There exist many file download apps in the Apple App Store.  Meteoric Download Manager for iPhone ($1.99) and Meteoric Download Manager HD $2.99 for iPad sets itself apart with a splendid User Interface, voluminous features, and for being dead-simple to use.

 

Let’s get right to the features of Meteoric Download Manager from Digital Poke which make it such an incredible app for your iPhone:

1. Media Grabber – Meteoric can intercept & grab almost all iOS playable media.
2. Custom API’s – Custom built API’s of Digital Poke allows long tapping on tables, dynamic drop downs, extended feature sets which enables an advanced yet simply clutter-less interface.
3. Insanely Powerful Download Manager – Accelerate downloads (when supported), queue, pause, resume, fetch file name from server response and real time information of the file.

4. Robust File Manager - Do more than just normal operations. Zip folders, unzip/unrar files, restore your time capsuled bookmarks and play any iOS supported files in file preview along with airplay support for media files.
5. Firefox Sync - Meteoric is the only download Manager that supports Firefox Sync. Bring your desktop open tabs, bookmarks and history with you.

6. Dropbox Integration – Meteoric has dropbox integration which allows you to upload your downloaded files to your dropbox account via File Manager.

7. Media Player – Media Player comes inbuilt in Meteoric which lets you play mp3 files store inside Meteoric, form play-list along with background audio support.
8. Magic Bar – Magic Bar allows you to instantly view your bookmarks / add bookmarks via a toggle-able bookmark bar which can be executed by pulling the web page down and releasing it.
9. Plugins – Plugins are short snippets of code which allows Meteoric to extend its functionality.
10. Live Streaming – Just create a Web Server via downloads module and stream all your files to any device, computer, etc. The only requirement is a same Wi-fi network and a browser-enabled device.

After downloading the app, the first thing that strikes one is the superb attention to detail concerning Meteoric Download Manager’s design.  The UI is gorgeous, with each of the features readily identifiable on the app’s screens.

After launching the app, downloading and managing apps is super simple.  To begin, tap on a link to begin downloading.  At that point one  can select “OK” to download the file or rename it as you like after the file is moved to the file manager, where you can also edit  and move files.

A long tap on the file link will launch the menu or one can tap “X” to pause download, with a long tap clearing downloaded files.

If your download involves media, tap the “+” icon to add .mp3 files to playlist.

Meteoric Download Manager for iPhone, with its ease of use, Dropbox and Firefox Sync integration, design, and many other features to numerous to list above, is definitely an app you’ll want to download for your iPhone, leaving you wondering how you ever lived without it!