Though I am using the Documents app for personal use, and have been for many years, my personal life includes being a pre-pandemic Wild Schooling parent (homeschool). Our days are spent outside at the beaches and on trails - low signal and no wi-fi. I purchase many bundles of material for curriculum through homeschool blogs and these always come to me via compressed files. I required the ability to open these files for viewing from my iPhone. I have a paid Google One account for storage so something that could work seamless was ideal. I tried many apps but they fell flat - until Documents by Readdle. I can seamlessly transfer unzipped documents back to my G1, view the documents, print and even store them in organized little files - all 200GB for myself. The app is extremely simple to use without overwhelming information, is aesthetically pleasing keeping distractions at a minimum and your files at the forefront. There are no ads or pop-ups, and you are only informed of their availability for upgraded service when you try to use the two services (VPN and pro pdf) that require the upgrade. I have purchased many new iPhones in my time of using Documents, and have had zero issues. I also have transferred files from Documents to my laptop - also without issue. I use this app daily and it is one of the first to go on any new device. Documents by Readdle is impeccable - surpassing so many apps that require a purchase for much lesser quality and performance. I am beyond grateful for the hard work, engineering, thought and intuitiveness by the developer You have created something so simplistic and useful while still being humble and kind. A great example for any for profit company. Thank you!

before I’ve had the stroke, I’ve had the stroke in April 2021 I have been using a slew of different programs, but I’ve used documents in lately of late. I have began using Documents more. I am in special forces army veteran. I was on active duty station at Fort Campbell Kentucky on the halo team since I’ve had the stroke and other things I’ve come to use Documents more and I didn’t like as much but now I’m liking it a lot better the functionality and the connectivity they’ve inserted into it and the useful that you have now on devices other than just your desktop computer or laptop computer portable devices is much better. You can see the evolution over the years so I will say a little organization I’ve had for years but I do like where it’s going and I like it currently as this now. I should say that I also have Evernote. I’ve used it for years. I have it too, but like I said I have had emerged and I’m experiencing declines especially the last year that’s normal with this type of entry anyhow, with the connections of the connectivity documents Now has and words movie too really like it a lot. I should say this is been dictated so the grammar and punctuation may not be correct and I’ll be honest it’s about time depending on who I’m texting or talking to me I will prove some messages this one. I probably won’t just tell you just let you know anyways I really like this last a few years where it is now especially if you’re using mobile devices which a lot of people now have it it’s really good. Used to be good if you had a desktop or a full laptop but now on devices such as devices they they made a lot better and a lot easier to navigate. 19 April 2024 Friday Keith Windham.

Hands-down, without a question this is the best folder, organization app on the App Store. Completely free, not including features that are not needed, with built-in, audio, video, PDF, and any other file preview that you need. Built-in cloud access, which enables you to literally login to all of your cloud accounts, across-the-board all at the same time and stays logged in so you have access to all of those files. You also have access to the native files and the native photos, making it the only app that you need to access every single file on your iPad/iPhone. Built-in Web-DAV server, giving you the ability to transfer any file or folder to and from your iPad/iPhone. Built-in browser so that you don’t have to go from one app to the other if you need to grab something off the Internet that you haven’t already downloaded. Readdle is an amazing developer who has my backing 100%. I have no intention of using any other app because literally there is no other app that can do as much as this app can do; at least not all in one place. If I could give it a 10 star rating I would because after three years of using it, I have not been disappointed once.

It would become a novel to write ALL that this app does & has done for me and my sanity! The amount of storage and tools that this app has at your fingertips is astounding! The monthly upgrade for the extra-useful tools is awesome & reasonably priced! I would like to see an option for a discounted yearly upgrade & would possibly consider that over the monthly subscription. However, the basic/FREE version is JUST AS GOOD/USEFUL & WORTH IT! This app is the multiple accounts meeting place! I LOVE that I can save & work with documents & files from multiple accounts WITHIN ONE APP! I LOVE to have the ability to compress large files and open to view zipped files! I LOVE that I can immediately open SVG files & view them; that has saved me A LOT of time and hassle! I LOVE that I can open, save, create, & sign documents, convert files! I LOVE that I can open my google pictures app within this Docs app & edit them, all within this app! I LOVE that I can create new files/folders & save within this Doc’s app! I LOVE the amount of storage and useful/necessary editing tools with basic &, of course, the extra tools, with the upgrade! The FREE VPN with basic use and the ability to search the web within this app itself and save sites is amazing & just an added benefit! THIS APP IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR! This app is THE ONLY documents/files/editing app that I kept coming back to; I could NOT find another that even compares! I SWARE BY THIS APP TO EVERYONE and anyone needing ALL of their documents and files & editing in one place that will hold- it seems- unlimited amounts of storage! WELL DONE DOC’S APP! THANK YOU for such a functional, user-friendly, & high quality, performance application!!! 10 STARS! Download NOW, you won’t regret it!

2nd EDIT: I feel like I’ve been a bit harsh. Sorry devs, i know you work hard to make a great product. I just checked, and i first downloaded Documents (and also Scanner Pro) in 2010! That’s how long I’ve been on the Readdle train, and have been a happy customer the whole time. I still hope you give us the option to have small icons again though. :) EDIT: I appreciate the dev response, but it’s basically “You’ll get used to it”. I don’t use the grid view and I don’t want massive icons on my screen ok any view. I’m pretty sure this goes against Apple’s design guidelines (none of their apps use massive icons). Of course you can make your app how you want, but just in case you need an example that you are the anomaly. Please at least give us the option to resize. I don’t have a phablet-sized screen. ORIGINAL: Did you even do some UX testing, or just decide that you personally liked this better? My eyes are burning. Please follow Apple’s UI and UX guidelines. Or at least give us a “normal size” button so we can choose. Also, reading your reply to another review, I don’t want to see all this information the massive icons allow.

…it seems that both this program and PDF Expert share the same flaw: they will both crash in the background unexpectedly, especially when music or video is playing in the background. I cannot tell you how many times I am doing something in Documents or PDF, minimize the app to go to a different one, come back, and am greeted with the app restarting itself over and over again. It is especially annoying when I am listening to music or a video and the sound goes dead because guess what! The app crashed AGAIN. This app has all the potential in the world, especially for one that’s been around for so long, but what exactly are all these updates you’re pumping out doing if I am still experiencing crashes upon crashes upon crashes besides making the in-app icons needlessly huge with no option to make them as small as they were again? Do better. EDIT: Oh, and by the way? Putting what used to be a FREE FEATURE (MP3 extraction from videos) behind a subscription service paywall? Real classy, guys. It pays for all the super cool updates we get? What’s the point of those updates IF THEY DON’T EVEN WORK? This sounds more like a really sleazy way to force people to sign up since PDF editing tools and VPN weren’t cutting it and if it weren’t for the fact that I still have use for this app, I would kick it to the curb for practices like this.

Documents by Readdle is an outstanding app that has only gotten better with time, & in doing so it has vaulted to the top of the list in terms of its “value”, which I quantify as the price of the app compared to its function/benefit provided in return. I do not know what it’s currently price is, but I do know that the 3-app “combo” I purchased some time ago from Readdle (Documents, Scanner Pro, PDF Expert) were unequivocally the best value apps I have ever purchased, & have had an enormous positive impact on my productivity & ease of use/workflow since I 1st downloaded them. Only in the last several months have I realized more of the full potential of this app, as initially I overlooked & underestimated its capabilities. It has now become my primary & sole file manager for my iOS devices, as well as my preferred app for moving files b/t devices (both iOS & OS). The 3 apps work together in an impressively seamless & effortless manner, making scanning, storing, & organizing files infinitely easier & more functional. The devs have churned out several major updates & new features since my lone purchase, & yet not once have they attempted to pry any more funds from me via the “paid upgrade” model. The app layout is intuitive & responsive, & it just works as it should. For these aforementioned reasons above & many, many more I cannot recommend Documents enough for pdf files, iWork suite files, even MS Office files, web bookmarks, organizing & manipulating files on ALL the cloud services, & even media (music, video, photo, eBook) Files. This is an outstanding app, created & actively maintained by an outstanding Dev, worthy of even the most demanding user & deserving of the most glowing of reviews.

Very nice app to help organize all the files as well as see them...and then do something with them as needed. It is an Efficient app and I use it a lot. But I do wish they would do a better job INTEGRATING their apps to work together much more efficiently, and auto magical...and not need to go searching through the next doc or pic managing app u need. Like the printer app they have should open automatically after u send a web doc or photo to it but you have to hunt for the app...THEN name and save the file or pic to manage the data! That’s very cumbersome. I also wish the printer app work with this app. I’d love for them to make an app that allows us to manage our photos and screen shots right away as we take the photo or screen capture. I have 1000s of screen shots in a mess even though I try to use photo folders. But they are too small of photos to see to do mass classification. I like this Doc app because u can tag things easily and also see them reasonably well (although I Wish there was a “space less” version that has the images as big as possible so we can see them and peg it with the correct tags when we are doing group classifications.

I use this app everyday for PDF annotation with my apple pencil. Previously you could have 4 different pens saved with different colors, opacities, and thicknesses. Now you only get one and you have to manually change the settings every time you want to use a different color. The only way around this I can find is if you pay $50 a year to save different writing utensils in the favorites. I am extremely disappointed as I don't have the time to manually change the color and thickness every 30 seconds while I am switching back and forth for work. Also, before with the apple pencil, I could use the pencil once with one of the mark up tools and after that my finger would only scroll. Now each time I switch writing utensils, when I attempt to scroll with my finger, it writes instead of scrolling. Even when selecting the utensil with the pencil, it often requires me to select it several times before it will write. When switching between different lined pdf documents, the lines will often disappear and I will have to quit the app and restart it for the lines to come back. Used to be 5 stars, now down to 1 until they fix these issues. I am really disappointed, this was the most useful app and I loved everything about it, but this update has made me want to find a new app to replace this one.

I have used the Documents app for some time now, but just recently became aware of the fact that I cannot permanently delete data I have removed from the app via the in app deletion tools. I have done the initial deletion, and then the secondary “permanent” deletion, but the data itself still remains somewhere in the iPad. Here is an example of what I mean. Recently I needed more space on my iPad. I checked how much storage the Documents app was taking up, noting the total being used was 6.98 gigs. After deleting several hundred megs worth of files (using the two step deletion process), I checked the storage situation again. The total storage being used by the app had increased to 7.05 gigs. (I also previously removed the Documents folder from the iOS Files app.)In short, I am being robbed of storage by the app. I don’t appreciate being robbed.Of course I could try and fully delete the app and see if that would solve my woes, but why should I have to? Why does the two step delete function not actually delete the files I want to delete? Uninstalling and reinstalling would mean I would have to move all my information back over and reorganize it as well. Why should I have to do that instead of simply being able to delete my files permanently?