If you spend a great deal of your time downloading and uploading files from the internet, then you must have come across ZIP and RAR files. So, what is the difference between ZIP and RAR?
In this article, AZIP Master will show you about it.
What is ZIP file?
It is a file format that supports lossless data compression and archiving. ZIP files are data containers that contain one or more files together in a compressed or zipped format using Zip compression.
Today, ZIP is a widely used format and is supported by several software utilities including the built-in ZIP support provided by Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The best part, ZIP files can be opened with any program that creates ZIP files.
Also read: Top 5 best ZIP and unZIP archive apps for Android
What is RAR file?
RAR stands for Roshal Archive Compressed file is a proprietary archive file format. It contains one or more files or folders together. However, unlike a normal folder on your hard drive, RAR files require third-party software to open and extract the contents of the archive.
RAR is generally better at data compression than the default support for ZIP files.
Difference between ZIP and RAR
| RAR
software is licensed by win.rar GmbH. |
ZIP
compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms. |
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| Developed by | Eugene Roshal | Phil Katz, PKWARE |
| Initial Release | 1993 | 1989 |
| Uniform Type Identifier | com.rarlab.rar-archive | com.pkware.zip-archive |
| Open format? | Partially—free decompression; commercial compression. RAR is not an open format because while decompression source code is available, it must not be used to reverse engineer the RAR compression algorithm. | Partially—file format in public domain, but various features are patented |
| Format Type | Archive Format, Lossless Data Compression | Archive Format, Lossless Data Compression |
| Filename extension | .zip and .zipx. | .rar, .rev, .r00, .r01. |
How to compress or extract a file ZIP/ RAR on a phone?
To create or open a RAR/ZIP file on your phone, you need an effective compression and decompression app like AZIP Master.
AZIP Master is one of the leading free applications to create and view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats. Among the top 3 global compression and decompression applications, widely used.
AZIP Master helps you to easily compress files and then share them via email. You can compress images, audio, video, documents, and also select multiple files at the same time.
Also read: What is a RAR file? How to open a RAR file?
Moreover, you can create a password to protect compressed files and create ZIP with a password. And it can extract file format types: RAR, ZIP, ZIPX, JAR, 7Z, GZ, TGZ, BZ2, BZ, TBZ, TBZ2, XZ, TXZ, LZ, TLZ, TAR, ISO, LZH, LHA, ARJ, TAZ, 001…
This application is integrated with Smart File Picker technology. Smart file picker helps you to gather files and compress extremely convenient. Easily browse files and folders: photos, videos, music, documents,… Arrange documents neatly.
Besides AZIP Master connect with Google Drive to sync your online documents, so you can compress & extract folders from Google Drive right on this app.
Conclusion
ZIP and RAR are the most popular and widely used file formats to archive compressed data. They are undoubtedly the undisputed king of compressed files.
AZIP Master hope that through this article, you can see clearly the difference between ZIP and RAR. If you still have any questions, don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below.