With AirDrop, you can wirelessly send documents, photos, videos, websites, map locations, and more to a nearby iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
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Dropwire Alternatives
Dropwire is described as 'Free, open-source, peer-to-peer file transfer — send any file straight between devices, end-to-end encrypted, resumable, with no account and no server holding your data. Built on iroh. Desktop apps for Windows, macOS & Linux' and is a large file transfer service in the file sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Dropwire for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Web-based, Mac and Linux apps. The best Dropwire alternative is LocalSend, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dropwire are PairDrop, Send, OnionShare and RetroShare.
Alternatives list
- 184 AirDrop alternatives
166 SendGB.com alternativesEstonian company SendGB offers file transferring up to 5 GB for free! But you can share files up to 1 TB without signing up! You can keep files for up to 1 year.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
130 NitroShare alternativesA network file-sharing application that makes sending a file to another machine on the local network as easy as dragging-and-dropping.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- United States
277 FileTransfer.io alternativesFileTransfer allows you to securely share files up to 6GB with your family, co-workers or friends for free. Files stay uploaded for 3 weeks.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
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A simple local file server app for Android. Download and upload files quickly across devices over Wi-Fi — no cables, no cloud.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Spain
EU
221 Tresorit Send alternativesSecurely shares files up to 5GB via encrypted links. Files are encrypted end-to-end, ensuring security until accessed. Track access with logs and revoke access instantly. Zero-knowledge, no ads, GDPR-compliant, and operating on EU servers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Switzerland
Content-addressed filesystem on Nostr. Merkle roots can be published to get mutable npub/tree/path addresses. Data is chunked, optionally encrypted by default (CHK), and works with Blossom-compatible storage and WebRTC fetches.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online
- Linux
- Mac
- Windows
Blaze is a file sharing progressive web app(PWA) that allows users to transfer files between multiple devices. It works similar to SHAREit or the Files app by Google but uses web technologies to eliminate the process of installing native apps for different devices and operating...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
With Catch! and DAEMON Tools, you can transfer files from Android to PC, backup photos from iPhone, import photos from iOS to PC and view the content of the remote device in real-time.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android TV
Hong Kong SAR China
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Salad Room is a web app to share text, links or files quickly between devices. Magically connecting them on the same network. Like AirDrop, but for everyone.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
81 Flying Carpet alternativesFile transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc Wi-Fi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with Wi-Fi chips in close range.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
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