You would think that apple would include some sort of finder, but noooo, they don’t because they want you to prevent customization. Here is where jailbreaking comes into play, but that’s for another post another day. Now, I must begin in saying that this app is for jailbroken phones ONLY. Apple doesn’t allow of such misconduct =P. Anyway, iFile allows you to view, copy, paste, delete, rename etc. files on your device. But, something awesome about it that isn’t in finder for mac, is the fact that it has a built in text editor so you can edit things right from the app! This allows you to edit plist files, header files, html files, etc. right on your device! So, this means if you were to have a theme that you’re creating you can edit widgets right on your phone! Also you could edit string files and such.

Next, the app has a built in zip viewer and extractor. Not only can it extract zip files but 7z, rar, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.Z, tgz, tbz2, gz, bz2, and deb too! Speaking of deb files, it can install them directly within the app. This is especially useful for testing betas and such. This way you won’t have to deal with terminal and such.

Another great feature is how you can search through all your files on your device. Just scroll up some and there’s the search bar. This is especially useful when an apt is installed and then you don’t know where it’s library folder is. You can search three different ways, simple, wildcard and regular expression, each giving a more specific way to search.

The app has a nice Finder feature of quickview. You can see pictures as thumbnails, and hear the music, without opening another app. It has the ability to open a file or folder outside of the from another app with an iFile:// prefix. This means that another app could download a file from the web then open that file with iFile. This app is called Safari Download Manager, which I’m trying to get a review build for, but the dev hasn’t responded to my email yet. This would be awesome, you download a theme and then edit it to your likings and then set the theme.

The app has built in viewers for /most/ files. It can pdf, html (web viewer), images(not psd), Microsoft office files, .pages files, and can play all audio files that the device can. Theres many other little features, but there’s too many to say! These are the main resons that the app is appealing to everybody, so it should be to you!

It’s only four dollars on the cydia store. Just go into cydia and type “iFile,” pay the $4 fee and then install it. Easy as pie!
It’s well worth the money and it just goes towards further development of the app. The developer is a great guy, and if you have any concerns just look over to his iFile site where you can find contact info and such: Link.

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