On the android OS, there are various apps available for compressing and decompressing archive files. I will be highlighting a few of them in this post; but before I proceed, have it in mind that in recent android versions, file managers have been equipped with the capability of extracting content from a compressed file. Ok, enough with the chit-chat; here’s the list
1. ZArchiver
Of course this would be number one. ZArchiver is more or a
less an extraction power house, as it supports the extraction of various
compressed file formats. .zip, .rar, .7z, .iso, .cso and even .apk are a few
file formats supported by ZArchiver. It is by far the best app for compressing
and decompressing archives; on its own it is a file manager capable of opening
most file formats, both video and audio alike. ZArchiver (The King) is the best
app for opening compressed files and even editing contents of an apk file. For
android 11 users, the /data and /obb folders can be accessed with ZArchiver.
After praising the above app, it seems kinda wrong to mention another app, but we need alternatives don’t we. I recommend this app just in case the above fails or maybe the UI seems difficult. With ‘Easy Unrar, Unzip & Zip’ be rest assured that you can open and extract major compressed file formats like .zip, .rar e.t.c. It also serves as a file manager
3. RAR
Create RAR and Zip compressed archives, unpack and extract RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO and ARJ archives with just one app. It is also pretty fast when it comes to compressing large files and folders all on your android phone. Who said android wasn’t good?
4. WinZip
Available in various operating systems, ‘WinZip’ is a file manager with the capability of compressing and unpacking or extracting files of virtually all formats. ‘WinZip’ gives you the privilege of encrypting your files. It is also the best alternative to ZArchiver as it is capable of performing just as good or even much better.
5. Zipify
Just like others, ‘Zipify’ is also a file manager capable of
accessing compressed archives and extracting content from them. The only
downside is that it only supports a few file formats, but be rest assured that
it supports .zip, .rar and 7z archive files which are the major formats
downloadable on most websites.
This list is not arranged in any specific order as all apps
are unique and very useful in their various capacities.
There are a lot more apps available on android performing
the tasks of the ones mentioned above, but I chose to stop at five because, why
not?