When comparing X-Plore vs FX File Explorer, the Slant community recommends X-Plore for most people. In the question“What are the best file explorers on Android?” X-Plore is ranked 7th while FX File Explorer is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose X-Plore is:
Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Mega, OneDrive, MediaFire, Amazon Cloud, SugarSync and others
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Pros
Pro Access to FTP, FTPS, SMB (Windows share) and cloud storage servers
Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Mega, OneDrive, MediaFire, Amazon Cloud, SugarSync and others
Pro Disk Map
Pro Dual-pane tree view
Pro View APK files as ZIP
Pro Ability to map network shares
Pro Application manager
Pro Opens archives (zip, rar, 7z, etc)
Pro Can add shortcuts to frequently used folders
Pro Plus add-on for network browsing
FX File Explorer has a paid Plus add-on that add more functionality to the app such as network file browsing and a built in text editor. It costs $2.99 and has a 24 hour return policy.
Pro Material Design
FX File Explorer utilizes the Material Design guidelines set forth by Google.
Pro PRO SMB2 support
Pro Supports many compression and uncompression file formats
FX File Explorer features numerous compression file formats such as .zip or .tar as well as a .rar decompression tool.
Pro Root add-on
There is a free root user add-on that allows root file editing and viewing.
Cons
Con Visuals
Con SMB where?
Unable to find the option to connect to an SMB server without upgrading to "pro" version. Can it even be done in the free version?
Con Dreadful interface
A great example of what happens when a developer puts form before function. Pretty to look at but awkward and unintuitive to use.
Con New Material Design look is not that great
FX File Explorer use to have a better design to it before the Material Design overhaul.