# Phone Drive: File Storage

> Photo Sharing and Music Player

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id434342171](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id434342171)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id434342171`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Eightythree Technology
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (1,811 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.6.48
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2011-05-05
- **Size:** 130 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phone-drive-file-storage/id434342171)
- **Website:** [https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive](https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive/legal/privacy-policy](https://sixbytes.io/products/phone-drive/legal/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Phone Drive** turns your iPhone or iPad into a wireless flash drive and versatile file manager. Store, organize, view, and transfer files between your device and Mac or PC over Wi-Fi using a browser, Finder, or Windows Explorer—without cables.

Connect cloud services including Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, WebDAV, Yandex Disk, FTP, and iCloud Drive. Open PDFs, Office files, images, text, HTML, and source code; play music and videos with playlists and background playback; edit text files; and protect sensitive content with a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID. The app also supports file compression, photo and media importing, and sharing between iOS devices.

## Rankings

- #42,079 — Overall
- #40 — usb
- #62 — overdrive
- #75 — file
- #81 — phone
- #88 — override

## Review summary

Users appreciate Phone Drive for broad file-type support and wireless transfer, plus its ease of use and cost-saving potential by reducing dependence on iTunes/iCloud. However, multiple reviews cite paywalls, stability and playback issues after updates, and performance problems with large libraries or backups. Some users also miss older browser features and request improvements. Overall, it’s valued for file access and transfer when it works, but reliability and cost changes are recurring concerns.

### Pros

- Broad file-type support and built-in viewer/player for documents, audio, and video (e.g., Excel, Word, PDF, MP3, MP4).
- Reliable wireless Wi‑Fi transfer between PC/Mac and iPhone/iPad.
- Easy to use and user-friendly interface for downloading and accessing files.
- Reduces reliance on iTunes/iCloud and saves money.
- Versatile for personal, business, and organizational use (e.g., useful for church).

### Cons

- Introduction of paywalls/paid upgrades that restrict uploading and transfer features.
- Stability issues: app crashes or shuts down, especially after iOS updates or with large libraries.
- Music/playlist playback problems after updates (missing album art, broken playlists).
- Performance problems with large data backups or transfers; web portal crashes.
- Regression of features (e.g., missing browser support) and ongoing requests for improvements.

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