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Best File Sharing Apps for iPhone (2026)

16 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

SHAREit: Transfer, Share Files is the top-ranked of 16 file sharing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 150,710 ratings.

  1. 1
    SHAREit: Transfer, Share FilesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 150,710 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    WeTransfer: Transfer FilesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 79,399 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Send Anywhere - File TransferS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 54,547 ratings · score 94
  4. 4
    LocalSendA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 733 ratings · score 89
  5. 5
    Zapya - File SharingA
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 33,369 ratings · score 88

What belongs in this list

Send files to other people or devices quickly.

Not here: file transfer between a phone and a computer alone; document sharing alone; music sharing alone; file management alone; cloud storage alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
SHAREitWeTransferSend Anywhere
A
LocalSendZapyaXenderBlipFilemail
B
File transfe…
C
Air FileFile Transfe…Quick Share
D
AirDroid
F
ShareMeFileTransferFile Manager

Compare every app

  1. 1
    SHAREit: Transfer, Share FilesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 150,710 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    WeTransfer: Transfer FilesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 79,399 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Send Anywhere - File TransferS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 54,547 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  4. 4
    LocalSendA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 733 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  5. 5
    Zapya - File SharingA
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 33,369 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  6. 6
    Xender: Transfer, Share FilesA
    Free · ★ 4.1 · 17,690 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  7. 7
    Blip: Send Files in a ClickA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,525 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  8. 8
    Filemail - File Transfer AppA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,258 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  9. 9
    File transfer & Data SharingB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 162 ratings · score 73 · good
  10. 10
    Air File Share & DropC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 8,506 ratings · score 67 · situational
  11. 11
    File Transfer AppC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,449 ratings · score 65 · situational
  12. 12
    Quick Share : File SharingC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,961 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  13. 13
    AirDroid - File Transfer&ShareD
    Free · ★ 4.3 · 1,133 ratings · score 60 · weak
  14. 14
    ShareMe: Fast File SharingF
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,647 ratings · score 39 · avoid · provisional
  15. 15
    FileTransfer: Fast WiFi SyncF
    Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional
  16. 16
    File Manager: Transfer & ShareFnot on the App Store
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 24 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best file sharing app for iPhone?
SHAREit: Transfer, Share Files, S tier, ranked #1 of 16, rated 4.6 by 150,710 people.
Which file sharing apps are free?
15 of 16 are free to download: SHAREit: Transfer, Share Files (S), WeTransfer: Transfer Files (S), Send Anywhere - File Transfer (S), LocalSend (A) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which file sharing app has the best App Store rating?
WeTransfer: Transfer Files at 4.8 from 79,399 ratings.
How many file sharing apps reach S or A tier?
8 of 16. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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