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Running out of space in your iOS device? Try deleting some of the unused apps. But then we might need it later on, so that may not work for everyone. Hey, what about recovering some storage capacity by removing the space-hogging files? And you can do that easily with PhoneClean.

iMobie PhoneClean is a desktop tool which cleans up your iOS device to release some extra space back for use. It deletes files such as temporary files, cookies, script files, media files that failed to sync properly, and cached and offline files. PhoneClean is available for both Windows and Mac.

Clean IPhone, IPad, IPod Touch

PhoneClean is available for download here. Before starting to clean your iOS devices with PhoneClean, it is advisable for you to do an iTunes backup first. In case something goes wrong, you still have your iTunes backup to restore it to your device.

By connecting your device with PhoneClean it will show you the details of your device. PhoneClean allows you to choose which type of files that you want to scan (and subsequently delete) from the iOS device. There are four types of file:

• Temp and Junk files
• Cache and Off-line files
• Cookie and Script files
• Sync-failed Media files

As you can see for this review, our sample device has 19.19GB free space and 10.34GB used space. Let’s see how much free space we can recover after scanning.

Scanning can take up to a few minutes depending on your device capacity.

By clicking on the ‘arrow’ icon under Detail, a list of apps will be shown, along with the number of files it has and the sizes. Uncheck the apps that you do not want deleted. Go back and click onClean up when you are done.

After it finishes cleaning it will display the amount of space that has been recovered.

Conclusion

iMobie PhoneClean is a straight forward desktop tool that helps you to clear data and recover space just like how they described it on the website. After the clean-up, we discovered that all of our apps are like how it is before the clean-up and our accounts are all still logged in i.e. in perfect condition after the clean-up.

FileApp is a file management app for iOS devices. It simply allows you to unzip, read and edit files and folders on your iOS devices without you needing to jailbreak your device.

Unzip, Read And Edit Files With FileApp

FileApp is available for download here.

Unzip ZIP File

When you have downloaded a ZIP file on Safari or Mail, choose to open the downloaded file with FileApp. Just tap on the ZIP files to unzip it. A new folder which contains all the files from the ZIP file earlier will be created.

Read & Edit Files

With FileApp you don’t have to use another app to read the files as FileApp supports:

•  Images – JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, ICO, TIFF, TIF, BMP, BMPF, CUR, XBMPDF – PD
• Office –DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PPS
• iWork – Pages, Numbers, Keys
• Open Document – ODT, ODF, ODP
• Plain Text and RTF – TXT, RTF, LOG, TEXT, M, C, CPP, MM, H
• Audio – MP3, AAC, M4A, AIF, AIFFF, WAV
• Video – MOV, MPEG, M4V, MP4
• Web archives – WEBARCHIVE
• Comic Book Archives – CBZ HTML – HTML, HTM 

FileApp can be used to edit files such as PDF, Text and HTML too.

For image editing, you need to upgrade to FileApp Pro to be able to use, edit then save the edited images. The image editor comes with features such as cropping, adjusting brightness and contrast, filters and much more.

You can’t edit Office documents on FileApp, but it allows you to open the document in another app which can edit Office documents e.g. DocsToGo.

FileApp can read image files up to 20MB in size, and has no size limitations for audio and video. As for documents, it depends on your iOS device’s current free memory.

Extra Features

FileApp can also be used to compress folders into ZIP files as well as upload files directly to cloud storages such as Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive.

Connect FileApp To Desktop

For better file management, you can connect FileApp to a computer in two ways:

1. By using DiskAid

Download the tool and install it to manage the files that are available in FileApp. With this desktop tool, you can drag and drop files from desktop into your iOS device.

2. Via Wi-Fi

This will only work on private local networks. By connecting your iOS device and computer on the same network you can access and manage files on FileApp like how you use DiskAid. For more info on how to connect, find it here.

Conclusion

FileApp is a great free file management tool for non-jailbreak iOS devices. It allows you to create text documents, create ZIP files, read, edit manage files. As mentioned earlier, for the photo editing feature you need to upgrade FileApp to FileApp Pro which costs $6.99.

By upgrading to the paid version you will get plenty more desirable features such as:

• Enchanced security with iOS Data Protection
• PDF to MSOffice, OpenOffice, iWork, HTML and Text converter
• RTF to PDF converter
• Photo editing feature
• Built-in custom sound recorder

Frontback lets you take photos separately with your iPhone’s front and back cameras, then it combines the two pictures into one cool grouped image. Frontback is supported on all iOS devices. Here are Frontback’s cool features.

Getting Started With Frontback

After downloading the app, you have to register for a Frontback account to start using it. After registering, you’ll get the option to connect your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

At the writing of this article, a Frontback account doesn’t give you features like searching or following other users but we may see that in the future.

Snapping A Frontback Picture

Frontback photos are taken on the back camera first. Hit the camera icon in the middle of the view to snap your first picture, hold your position and tap the camera icon again when the app switches to the front camera.

The top half is your snap from the back camera, while the bottom half is from the front. The front and back cameras won’t be taken simultaneously. If you’re unsatisfied with either of the pictures, tap on it to retake the photo.

Once you’re done, you’ll be ready to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, or save it to your camera roll. Give it a fun caption before you share it out (no help from Frontback there, you’re on your own).

As for sharing on Instagram, you’ll be redirected to the app on your phone for you to repost it there.

Frontback also has a feed where you can see, like and share pictures picked out by the Frontback Staff.

Limitations

That’s seriously all this very new app can do at the moment. You are stuck with this generic top-bottom look with your photos and the app doesn’t feature any filters or editing features to help you enhance your snapshots, just yet.

You can fall back on Instagram (or other photo editors) to help enhance your photos. But we believe that if we give it some time to get its feed and other ‘following’ features to start, this app may find its way to a permanent spot on your iOS device.