When comparing One Commander vs Files App, the Slant community recommends One Commander for most people. In the question“What are the best file managers for Windows?” One Commander is ranked 9th while Files App is ranked 41st. The most important reason people chose One Commander is:
Free for non commercial use.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free
Free for non commercial use.
Pro Simple and fast
Fast search and filter.
Pro Miller columns
Like Finder from macOS.
Pro Multi tab support
Pro Themes
Light, dark and customizable themes/colours.
Pro Default file manager setup
Can make it the default file manager such that windows explorer stays out of the way for most of the work.
Pro File previews
Pro File / folder filters
Pro Folder views can be saved and applied
Pro Easy setting management
You can find what is customizible quickly.
Pro Great UI that compliment Windows 10 and 11
In advent of alternatives, visuals aren't forgotten.
Pro Has column based navigation
Pro Looks modern, generally works well
Cons
Con Folders cannot be sorted by size
Con Cannot access Android device connected by USB
Con Cannot access Android device by FTP
And can never will as this is clarified by developer that this feature will never be added.
Con It doesn't have UNDO function
Very important. When you work with valuable data files, this function can't be ommited.
Con Navigating folders by Ctrl+Tab has considerable delay
Con Browsing Recycle Bin is very slow
Navigating away from Recycle Bin tab and coming back to it reload the Recycle Bin which is very slow as mentioned. Program has an option to open recycle bin in Windows File Explorer, which suggests that developer is aware that opening Recycle Bin is problematic.
Con Confusing
Con Context menu only based on icons
No longer with Onecommander 3.6.43
Con Not stable enough
Susceptible to hang ups. Drives may just disappear.
Con Time waister
Between crash, load time and weird behaviour you will lose time even compared to installing multiple software to reproduce same capability.
Con Lacks description of settings
Hard to figure out what some toggles do. The title of a setting doesn't have expected result sometimes.
Con Sometimes glitches out and you have to restart using task manager
