APFS HFS+ Reader & FileVault
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Read and write HFS+ and APFS+FileVault, exFAT & FAT32 USB drives. No root.
- Downloads
- 702+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 15
- 2026 · v2.2.7
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About APFS HFS+ Reader & FileVault
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)
- 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)
Note: storage plugs in over USB / OTG, not the phone's built-in SD slot.
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.
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)
- 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)
Note: storage plugs in over USB / OTG, not the phone's built-in SD slot.
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
Version 2.2.7 · Updated October 15, 2026
• Copying many photos to a Mac drive no longer closes the app, and a copy that stops part way no longer leaves the drive needing repair • Long changes now show progress, plus bug fixes
User reviews
needed external supply of power to ssd for my case
Very simple and straightforward to use. I thought reading from my USB stick encoded with the apple vault was impossible on Android, but I'm very very happy to see someone put the effort in and tackle this issue. Thank you!!! 💯🧡 5/5
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