

We like that Free RAR Extractor is easy to use and is future-focused, thanks to its touch-friendly layout. If you can find a reason to download a one-way program over another zipping program that offers you two-way compression, this is probably the best one you can find, though. It is hard to imagine anyone wanting compression software that only works one way. By default, it saves your files in the same folder they came from, so you can easily find them later. This program doesn't let you compress files like other software might, so you're stuck just unlocking folders with the program. Our Review of PeaZip PeaZip is a free file unzipper program that can extract content from over 200 archive file formats, some of which are common and others that are lesser-known. The app has a stylish menu that would work really well with touchscreen computers, but it doesn't offer a ton of options. PeaZip What We Like Integrates with Windows Task Scheduler.

It never took more than a few seconds for Free RAR Extractor to unlock the files we used in testing, which is not bad at all.

Though it name-drops RAR, it supports just about every compression style you can think of, including the popular alternatives to RAR like ZIP. This program unzips compressed files you receive, so you can access all of the individual files inside. Otherwise, stick to the big names in zipping like 7zip and PeaZip. So, if you spend all of your time opening zipped files, you may prefer this widget over a more complex compression option. Free RAR Extractor is fine at unpacking compressed files, but it doesn't do anything to help you compress new batches of files.
