Open the file you need. Keep it private.

View Stuff gives you quick, readable previews of documents, books, archives, images and code on your phone. No account or document uploads. Just the file you came to see.

A paid app for iPhone, iPad and Android.

View Stuff iPhone home screen with an Open document button, recent files and supported formatsView Stuff Android home screen with an Open document button and recent files

Open from anywhere

Choose a file or open it from another app.

Read and move on

Get a useful preview without a desktop suite.

Stay in control

Your files stay on your device.

From file to answer, in a few taps.

View Stuff is built for the moment you need to see what is inside a file and get on with your day.

Read the page you came for.

Open a PDF and move through its pages in a clean, readable view. Your document is processed locally on your device.

A Q3 report open in the View Stuff PDF viewer

Look inside a ZIP.

Browse folders in an archive, then open supported files inside it. Everything stays in the same straightforward viewing flow.

Folders and a README file inside a ZIP archive in View Stuff

The files you actually receive.

Preview common formats in one app, from a PDF someone sent you to a spreadsheet, ebook or ZIP in your downloads.

Documents & books

PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT, RTF, EPUB

Spreadsheets

XLSX, ODS, CSV

Presentations

PPT, PPTX, PPSX, ODP

Images

JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, HEIC, HEIF

Archives & personal files

ZIP, ICS, VCF, EML

Code & structured data

Markdown, HTML, JSON, XML, YAML and more

Office files use lightweight previews. Complex layouts, charts and animations may differ from desktop apps; open the file in another compatible app when full fidelity is needed.

Supported format categories shown inside View Stuff
Recent documents list in View Stuff with PDF, JSON and ZIP files

Pick up where you left off.

Recent documents make it easy to return to a file. Your recent-file history and app-managed cache stay on your device, and you can clear them in Settings.

Your documents stay yours.

View Stuff previews files locally. There is no account, advertising or analytics SDK, and no document upload service.

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  • No account or sign-in
  • No advertising or analytics SDKs
  • No document uploads

Ready when a file arrives.

Get View Stuff for iOS or Android. It is a paid app with no account required.