App review: Documents by Readdle

Day: 11; Post: 26;

15th Oct 2013; 6:30PM

Even though Android devices provide a loads of features compared to Apple iOS devices, the hardcore gadget users stick to their iOS devices. Not just stick to it, Apple devices are loved and are not just used as because developers love the Apple ecosystem and so we find endless numbers of quality apps only for iOS or 'Specially designed for iOS' apps. And yes, the quality obviously matters a lot. And here I'm introducting a quality app named Documents by Readdle which is only available for for iOS devices. I've searched a lot in the web for the same app if it is available for android or not. But no, its not available.

About the features, whats not in it? Document reader? .txt editor? Creator? Compressor  (to .zip)? Yeah!! Its is basically a file manager and so it can hold on each and every type of file. And there are many such apps like that. But whats special in it? You can create a note that will be saved in .txt format.

 You can compress your files to .zip files. You can view all types of documents from .pdf to Microsoft .docx, spreadsheets and more.

You can store your music here and play it in its default media player. Also you can store your videos and choose your favourite video players (iOS default, VLC or other).

The most amazing feature is the multiple cloud in one app. From Google docs to Sky drive to Drop box choose your favourite one to store or access files. Only one drawback is that you can't share your documents to others. Otherwise if you use your cloud storage as a cloud drive, you won't need the dedicated apps of Google Drive, Drop Box, Skydrive or others.

One of the other feature is the excellent document reader which can let you read .pdf, .doc, .docx, spreadsheets etc. and it has two modes for reading in Day light and Night reading too.. It may not be as good as Adobe Reader but as scrolling of pages in Adobe Reader is much more swift. But still if you don't need Adobe, you can go with Document and and you'll get the two modes of reading for all formats unlike Adobe Reader.

There is an inbuilt browser too which you can use for downloading from music to files of any format.

 The app also features the wifi file sharing. Thus to transfer your files from your pc or other devices, you won't need the USB to connect to iTunes and transfer your files. For this, your iOS device must be in the same network as your other devices (computer, phones etc.).

Drawbacks: 

There so many usability of this app that the drawbacks would be very much negligible. The drawbacks include that you cannot share your cloud storage documents to others using this app. You may find it a bit difficult to scroll pages of any document if you have been using Adobe Reader. Sometimes downloads get interrupted and you cannot resume downloads.

Download it for your iOS device from the App Store