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20+ Best Documents - File Manager Alternatives for iPhone (2026)

Documents - File Manager is S tier, #1 of the 23 tiered apps in document reading. Here is everything that competes with it on iPhone, in tier order.

All 22 alternatives, in tier order

  1. 2
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 218,056 ratings · score 94
    Viewer and editor for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files, with document scanning and WPS AI tools.
  2. 3
    $6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 57,679 ratings · score 92
    A document reader and file manager with PDF annotation and text editing.
  3. 4
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 108,645 ratings · score 77
    Office suite for creating, editing, saving and sharing Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files on iPhone and iPad.
  4. 5
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 40,708 ratings · score 76
    Review, gather and organize information across documents and webpages, with side-by-side comparison and ink links.
  5. 6
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 13,469 ratings · score 75
    Free iOS app that scans your phone for PDF and Office files and lets you view, organize, annotate, and share them.
  6. 7
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 5,950 ratings · score 64
    Secure app for accessing, searching, favoriting, sharing and editing your files across devices, including offline.
  7. 8
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 195,053 ratings · score 60
    Reading and study app for annotating PDF and EPUB books, with mindmaps, outlines, hashtags and flashcards.
  8. 9
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 484 ratings · score 60
    Reads DjVu documents on iOS with rendering, search, dark and white modes, and a to-read, in-progress, completed tracker.
  9. 10
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,084 ratings · score 59
    Opens and views PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and TXT files on a phone, with document management and sharing.
  10. 11
    Free download · ★ 3.0 · 15 ratings · score 57
    Views over 100 file types such as PDFs, Office files, images, video and archives, from device or iCloud Drive.
  11. 12
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.7 · 197 ratings · score 55
    Opens ODS spreadsheet files on a mobile device and converts them to XLSX, PDF or JPG.
  12. 13
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 1,764 ratings · score 50
    A file manager and document reader for organizing, viewing, and creating files.
  13. 14
    $4.99 · ★ 4.4 · 646 ratings · score 48
    A file manager, viewer and editor with three-finger task switching.
  14. 15
    $2.99 · ★ 4.4 · 301 ratings · score 46
    A file manager and document reader for organizing, viewing, and creating files.
  15. 16
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 1,153 ratings · score 46
    A file manager for previewing and managing files, with PDF viewing and media playback.
  16. 17
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.6 · 223 ratings · score 43
    Manages, transfers, views, and organizes files on an iPhone.
  17. 18
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,990 ratings · score 39
    Reads many ebook, document, comic and text formats on iPhone, with cloud and network file access.
  18. 19
    $5.99 + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 554 ratings · score 37
    Reader app for DjVu and PDF files, with archive, cloud and network file access, text search and page layout options.
  19. 20
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 193 ratings · score 31
    A file manager, viewer, and editor with file transfer and sharing features.
  20. 21
    Free + IAP · ★ 2.4 · 61 ratings · score 29
    Free utility for browsing, viewing, copying, renaming, moving and emailing files on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
  21. 22
    Free download · ★ 3.4 · 26 ratings · score 26
    A file manager and viewer for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that can copy, paste, rename, move, and share files.
  22. 23
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.4 · 5 ratings · score 24
    A file manager for documents, compressed files, PDFs, media and cloud services.

Questions people ask

What is the best alternative to Documents - File Manager on iPhone?
WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, Sheet, S tier, #2 in document reading.
Is there a free alternative to Documents - File Manager?
Yes: WPS Office-AI Doc, PDF, Sheet (S tier, #2) is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Does anything rank above Documents - File Manager?
No. Documents - File Manager is #1 in document reading.

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