MobileStudio app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 6720 ratings )
Business Productivity
Developer: Pixio LLC
1.99 USD
Current version: 2.1.7, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 11 Aug 2008
App size: 19.8 Mb

MobileStudio is a full-featured file manager that lets you create, view, and edit files on the go! Then you can share those files wirelessly with your full-size computer.

MobileStudio is Universal. That means you can use it on any iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch you own! At Pixio, we feel you shouldnt have to pay twice for software, and that updates should always be free.

iOS 4 users can transfer files to/from a computer over a USB iPod cable using iTunes, no WiFi network required.

iPhones, iPod Touches, or iPads running MobileStudio can also transfer files with one another using Bluetooth!

You can transfer files from your computer, carry them around with you, and access them from any computer with a web browser! Uses the time-tested FTP and WebDAV protocols.

MobileStudio is just that: a portable, hand-held studio. It can be used to create, modify, and organize files just like you would on a laptop or desktop using Apples Finder™ or Microsofts Explorer™.

MobileStudio features:

* Intuitive filesystem browser and editor
* File transfers to and from a Mac or PC
* Bluetooth file transfers between devices
* Compatible with Mac OS X™ 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
* Compatible with Windows 7, Vista™, XP™
* Compatible with all flavors of Linux™
* Standard file operations
* Text file creation and editing
* Image file creation and editing
* Sound file creation and editing
* Movie file playback
* PDF & Web viewer
* Zip archive compression
* Office™ and iWork™ document viewer
* Emailing of files as attachments

Bluetooth File Transfers:
* Between two iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads
* Both devices must have MobileStudio
* Compatible with two-way Bluetooth devices
- iPhone 3G
- iPhone 3GS
- iPod Touch 2nd Generation or Higher
- iPad
* Not Compatible with one-way Bluetooth
- iPhone 2G
- iPod Touch 1st Generation

Editable File Formats:

* Text Documents (Email them too!)
- UTF8 Text (.txt)
- Any other plain-text file (eg. .html)
* Images (Save in .jpeg or .png formats)
- Joint Photographic Group (.jpg)
- Portable Network Graphic (.png)
- Tagged Image File Format (.tiff)
- Bitmap (.bmp)
- Icon (.ico)
* Sound
- Wave (.wav),
- Audio Interchange Format (.aif)
* Archives
- Zip Files (.zip)

Viewable File Formats:

* Text Documents
- Word 97 (.doc)
- Word 2003 (.xml)
- Word 2007 (.docx)
- Pages (.pages.zip)
- Rich Text (.rtf)
- Rich Text Directory (.rtfd.zip)
- UTF8 Text (.txt)
* Spreadsheets
- Excel 97 (.xls)
- Excel 2007 (.docx)
- Numbers (.numbers.zip)
* Presentations
- PowerPoint 97 (.ppt)
- Keynote (.key.zip)
* Internet
- Portable Document Files (.pdf)
- HTML Files (.html)
- Safari Web Archives (.webarchive)
* Images
- Joint Photographic Group (.jpg)
- Portable Network Graphic (.png)
- Tagged Image File Format (.tiff)
- Bitmap (.bmp)
- Icon (.ico)
* Sound
- Mpeg-1 Audio Layer 3 (.mp3)
- Mpeg-4 Part 14 (.m4a)
- Wave (.wav)
- Audio Interchange Format (.aif)
* Video
- Mpeg-4 Part 14
- (.mov, .mp4, .mpv, .m4v)
* Archives
- Zip Files (.zip)

File Operations:
* Create
- Folder
- Text File (.txt)
- Image File (.jpg, .png)
- Sound File (.wav)
* Move
* Copy
* Delete (includes Trash feature)
* Zip (creates .zip archive)

Security Features:

* Application Launch Password
Protects the application from being used on the device without a password

* File-Level Read/Write Protection
Protects individual files from being read or overwritten via WiFi. Also prevents accidental modification of important files.

Viewing Flexibility:

* Offers full-screen viewing of all file types in landscape and portrait mode.

Pixio Quality and Functionality:

* MobileStudio is the most versatile file manager available for iPhone OS. Get more done on the go.

Pros and cons of MobileStudio app for iPhone and iPad

MobileStudio app good for

Nice app, but... too much crashes(ipod memory related?), problems reading some JPGs and big PDFs...connection with Cyberduck unstable, filezilla works much better with OSX 10.5...so...we need some fixes... Thanks
But does not work after this update; change to 5 stars after coming back to its normal state, strong and steady; probably very soon developers are normally very reactive
i think this is quite a good idea but there should be a lock function to prevent specific files from being read by those who should not do so. So update please!
Its an awesome app. Three things would be great to be added for next updates. 1. WebDav with authentication. 2. Able to rotate landscape mode. 3. Hide navigation controls when viewing files ex. images, documents. (tap to get back the nav like Files)
Why no drag and drop like pocket PCs?? Are programmers limited in achieving this kind if functionality? The first programmer to pull off this simple thing is going to have something really popular on their hands. By the way, I had no problem editing text files. Dont know what last reviewer is talking about.
Very handy app that supports a good variety of files. You cant go wrong with the price either.

Some bad moments

Doesnt work. Bad notice. My iPad tried to connect to my iPhone 4 (both with latest OS vesion), witout success (yes, it was "on"). After 5 try, in the bin. Its right place. And few bucks lost. Great.
It does "turn" horizontaly, but there is a horizontal gray line across the middle of the iTouch screen ! Cant get rid of it. It blocks reading !
After the 1.6.3 update the app doesnt start... it crashes at every lauch :( Im with fw 3.1.3, on an iPod Touch 1 Gen.
Im testing MObileFinder, FileMagnet and AirSharing. Theyre all give and take, but none of them could so far come up with a search function. This is a paramount feature which I need for long documents! I dont understand why it shouldnt be possible, i.e. VerseWiseBible has it, so Im sure its available in the OS. Besides, I find the connection via FTP quite complicated. Why not implement BonJour, its available and sooo easy???
I was having no problems with my iPhone prior to purchasing and loading this app, however after opening a couple of documents, the began presenting "Low Memory" errors, after which the "Home" folder was the root of the iPhones file system, displaying numerous files that should not normally be accessible to the end user, including folders such as /var/root and all of the internal preferences and other database folders. After a few more of these "Low Memory" errors, the iPhone rebooted itself, and did not successfully come back. A full restore via DFU mode was required to return the iPhone to normal operation.
I have experienced the same memory issues and an update has not been released. A shame that all the work of making an app that is so promising only to leave it unusable for people?!

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