What File Manager Plus Actually Does
File Manager Plus is a general-purpose file explorer for Android that handles the basics you’d expect: browsing internal storage, SD cards, and USB OTG drives, plus connecting to cloud accounts like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, and Yandex, along with NAS and FTP servers. It auto-sorts files into categories like Downloads, Images, Audio, Videos, and Documents, and it doubles as an app manager so you can see what’s installed and how much space everything takes up. It’s aimed at anyone who wants more control over their phone’s storage than the stock Files app gives them, from casual users cleaning up photos to power users juggling multiple drives and remote servers.
Where It Genuinely Shines
The core file-finding and transfer experience is where this app earns its reputation. One long-time user called it one of their ‘few Must Have apps,’ installed across every phone and tablet they own, praising how it instantly detects thumb drives and other storage without fuss. Another reviewer noted it handles heavy file loads better than competitors, saying ‘some apps choke’ when a device has too many files, but this one keeps working. Support for moving multiple files at once, up to around eight simultaneous transfers according to one reviewer, is also called out as a standout feature not many rivals match.
The Editing and Text Tools Have Regressed
Not everything has aged well. One reviewer with over a thousand upvotes on their complaint described the app as ‘wonderful, until they upgraded it recently,’ explaining that a recent update broke text selection in the built-in editor, limiting selection to a single paragraph instead of allowing select-all, and causing the screen to jump erratically while editing. This is a significant regression for anyone using the internal text editor regularly, and it hasn’t been fixed according to that review.
Bugs in Multi-File Transfers and Sorting
Beyond the editor issue, there are real complaints about reliability during bulk operations. A reviewer who relies on moving multiple files noted that recent updates introduced a bug where an error in one transfer can halt all other queued activities, and sometimes a file being moved doesn’t get removed from its original location, or only partially transfers. Photo browsing has its own friction too: thumbnails load slowly and only after scrolling stops, which one user said makes sorting through large photo libraries genuinely inconvenient. Missing quality-of-life features, like continuing a naming pattern during batch renames or easily finding the most recently downloaded file, also came up more than once.
Ads and Overall Usability
Multiple reviewers mention ads, but the consensus is that they’re tolerable. One user said ads ‘don’t block your work,’ and another called them ‘not intrusive at all’ once you understand the main screen is really a filtered view combining device and SD card contents. That learning curve is minor, and once past it, most reviewers describe the app as easier to use than competing file managers.
Who Should Actually Install This
If you need a dependable everyday file browser with solid cloud and network storage support, this covers the essentials well and has earned genuine long-term loyalty from many users. But if you depend heavily on the internal text editor or do frequent large batch file moves, the recent bugs around text selection and multi-transfer reliability are worth knowing about before you commit to it as your primary tool.
