WinZip vs. WinRar
Key Differences
What is WinZip?
WinZip is the first compression software, which is still popular software since April 1991. First it was created for file compression but now its facilities range has been increased. You can use it for file sharing, file management, PDF conversion to Word & vice versa, driver updates, registry optimization, courier and malware protection. This software is available for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. Zipping and sending the large size files has become very easy by this software. Moreover, WinZip email companion version for MS Outlook 2002, 03 and 07, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel for same described version is also available.
What is WinRar?
WinRar is a new compression and shareware software than WinZip. First time context menu, archive and spanning options were introduced by WinRar. It is capable of supporting Zip format in addition to its specific Rar format. WinRar is available in 45 languages for Windows XP or later, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and Android. This software can unpack 17 archive files. I MB to 1GB file compression size is available by WinRar. Currently more than 500 million users are using this software for file compression, transfer, email transmission and organizing data storage. It is an ideal software for multimedia files as it automatically detect the suitable and best compression method for your file. Less than 2MB size is not enough size for using this.
