Best Free File Archiver-Zip Utility for Android [1]

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Introduction

Today smartphones and tablets running Android provide a near complete substitution for desktop PC in functionality. One of the tools which arrived on the portable platform with its development into a full-fledged device is a zip utility.

Such an application is necessary for unpacking archives downloaded from the Internet and compressing multiple files for decreasing the space they occupy on a device or for an easier and faster file-transfer via emails or file-sharing services. This is where their functionality is essential and the possibility to extract the content of any archive is a must-have.

Rated Products

[5]

B1 Free Archiver [5] [6]

Deals with virtually any type of zipped files and comes closest to a desktop archive manager in terms of functionality.

Our Rating:

5

License: Free
Platforms/Download: [field_blackberry_download] | [7]
Version reviewed: 0.9.2
Gizmos Freeware [8]

Our Rating: 5/5 5

Summary:

Supports the most popular (38) formats, has advanced functionality and a wide support for non-Latin symbols.

Creates only zip and b1 archives.

Read more... [6]

License: Free

Supports the most popular (38) formats, has advanced functionality and a wide support for non-Latin symbols.

Creates only zip and b1 archives.

Read full review... [6]

[9]

ZArchiver [9] [10]

A handy and excellent app for you to create archive files straight away on your mobile device.

Our Rating:

4

License: Free (Limited features)
Platforms/Download: [field_blackberry_download] | [7]
Version reviewed: 0.7.0
Gizmos Freeware [8]

Our Rating: 4/5 4

Summary:

Supported popular formats including zip, 7zip (7z), gzip (gz), bzip2 (bz2), tar and XZ for compression and even more formats including rar for decompression, complete with useful tools.

Some other advanced features only available to the Donate/Pro version.

Read more... [10]

License: Free (Limited features)

Supported popular formats including zip, 7zip (7z), gzip (gz), bzip2 (bz2), tar and XZ for compression and even more formats including rar for decompression, complete with useful tools.

Some other advanced features only available to the Donate/Pro version.

Read full review... [10]

[11]

Easy Unrar, Unzip & Zip [11] [12]

Allows you to extract rar and zip files easily with supports for all versions of rar files.

Our Rating:

2.5

License: Free
Platforms/Download: [7]
Version reviewed: 3.0
Gizmos Freeware [8]

Our Rating: 2.5/5 2.5

Summary:

Provides the basic archive manager functionality.

Most of the features are available only in premium version.

Read more... [12]

License: Free

Provides the basic archive manager functionality.

Most of the features are available only in premium version.

Read full review... [12]

More apps to be reviewed:

• RAR for Android [13]

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• Best Free iPad Apps [15]
• Best Free iPhone Apps [16]

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