Which is the best ES File Explorer version bloat-free?

[PhilipX20]

I don't want to replace it with a different file explorer but at the same time I'm not too happy with the bloated version that's currently being provided to its users. I read that the old versions worked perfectly but which version (number) exactly?

 

[Member 1919122]

I only use version 1.0 of it, no bloatware in it. Hard to find also....

 

[psionandy]

Solid explorer is what i've been using, ever since ES explorer got caught sending things back to their servers.....

 

[El Presidente]

They were also offering a "charging booster" and were putting ads on your lock screen.

I use Xplore, it's got an unusual UI, but once you get used to it, it's really intuitive.

 

[Bg260]

I believe the pro version of ES is still bloat free.

 

[PitCarver]

I've got 3.2.something installed.
Only problem with this version is it won't interact with Dropbox without update. Still my favorite for managing my internal files.

 

[Hadron]

As Andy says, the question I'd ask isn't "bloat free" but "trustworthy". Go back to before it supported network or cloud folders and you are probably fine, but I don't know whether those are features you use. Otherwise I have to say that while I understand not wanting to change an app you find useful and are familiar with, once a developer has lost my trust I can't really use their app, no matter how much I previously liked it. I've even removed AquaMail from all of my devices, because I just can't feel comfortable with Mobi Systems in control now (but I gave my money to the guy who made it a great app, not to Mobi, and I'm fine with that).

Though I do still have a pre-Cheetah copy of QuickPic, because I did trust that app until CM bought it and it still does some things very well. But both of these are examples of the dev changing, rather than the same dev being caught in shady practices. In the latter case I would always delete the app and move on, as I did with ES. But it is your device, your choice.

 

[Bg260]

Solid explorer

+1

 

[steiny180]

Here's v3.1.8

 

[mark bailey]

pro version is better in my opinion