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APFS HFS+ Reader & FileVault Live

Stephen Kingston3 apps · 13.7K installsToolsFreeIn-app purchases: $3.39 per itemdev.stephenkingston.apfsreader

Read and write HFS+, APFS+FileVault, exFAT, FAT32 & ext4 USB drives. No root.

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Total installs
617
exact · Play shows 500+
Installs / day
~9
est. · lifetime avg over 71 days
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
1 Aug 2026
2mo ago
Last update
10 Oct 2026
v2.2.4 · 16h ago
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Permissions

7 in 3 groups
4 Sensitive0 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
OtherRoutine3

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
APFS Reader is a Mac drive file manager for Android. Read APFS and HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) external hard drives, SSDs and USB flash drives, and fully read AND write exFAT and FAT32 drives, directly on your phone or tablet. Plug in through a USB-C or USB-OTG adapter. No root. No computer. No account. No ads. (Reading APFS and HFS+ is free, as is full exFAT/FAT32 read+write. APFS and HFS+ write unlocks with a one-time in-app purchase.) Macs format most external drives as APFS or HFS+, while cameras, SD cards and portable SSDs use exFAT or FAT32, and Android can't open any of them on its own. APFS Reader fixes that with its own APFS, HFS+, exFAT and FAT32 engines and its own USB storage stack, without rooting your device. WORKS WITH - APFS external hard drives, SSDs and USB flash drives (read; write is a one-time in-app unlock) - HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) drives, including journaled volumes (read; write is the same one-time unlock) - exFAT USB drives and portable SSDs (read + write, free) - FAT32 USB drives, flash drives and SD cards in a reader (read + write, free) - SD cards and microSD through a USB card reader (read + write on exFAT and FAT32, free) - FileVault-encrypted APFS drives: unlock with the password or recovery key and read (write-back uses the same one-time unlock) - Linux ext2, ext3 and ext4 drives, LUKS-encrypted drives and LVM volumes (read free; write with the same one-time unlock) - Multi-partition drives and drives larger than 2 TB - USB-C phones and tablets, and USB-OTG adapters - Your phone's own storage too: internal storage and a built-in SD card (browse, copy, move, rename, delete) WHAT YOU CAN DO - Browse, search and sort like a normal file explorer, with folder details and a hidden-file toggle - Copy files and folders to your phone with progress, rate and time-remaining - Preview photos, music and video straight off the drive, no copy needed - "Open with..." and Share any file straight from the drive - Move files between your phone and the drive, and pick files off the drive in other apps via the system file picker exFAT AND FAT32 ARE FULLY READ + WRITE, FREE No purchase needed: create folders, rename, move, delete, and copy or upload files onto any exFAT or FAT32 drive, SSD or SD card, straight from your phone. Writes are crash-safe: a mid-write disconnect leaves the drive recoverable, never silently corrupted. UNLOCK APFS AND HFS+ WRITE - ONE-TIME PURCHASE Need to write to a Mac drive? Unlock full APFS and HFS+ write with a single one-time in-app purchase, no subscription and no second app. The moment it's unlocked, the drive you're already looking at becomes writable: create folders, rename, move, delete, copy and upload onto APFS and HFS+ drives and SSDs. (Reading APFS and HFS+, and read+write of exFAT and FAT32, stay free.) UNLOCK FILEVAULT DRIVES Got a Mac drive locked with FileVault? Unlock it with the volume password or personal recovery key and browse it like any other drive, no Mac needed. Reading is free; with the write unlock you can also write back: copy, move, rename and delete right inside the encrypted volume. CRASH-SAFE WRITES Changes are committed atomically, so a drive unplugged mid-write isn't silently corrupted; the next Mac just runs its normal repair (Disk Utility, or fsck_apfs / fsck_hfs). The APFS, HFS+, exFAT and FAT32 engines are tested extensively against macOS and Linux drives. Writes run in a non-blocking widget, so you can keep browsing while a copy runs. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No trackers. No analytics. No accounts. APFS Reader collects no personal data; your files and file names never leave your device. Purchases are handled by Google Play. For a Windows NTFS or BitLocker To Go drive instead, get NTFS Reader from Google Play.

What's new

• Encrypted drives stay unlocked when you buy write access • Fixes for uploads, "Save to" and opening large files in other apps, plus bug fixes

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