PairDrop

2.3.1

fm-sys

3.57

4,997 reviews

5,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Transfer files seamlessly between all your devices

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About PairDrop

PairDrop is a productivity app developed by fm-sys.

Download Statistics

PairDrop has been downloaded 7.3 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 50 thousand times.

User Ratings

PairDrop is rated 3.57 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 5 thousand ratings.

App Information

PairDrop is FREE to download. The APK download size is 5.62 MB. The latest version available is 2.3.1. The last update was on February 10, 2025.

Technical Requirements

PairDrop requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since March 2021.

Description

PairDrop for Android is an Android™ client for the free and open source local file sharing solutions https://pairdrop.net/.

Do you also sometimes have the problem that you just need to quickly transfer a file from your phone to the PC?

USB? - Old fashioned!
Bluetooth? - Much too cumbersome and slow!
E-mail? - Please not another email I write to myself!

PairDrop!

PairDrop is a local file sharing solution which completely works in your browser. A bit like Apple's Airdrop, but not only for Apple devices. Windows, Linux, Android, IPhone, Mac - no problem at all!

However, even if it theoretically would fully work in your browser, you will love this app if you want to use PairDrop more often in your daily life. Thanks to perfect integration into the Android operating system, files are sent even faster. Directly from within other apps you can select PairDrop to share with.

Thanks to its radical simplicity, "PairDrop for Android" makes the everyday life of hundreds of users easier. As an open source project we don't have any commercial interests but want to make the world a little bit better. Join and convince yourself!

SOURCE CODE:
https://github.com/fm-sys/pairdrop-android

PRIVACY:
This app interacts with https://pairdrop.net/ to be able to discover other devices running PairDrop in your local network. However, none of your files is ever sent to any server but are transferred directly peer-to-peer between your devices.

CREDIT:
The app and its icon are based on the PairDrop Open Source project.
https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop

Recent changes:
snapdrop.net support has been removed due to security and privacy concerns after the website was acquired by an untrusted company. The app now exclusively supports PairDrop as a safer alternative.

Thank you for your understanding!

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More data about PairDrop

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	7.3 million
Recent downloads	50 thousand
Rating	3.57 based on 5 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.3.1
APK size	5.62 MB
Number of libraries	0
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Comments on PairDrop for Android

★★★★★ Nasir Uddin · Sep 21, 2026

I don't know why some people saying It's slow and doesn't work sometimes. I have been using it for long enough to say it's a really great transferring tool. Actually, I think when the network info matches, like same Wi-Fi, it transfers the fastest, when it doesn't, it transfers slow. But it's okay. Great web app(trying mobile app now.) thanks to the creators.

★★★★☆ Chandan Chandna · Jun 16, 2026

The app is good but needs one improvement As my phone is on Wi-Fi network and my pc is connected through Lan (static IP corporate setting). I used to transfer files from phone to pc, but I see that most of the time this Wi-Fi to Lan transfer dropped in between and the files did not successfully transfer. The app works fine when both PC and Phone on the same Wi-Fi network. I don't know if there is any setting I am missing, or it's an app bug. Pls reply-any users facing a similar problem.

★★★★★ Timon Fiedler · Nov 19, 2025

Great open source tool to quickly send files from one device to another on any platform.

★☆☆☆☆ Evelyne De Boer · Jul 20, 2026

Is not even able to send multiple files at once. If I want to send one file, I can also use something else.

★☆☆☆☆ Rikus Van Dyk · Aug 11, 2025

The servers are very, very unreliable. Don't use this as your primary share app, it will have issues the moment you need to actually use it for something important... Explore other alternatives like Local Send

★☆☆☆☆ Alasdair Grant · Jul 19, 2026

After like 5 pair/unpair tries I FINALLY got to the bit where you could choose a file to send. Error: 200 mb file limit to iphone. Video was 213mb. Uninstalled.

★★☆☆☆ Felix Haldorn · May 18, 2025

Just a free cloud. Needs the same Wi-Fi and the app needs to be installed on both devices. For me useless, who's searching for an interface to basically use Airdrop with my Android device. However, I also saw a video that showed, that you can just go to their website in your Browser (still need same Wi-Fi) and share files without installing the app on both devices. So if you just search for a way to share in general I think you can use it, but then you can also just use the website.

★☆☆☆☆ Vishal Sharma · Nov 7, 2025

Needs internet access. If I wanted to transfer files using internet, I'd have chosen any other platform. Why don't this app allows file transfer in offline mode?

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