Copy for iOS app review: upload important files and documents for remote access

Introduction

This app follows the basic principle of offering an online Cloud service, enabling you to securely import and upload your documents, images, videos, and any other files you may need to share with other users or access from a different location or device.

I’ve found Copy for iOS to be quite a pleasure to use. I especially like the very simplistic user interface and the feature which enables you to easily toggle between private and public sharing for each file you upload. This ensures only the files you intend for sharing will be accessible to others.

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Upon first starting up this app, I took a quick glance at the layout and, because of its minimalist design, assumed that the functionality was really minimal.

Once you start actually adding in files and adjusting various settings, you quickly begin to realize that there is more than initially meets the eye with Copy for iOS.

This app comes with a Quickstart Guide in .pdf format, and using this as our example, we can very clearly see the high-quality in-app file viewing capabilities. From accessing the document, you can use the iOS Open in… feature, sign the document or send it for someone else to sign via SignNow, or even print it.

 

More Options and Features

What’s more, tapping the star at the bottom of the screen will add the selected file to your Favorites list for quick future reference, and there are also a host of sharing settings. These enable you to adjust the level of privacy for the selected file, invite others to view it, and even adjust the settings to determine whether the file will be available for editing or just as read-only.

My absolute favorite thing about Copy for iOS is that it has clearly been designed with function in mind, so there are no unnecessary features and no quirky user interface details cluttering things up.

This app runs cleanly and smoothly and offers all the functionality you could want from an online Cloud service.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Speedy, robust, Cloud-based file sharing service
• Minimalist user interface makes functionality very streamlined
• You decide the level of privacy for each document
• Adjust the viewing and editing rights for each file

 

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

As a negative point, I was going to mention the lack of file sharing via social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, but I think this would be missing the point of Copy for iOS.

This is a very streamlined and efficient app which is designed to fulfill a specific purpose without any of the extra fluff that often comes along with apps in the Productivity genre.

I’m very impressed with what the developer has done here and would definitely recommend this app to anyone who is looking for a basic Cloud-based service to store files remotely or share documents with friends or colleagues.