EmpiricCommander

Dual-pane file manager

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

EmpiricCommander is a dual-pane file manager for iPad and iPhone, inspired by classic Norton Commander. Built 100% in SwiftUI, privacy-first, and blazingly fast. Manage files across local storage, iCloud, and eight cloud and network providers from a single keyboard-friendly interface. Copy between Google Drive and S3. Browse a ZIP archive as if it were a folder. Organize your Downloads folder in one tap. DUAL-PANE BROWSING Browse two folders side by side on iPad and iPhone landscape. Single-pane with tabs on iPhone portrait. Up to 10 tabs per side. Adapts to your screen automatically. REMOTE CONNECTIONS Connect to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 (and S3-compatible: MinIO, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Cloudflare R2), Azure Blob Storage and Google Drive. Browse remote files like local ones. Drag and drop between local and remote. BUILT-IN SHELL (iPad) OmniShell - a custom in-process shell with piping, redirection, tab completion, and 20+ commands. Manage files without leaving the app. ARCHIVE BROWSING Step into ZIP archives as if they were folders. Browse contents, extract individual files, or unzip everything with one click. POWERFUL TOOLS - Tree View: hierarchical folder browsing with expand/collapse - Duplicate Finder: SHA-256 based, find and clean wasted space - Disk Usage: visual breakdown with treemap - Batch Rename: pattern-based renaming for multiple files - File Comparison: diff folders side by side - Folder Sync: mirror, update, or merge directories - Shelf: persistent cross-source collection of files you're working with - Workspaces: save and restore tab layouts KEYBOARD ON iPAD External-keyboard support: arrow keys to navigate, Tab to switch panes, Space to select, Return to open, Esc to clear selection. Toolbar buttons labeled with classic F-key conventions (F2 Rename, F5 Copy, F6 Move) for muscle memory. PRIVACY-FIRST Zero tracking, zero analytics, zero third-party SDKs. Credentials live only on your device, in the system Keychain. Cloud connections go directly from your device to the provider - Empiric Apps servers never see your files. PRICING Try EmpiricCommander free for 7 days - full access to every feature, no card required. After the trial, a one-time In-App Purchase keeps the app running on up to 3 devices: 1 Mac + 1 iPad + 1 iPhone. It's not a subscription. Pay once, own it for the entire v1 major version, free updates included. A future v2 will ship as a separate purchase with a discounted upgrade path for v1 owners.

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New: on-device AI, powered by Apple Intelligence • AI Summary - select one or more text files and get a short, private summary of each. Skim code, config, JSON, CSV and Markdown without opening them. • Batch rename in plain language - describe what you want ("prefix csv files with data_") and let EmpiricCommander suggest the rename. Or use the built-in operations directly: add prefix/suffix, remove text, change case, number, change extension. • Batch rename now on iPhone - rename many files at once from the selection bar. All AI runs entirely on your device - your file names and contents never leave it. AI features require a device with Apple Intelligence; the manual tools work everywhere. Plus stability improvements. Feedback: contact@empiricapps.com

Version 1.6.1

The developer, Burlac Mihail, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    Information

    Seller
    • Burlac Mihail
    Size
    • 19.3 MB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 4 more
    • English, French, German, Romanian, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Empiric Apps
  • Developer Website
  • Privacy Policy

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