ZiggSend vs Xender · Head to head

ZiggSend vs Xender

For years, Xender was how people moved things between phones without data. It still works — with ads and no advertised proof that the file arrived unchanged.

On the computer: Windows · MacOn the phone: App Store · Google Play

What it does well

  • Phone to phone without internet
  • Android and iPhone
  • Free

Where it stops

  • Ads in the app
  • To a computer only through the browser (Xender Web), with the PC joined to the phone’s hotspot
  • No advertised verification or resume

Side by side

CriterionXenderZiggSend
DevicesAndroid, iPhone; PC through the browseriPhone, Android, Mac, Windows
Original qualityYesAlways, verified byte for byte
Size limitNot advertisedNone
Needs the cloudNoNo
VerificationNot advertisedSHA-256 on every file
PriceFree with adsPhone app always free; computer 30 days free, then $4.99 once

When to use which

Xender to share a song between two phones without data. ZiggSend for your camera roll, videos or work files headed to your computer: no ads, a cable from Android to Mac, and proof that every file arrived intact.

Measured, not promised. 22 GB in 184 files with 0 failures from an Android to a Mac over a USB 2 cable (about 28 MB/s); an 806 MB video over home Wi-Fi in 46 s; up to 49.7 MB/s over Wi-Fi from a Mac to an iPhone. Every file is checked against the original on arrival. How we measure.

Phone app always free. Computer: 30 days free.

The phone apps are always free. The computer app is 30 days free with everything unlocked — several phones, full history, automatic folders, up to 3 computers — then $4.99, paid once.

Get ZiggSend

On the computer: Windows · MacOn the phone: App Store · Google Play

Questions people actually ask

Can Xender send files to a PC?

Through the browser, with Xender Web, with the PC joined to the phone’s hotspot. ZiggSend uses an app on the computer, which is how it can resume transfers and, from Android to Mac, use a cable.

Does Xender compress files?

It doesn’t say. What does matter: the ads and the lack of any advertised verification.

Does ZiggSend have ads?

No. The phone app is always free and the computer app has 30 days free; no ads and no account, ever.

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