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RAR

RARLAB's RAR is an all-in-one, original, free, simple, easy and quick compression program, archiver, assistant, extractor, manager and even a basic file explorer.
RAR can create RAR and ZIP and unpack RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO, ARJ archives. List of functions include repair command for damaged ZIP and RAR files, benchmark function compatible with RARLAB's WinRAR benchmark, recovery record, usual and recovery volumes, encryption, solid archives, utilizing multiple CPU cores to compress data.

Additionally to standard ZIP files, unzip function supports ZIP and ZIPX with BZIP2, LZMA and PPMd compression also as password protected ZIP. Unrar command is available for all versions of RAR archives including the latest RAR5, password protected and multipart files.

RAR displays advertising to cover development costs. You can pay in options menu to turn off ads. RAR requests access to network, viewing network connections and billing to display or disable ads.

If you wish to help us translating RAR to your language, please download RAR for Android language files in "RAR extras" section of www.rarlab.com and follow instructions in readme.txt. Thank you.

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Reviews (28)

War. W. May 7, 2022     

This app has a serious bug. When moving files from internal memory to an SD card, the SD card is afterwards no longer readable by the Android operating system, as if it has been deleted. I was moving files from my download folder in internal memory to a folder with the same name on the SD card which was formatted for external file storage. The files are still there and I was able to retrieve them in a Windows op system via a memory card reader, but were no longer visible on my Android devices.

Baz. C. Apr 12, 2022     

By far the best compression format and tool for years on Windows, and now on Android. Small issue: if you delete files from an archive which has a recovery record the app (unlike WinRar) doesn't create a new recovery record even if the default profile options are set to create one. As a result, you have to UnRar the entire archive, delete files and then recreate the archive with a recovery record. (*Adding* files to an archive does recreate the recovery record.) It would good if this was fixed.

Shi. I. Feb 1, 2022     

The app was easy to use and light. But I would like to suggest one thing, I was thinking of adding an option in the app. The option was about automatic deletion of RAR/Zip files after extraction. Of course, it was optional choice. For me who is worrying about my phone storage space, this option was helpful in my case. Your app is great, keep up the good work!

Chr. D. Mar 17, 2022     

For many, many years I’ve preferred using RAR to ZIP files on the PC but I’ve only been using encrypted ZIP files on my Samsung S8. This is because ES Explorer Pro (yes I know it’s been banned etc) will allow you to open encrypted ZIP files, you can then open the contained files in their associated apps and once ES Explorer Pro is closed it erases the entire contents of the tmp folder... RAR for Android doesn’t. After many years of hoping this issue would be fixed it’s still there in the latest version,... you open an encrypted RAR file and it leaves a copy of all the decrypted files behind... not good so looses it 2 stars!

Tri. G. May 22, 2022     

I absolutely LOVE this app! Very simple to navigate, takes up little space and it has NO ADDS! 10/10 P.S i have been having a bug where when I click multiple video files, it just resets. Like I canceled it, which makes file organizing a hassle.

Isl. M. C. May 11, 2022     

Lousy app. Poorly designed infested with bugs. Freezes up every time we open and scroll, blank screen on opening most of the time and obviously rushed in design and released to let users find issues and report them rather than studying own app using app to check for issues first. Today's app designers are lazy....prime example is here. No we won't send screen shots every issue. Do your own job we are busy with our own

Mei. R. Mar 30, 2022     

This is a nice app for compressing multiple files into one single file. I've been using it for a while and it works fine. However, when the phone screen turns off, it seems that compression process is paused or slowed down.

wil. y. Jan 29, 2022     

It works great, but the scrollbar makes navigating very tedious. There is no reason to even have a scrollbar that can be pressed like that. All it does is cause the page to scroll down pretty much every single time I try to select something. If they add an option to do that the app goes from a 3 to a 5 for me

Ana. G. Feb 1, 2022     

I just wanted to leave this review to counteract the negative reviews written by incompetent users who have problems with this great app simply because they are dumb. Others complain about subscription pop-ups. If you don't like it, just pay a $0.99 per year subscription fee. Seriously, it's less than a dollar! This great app is very useful and works well.

Cot. W. May 4, 2022     

Garbage app with a UI straight out of 2005. None of the buttons highlight to let you know what you are doing, and everything is icon based with PNG and GIF looking images. Again, avoid this app, garbage.

A. G. u. Feb 17, 2022     

thanks. it works good and fast for archiving but somehow an archive I sent to my PC couldn't not be opened by an older version of win RAR saying the files were corrupt but then I was able to open it with 7zip,.. what gives? nevertheless, thanks.

mai. c. May 8, 2022     

Please pick another folder instead of /Android/data/ for temporary file due to Android 11 update. Now I can't use this app to read txt in archived 7z file directly. Error msg is "open failed EACCESS (permission denied)..."

Kri. U. Dec 18, 2021     

You had ONE job: extract files from multiple folders, not ZIP files, at O N C E ! And you failed at it. Yet again, I have to do manual labor due to android lacking essential extraction features that PC OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE. Consider adding this feature.

Sam. S. Jan 28, 2022     

I don't understand the negative reviews. This app seems to work great for me. I've only had it a short time but been impressed with its flexibility and ease of use. For those people crying about ads or the pop-up, cough up a dollar to get rid of them and go on with your life. People spent a lot of time creating and perfecting this app. Do you work for free?

stu. !. Jul 11, 2019     

Great app! Useful for when I want to open 7z or RAR folders. But i have issues, sometimes when I'm opening a 7z folder, it'll say that there are no files selected, so i have to delete the app and try again. The full screen ads are strange though. Otherwize, amazing. Its user interface is easy to use, I never had a hard time looking for files. The downloading of extracted folders takes a long time, but you can press the background button to download them in the background. Also SD card support!

Pie. D. Dec 14, 2020     

This is an excellent app, doing what is promised. It might take some time until you fully understand how it works, but once you figured out how to use it, everything is working very well. I've read some of the negative comments, but most of them are either for a previous version or simple mistakes by the users (no offense). No lags, no annoying and or inappropriate ads, and the "harassing sub pop up" is imo completely understandable, and definitely worth the money. Keep up the good work.

Mik. Y. Oct 1, 2019     

Does the job, compresses and decompresses without fuss or drama or ads in your face with every click. Yes, the interface is old school, directory structure based, not point and drool, but if you are looking for a tool like this, you should understand directory hierarchy. Yes, there are adverts, the occasional full screen obvious sort, not that nasty subtle sort trying to lure in misclicks. Overall, full of win!

Imp. G. D. Oct 9, 2019     

Can create password protected files. Unfortunately it cannot create 7z files, which are capable of hiding even the zipped filenames when password-protected. This would be a major differential if implemented. I still miss a better UI for quickly setting and accessing favorite places. Overall, this is a good App, which can be improved. And, NO, it is indeed not able to hide filenames.

Mat. W. Nov 19, 2018     

Everything is fine with the app except for the fact that it said free and I am being charged .99 cents a year for it. Time flies by faster than you expect and I don't need to have bad credit or overcharges on my card that will cost me more than 99 cents. I don't use the app or my card that much either so I will definitely forget. Remove my payment subscription and I will gladly remove the app.

Mew. May 3, 2020     

I'd give it a 0 out of 5 if I could. I tried to zip some files on my phone and it ran out of storage, so I went to delete the half-made zip file to start over, and it said the files couldn't be deleted. So I tried to zip the files again after freeing up some more space and there were no files. I had not set it to delete the files after zipping them. It deleted all of the images on my phone. All 2000+ of them.

Zhu. A. Jan 26, 2021     

Was looking for a good program to extract my password protected 7z files. Got much more than that. Probably the best free compressor/extractor utility available on Android. Also you can send files in FB messenger using this app which is amazing. Update: Decreased 1 star for constant nagging to pay. Though it still doesn't show ads but showing a pop-up dialogue "every time" users open the app seems more annoying. They should consider reducing the frequency of the dialogue.

Wil. May 7, 2019     

it works kinda well, but it either crashes or glitches out every time it displays an advertisement, which appears almost every time you either: - close a file; - move a file; - finish extracting or compressing; i would say that it is better to use for compressing files than for using it as a file explorer. still a good work in general though.

L. J. May 28, 2020     

I've been using this for a week or so and the ads aren't too bad for a free app, even though they're fullscreen they aren't long, you can close them immediately. It's been good so far with opening up RAR files and such and i wouldn't say it has any downsides. I can see all my files. [I've been using this for my 2DS, and at first i used the app on my tablet, and i could only move the files to a home folder on that SD, but it doesn't happen on my phone so thats nice!] Suggestion: Search button

Ale. W. Nov 18, 2020     

Works great, with no issues. Very happy they decided to remove ads, now I don't have to use modded apks for normal use. The support method of 1.09€ a year is a great alternative, bought it instantly and I encourage everyone to do the same. One suggestion I'd have is adding a true black (amoled) theme, as it's easier on my phone's battery, especially when converting stuff for a long period of time.

D. S. May 22, 2022     

Cut files often not working. Select multiple files also often not working, after I select 1 file when I try to select another file, the old one becomes unselected

Amb. J. May 16, 2022     

This app deleted TEN YEARS OF PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WITHOUT PERMISSION. You deserve negative stars. I can't even recover any of them so I am simply SOL on all those years of photos and videos. Thanks a lot RAR.

Moe. H. K. May 7, 2022     

Nothing to tell. Does the job and doesn't have annoying ads but UI need to be more user friendly.

A. G. u. Dec 10, 2018     

I keep popping an error when extracting, but a full page video ad pops up exactly the same time as the error message, therefore, I cannot attempt to fix. I understand the costs involved, developers deserve to eat, too. I just wish I could (easily) pay instead of being forced to view ads. This company has been known for their great products in the past, and it was my obvious first choice. Unfortunately, I'll have to find a better option for my mobile needs.