Worse Query Files 0.9.1

Requires: iOS 27, or iOS 26.0 – 26.7.2 (preliminary support). Tested on iOS 27.0.1, 27.2 and 26.7.1.
Needs: a sideloading tool that keeps the App Group entitlement; see Signing in the README.

Worse Query Files 0.9.1

Languages

• WQ Files is now available in Simplified Chinese (#38, thanks iosrxwy), Arabic (#39, thanks hfip), German, Italian and Spanish.
• It follows the device language. Settings → Language on WQ Files' start screen picks another one; it's used from the next start.
• Arabic is shown right to left. File contents, the hex viewer, paths, SQL and the Log stay left to right.
• Corrections and new languages are welcome as pull requests: see Translations in the README. German, Italian and Spanish are machine translations so far.

New

• Import as Backup… (tap an app in Apps): turns a folder or ZIP with Documents/Library (a backup shared from another device, another tool's export) into a normal, verified backup of that app, ready to restore. Data that says it belongs to a different app asks first.
• Keep Data Before Restore (Settings, on by default): restoring an app or file backup first backs up what's there now, so a failed restore can be undone. Turn it off and that backup is deleted once the restore succeeded.
• Media streams instead of copying: audio and video play straight from the other app's folder, so large videos start right away. If a file can't be streamed, WQ Files copies it first as before.
• Offloaded apps (#28, iOS 27): Apps marks offloaded apps and has Show: Installed / Offloaded. The filters only appear when the state of nearly every app can be read; iOS 26 doesn't allow reading other apps' bundles.
• App Bundles (iOS 27): a new location with each installed app's bundle folder and its .app, labeled with the app's name. In Apps, long-press an app → Open App Bundle.

Changed

• Apps and the Cache Cleaner open instantly the second time: they keep their list and rescan on their own after 10 minutes. Pull down to rescan any time.

Fixed

• Log: reading app bundles stops after a few refusals instead of logging every app.

Credit

Sandbox technique: worse_query by Taj C (forcequit). Container enumeration: KAMUI by murk-sus. Translations: iosrxwy (Simplified Chinese), hfip (Arabic). Thanks to everyone who sent Logs and ideas. GPL-3.0-or-later.

SHA-256 of WQFiles.ipa: 0e184168aa6f95fe9f824fb52f659edb6b0914089b4870adede27379091d96e5