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Pros: 555

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TomA102210 reviewed v7.0 on Jan 8, 2014

zandres, et al, you do have to pay for this UltimateZip program after 30 days. I realize reviews are dated. However I wanted to set the record straight that after 30 days, you pay. I noticed at in the February 2013 (I believe) the license was free.

Alexander-GG reviewed v5.0.1 on Aug 27, 2009

@Floodland

It supports 7-zip format very well. You can create and extract 7-zip files. Besides, it's free, but has that annoying nag screen at startup.

Very nice little utility with a nice features. Just 3 stars, because of that nag screen and cause there are some really good absolutely free alternatives.

Floodland reviewed v5.0.1 on Aug 27, 2009

You have to pay for It, but it does not support 7z? Come on!
I suggest 7-zip o peazip instead, you will be able to open any format and compress with a much better compression ratio, for free. As I see it, it has no chance: Less for more ($) is not a good choice.

mdmower reviewed v5.0 on Jul 31, 2009

The interface is extremely similar to WinZip (eerily close in fact), but the price is much more reasonable. Support for all the standards, like ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, LHA, LZH, 7Z and more. Unfortunately, the a comment by a previous poster appears to no longer be true, this software is not free for personal use. (They do have a "Trial Pay" option though, just like WinZip.)

pjb reviewed v5.0 on Jul 31, 2009

Works ok. Seems to be very similar to PowerArchiver!
Especially the second screen-shot http://www.powerarchiver.com/screenshots/

zandres reviewed v4.0.2 on Feb 18, 2009

This is actually freeware for home use. This has been my standard zip
program for several years. It has always been flawless when using
the shell extension within 'file' explorer. Very nice program.

It looks like no one has paid attention to this for a few years. It deserves
a try.

Flebbo reviewed v3.1 on Oct 2, 2006

Love it! It´s like Winrar and Winzip combined together. Perfect for extracting rars and zips.

Z.B. reviewed v3.1 Beta on Sep 19, 2005

I couldn't believe how bad this utility was. The UI is so bad I couldn't even figure out what it did for at least a day. Once I got the hang of it, I found it extremely kludgy. Then could not retrieve 2 out of 5 of my spanned archive files.

kmleow reviewed v3.1 Beta on Jul 12, 2005

Now that this is not free, it has to to compete against WinZip & WinRAR.

Niksa reviewed v3.0 on Mar 4, 2005

This used to be my favorite archiver, but it's now free anymore and there is much better comercial software than this one

Viva- reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Oct 13, 2004

LOW quality, not free at all and crashed when i created a TAR file. The software do also TAKE OVER all archive filetypes, on Windows XP you need to do registry changes to get it back to default ZIP files. I HATE applications that do this! Wasting my time. People that submit applications as "freeware" when they are shareware should be banned from the site!

spiked reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Oct 6, 2004

If this was a student project, I would give it an A+ but otherwise this is pretty useless. The world doesn't need Yet Another WinZip clone. If you're going to clone WinZip, at least add something useful. Support for WAR format but not for 7z? Gimme a break.

^L^ reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 9, 2004

Hm...NAG-Ware (= -1* ) not Freeware, btw. a good Tool.

mop reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 8, 2004

First: I knew this program since version 2.6 and after 2.7.1 I switch to another alternatives but this is a GOOD SHAREWARE program (like winzip random buttons "I agree" "quit").
Second: good alternatives (free)- Tugzip, IZarc, ZippHO, 7zip.
and Last: if you love UltimateZip and hate the splash screen ResHack is the solution to the problem...

  reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

I can't think of anything more senseless than rating a piece of software down just based on its licensing scheme. After all, good software is good software, regardless of price, and the same goes for bad software. But the REAL point is that UltimateZip 3.0 IS STILL FREEWARE for private use: "The license has changed to Shareware for commercial use and to Freeware for private use." UltimateZip is better than IZArc, which the kids only rave about because it's free.

thehunger reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

UltimateZip's quality is top-notch. Only a few WinZip features missing in earlier 2.7 versions, like certain drag-n-drop operations and the ability to recognize self-extracting archives. It's getting better, but also more expensive. Instead of staying TOP-NOTCH freeware, it's become pay-for shareware and it isn't that unique. There are many similar and free alternatives. So I'm bumping the rating down to 3.

As for alternatives: I very much like IZarc, which also understands most formats. In fact, IZarc and UltimateZip were my favorite WinZip alternatives, but ZipGenious is also nice.

MadCoder reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

All the icons on the toolbar look alike because they all have that squizzing tool on them. You should remove that and keep the core of the icon.

kebabi reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

Just another s***ty archive utility, I still keep using WinRAR!

MyMaster reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

QUOTE: Why would I pay to register this when IzArc is free and wonderful? YOU DON'T. KEEP USING IZARC, IT'S STILL BETTER AND FREE. :)

xCdx reviewed v3.0 Beta on May 7, 2004

why don't they call it adware? it is not freeware when ad's are "pushed" to your computer which could (and some do) contain spyware and worm virus code to hitch a ride on your personal data - freeware is free, adware is not...

7zip is good open source FREE alternative as is the InfoZip tools - winrar is a great shareware tool...

It's time people stopped blow smoke up our ...es - I can't count the number of times I have review adware masked as freeware to only find it was really spyware - comet cursor anyone?

JEdwardP reviewed v2.7.1 on Nov 25, 2002

It has a full feature set, but should be classified as adware. Of course, they now allow you to pay ("DONATE")$10 for an ad-free version, but there are similar programs that are free without ads, so why would I?

ilikedirtthe2nd reviewed v2.7 Beta 2 on Mar 13, 2002

This is a very good WinZip clone, spiced up with PA features and (some) own ideas. An Explorer-View is everything i could still need in this tool (and maybe self-decripting archives).

mmatheny reviewed v2.7 Beta on Feb 20, 2002

Well, went back and looked at it again - seems to be faster than I gave credit for - must have just been the file I was working with. Here's the 5, as promised!

mrp- reviewed v2.7 Beta on Feb 18, 2002

"good gui" huh? ohh wow they must have worked hard on it, all that copying and pasting from WinZip, heh. Either way, a good program.

Cool-Gui reviewed v2.7 Beta on Feb 18, 2002

Ultimate Zip Rocks! :)