At some point, I even resorted to writing my own Python scripts for Dropbox file access in Pythonista.
When I started using the iPad as my primary computer seven years ago, iCloud Drive did not exist and I had to seek out apps with custom Dropbox sync features if I wanted to have some degree of consistency between files on my iPad and iPhone. When I last wrote about the state of the iPad in May, I dedicated an entire chapter to file management and shared my thoughts on the direction I would like Apple to take the Files app.