite file explorer by far due to the great GUI customization features. I've used it for at least 5 years. So I hope the developers update the app soon. Also, I wish Google would find a way to not keep breaking apps as they put out each new Android update. It's so annoying.

Daniel Wagner

3 years ago

Almost perfect. I've tried many file browsers. ES file explorer was my go to for years but I can no longer access it. This one has almost everything I need and privacy features too. The only feature missing is the ability to unpack multiple archives at once. I have to keep another app installed to manage zips and 7zs. Other than that, flawless.

Rpm2 878

2 years ago

Edit: Turn off updates. They brought back the internal media players, or at least the ability to choose them, when opening a file. I believe I tried setting them as the default action but it wasn't an option, in May. (Original: It was great but the latest update got rid of internal media players and activated a trial of YouTube Music, without me having to opt-in, even though I've got an app for music. I hope they bring back the media players and some of the other functionality that was removed.)

Mac B

1 year ago

Does everything I want, including integrated cloud/smb support. However, viewing non-local images is a bit painful because of the latency of loading each file. If the devs ever read this, I'm hoping you can implement some sort of pre-fetch for viewing non-local images, at least for your own image viewer. Pre-fetching at least one image will make swiping so incredibly more responsive.