RAR is the popular file archiver and compressor WinRAR on your Android device, for free

Callum Tennent

March 6, 2014

How WinRAR stays afloat is anyone’s guess. In all likeliness it is the most popular file compression/extraction/archiving tool in the world, but with a free trial period that lasts forever has anyone ever actually purchased it?

Still, such is its popularity and success that you can now get it on your Android device – or at least the Android equivalent of it. It’s called RAR, which makes sense.

Even better than the original Windows PC version, RAR is entirely free to use – no eternal trial period involved.

RAR allows you to create RAR and ZIP files on your Android device, whilst you can unpack a huge array of archive types: RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO and ARJ. You can even repair damaged RAR and ZIP files.

It’s a utility which has no doubt been used countless times on your desktop computer – give it a download to your Android device and you might be surprised how often it comes in handy.

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Callum Tennent

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