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The Unarchiver vs BetterZip: catalog facts
The UnarchiverBetterZip
Free

Free to download and use. The software is closed source.

Paid

One-time purchase of $35 with a 30-day full-featured trial and no subscription.

macOS macOS
  • Opens almost any archive format with no configuration
  • Handles legacy filename encodings that other extractors mangle
  • Edits archives in place without re-extracting
  • Opens over 30 formats, including split files and winmail.dat
  • Extraction only; it cannot create archives
  • macOS only
  • Creating RAR needs the separate command-line tool
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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