# iOS App : Much Less Functional Compared to Web/PC Version

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ios-app-much-less-functional-compared-to-web-pc-version/237362>\
**Category:** 🍏 iOS\
**Tags:** ios\
**Created:** [December 15, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ios-app-much-less-functional-compared-to-web-pc-version/237362 "2025-12-15T01:49:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meyou-code](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/meyou-code/32/76034_2.png) [@Meyou-code](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Meyou-code)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ios-app-much-less-functional-compared-to-web-pc-version/237362/1 "2025-12-15T01:49:15Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been using the iOS app for a while, and compared to the **web/PC version** , it lacks key features and feels unfinished.

- You **can’t navigate albums** , making photo management much less convenient.

- **Autoplay for videos** doesn’t exist, while on the web/PC version you can swipe through videos and watch them continuously.

- In the **Photos** tab, **videos don’t show up** , even when enabling the “Show both” option in folders.

These limitations make the iOS experience much less smooth and enjoyable than on a computer.

Have other users noticed the same issues? Are there any tips or workarounds to make iOS closer to the web/PC experience?

Thanks for your feedback!

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**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ios-app-much-less-functional-compared-to-web-pc-version/237362/2 "2025-12-28T18:42:34Z")

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You can try to use nextcloud on iOS through web interface. I don’t know how the experience is, for iPads it is perhaps more of an option compared to phones with smaller screens.

For myself, I mostly use the official app to upload photos/videos, not so much to look at them, calendar, contacts. Some apps in Nextcloud have special adapted apps in iOS as well (News, Deck, …)

You could go to the ios-repo and go through the feature requests. For the albums etc. there are certainly a few requests. But if you check the changes in the latest version, or the latest features being pulled, you can see a bit what is going on, what they are working on.

Alternatively, I don’t know if there are any apps for photo management that let you use webdav resources natively, this way you could hook it up to Nextcloud.