Mobile phones every day support more file formats, making them quite useful for our lives. At present, the use of tablets and mobile devices have increased much more than that of computers, so those must adapt to our needs.
Today we will show you what are the different files that support our iPhone, among which you will see which are the most common. We also include a list of applications good enough to display any file format.
These are organized in lists of five, categorized by audio, text, video and image files, with their respective brief description so you can see their qualities.
What file formats can I open from my iPhone?
iPhones are compatible with most existing files in the world, so we can practically edit and open any of them. However, there are some files that can only be read with the help of third-party software.
But we will explain that to you later, now we will show you those that the same phone can open:
Audio files
The audio files are in different formats, and although they are among the most used, iPhone does not support any of these files, although most of them do.
Among those it supports are the following:
- *AAC (from 8 to 320 Kbps).
- Protected AAC (from the iTunes Store).
- HE-AAC, MP3 (from 8 to 320 Kbps).
- MP3 VBR.
- Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+).
- Apple Lossless.
- AIFF.
- WAV.
Many of them are common in everyday life, so our iPhone will not be so restricted with these types of files, because of the huge number of existing audio formats, this type of device supports the most used.
Text files
Nowadays our iPhones can accept most text formats, but not all, because there are programmatic formats such as HTML languages that some read, but do not allow us to edit them.
The normal thing is that we use basic text formats, such as .txt. But using third-party app help we can extend that limit to formats such as .pdf and .doc. We only have to install the correct software for it.
Videos
The iPhone, by default, allows us to watch videos in more common formats, such as:
- H.264 video up to 1080p.
- 60 shots per second.
- High Profile level 4.2/4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps.
- 48 kHz, stereo audio in M4V.
- MP4.
- MOV formats.
Although depending on the model of the iPhone, you can increase the limit of the types of formats that can be viewed. We know that there are still many more formats, but as we already mentioned these come with a useful design in the most general, thus being its support to the most common formats.
Imagery
When we talk about images we also include photos, because they can practically use the same formats. IPhone, also comes equipped with a support wide enough to accept most image formats.
Some of those that are accepted are the following:
- JPEG.
- PNG.
- GIF.
Nowadays most of the images come in formats like the ones we just mentioned, for this reason iPhone brings us the opportunity to use these, and with the help of some applications, we can convert them from one format to another, to edit the images at our whim.
List of Best Apps to Open Files of Any Format on iOS
Next, you will know what are the best applications to install on your iOS and be able to open any type of file that you come across in it:
To play audio
We start with audio players, one of the most sought-after applications by users to enjoy their music:
Shazam
It is one of the most used applications to play audios. It has excellent tools to allow us to enjoy our music with the best possible quality. We can get it without having to pay anything, being a complete virtue of Shazam, which will surely hook us to it.
Listen Gesture Music Player
It is a free app that features small but efficient features. One of them is the gesture control, being very striking for all its users. Developed by MacPaw, and although it has different versions for different devices, it is more used on iPhone.
Musixmatch
This is another of the free applications for iOS, although it seems to be a simple tool, it is more than that, because it allows us to create albums, groups and highlight our favorite music.
It has a widget in its notification panel that gives us the service of seeing the lyrics of the melodies without having to enter the application.
Music Player
Just by seeing this application we will be in love with it, because as a player it meets all its characteristics. One of its enormous qualities is that it has a totally impeccable and organized interface, which makes anyone adapt quickly to it.
It also offers us a series of themes that allow us to customize its appearance, so that it adapts to our style. On the other hand, it integrates the possibility of sharing on Twitter and Facebook everything we are listening to or have saved.
Ecoute
It is an application that must be paid, but what you have to cancel is not much, since it is only 1,009 euros. We assure you that it is a software that allows us to play music, but with a totally different style than what we are used to using.
Among all its qualities it is good to highlight that it includes the night mode, extremely useful if we are one of those people who spend their active nights.
To play video
The applications to play video on iPhone are quite advanced, and we can find high-level players in all of them.
Some of the best ones we bring you below:
VLC for Mobile
It is considered as a fairly famous player, and it is because it has long been found in stores. But that it is old does not mean that it is useless, and on the contrary its great time in the market has forced it to evolve, in order to continue in the competition.
Its mobile version allows us to enjoy videos in MP4, AVI and MKV formats, all from our iPhone without having to install any extra extension.
Infuse
It has a fairly intuitive and visually pleasing interface, which allows us as users to quickly adapt to all its functions. It is an application that is full of fabulous tools that make it more than just a player.
Among its features includes the two versions that we can find in it. A Pro version where we must pay a monthly fee and a Free totally free.
PlayerXtreme
Although very few know it, it meets all the necessary requirements to be one of the best video players for iPhone. We can not overlook its elegance and the complete interface it offers us, totally unique and adapted to our needs.