Portable Simplyzip

Portable Simplyzip is a software tool developed specifically to help people create archives and encrypt them, as well as backup files.

This utility does not require you to go through the installation process, as it represents the portable version of Simplyzip. This means you can copy the program files to a portable storage device, such as a USB drive and thus, use Portable Simplyzip on any computer you can connect to.

Another important aspect worth mentioning is that the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to get updated with new entries.

The interface is comprised of several shortcut buttons, a menu bar and a pane in which to view all added files. It is not particularly intuitive and therefore, beginners might find it a bit difficult to get around it.

It supports, at import, an array of formats including ZIP, CZIP, ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, GZIP, LZH, BZ2, SQX, RS, UUE, XXE, BASE64, UCL, ARJ, ZLIB, ALIB, RPM, DEB and 7-ZIP, while archives can be created as 7Z, ZIP, CZIP, CAB, LHA, TAR, ACE, SQX, UCL, RS, RAR-SFX, Base64 and UUE/XXE files.

In addition to that, you can convert ZIP-SFX to ZIP, ZIP to CZIP and the other way around, verify the integrity of particular archives, split or combine files and change the language.

Our tests have revealed that the CPU usage is quite significant during the extraction or packing process, which means it might be a good idea not to run it alongside other demanding apps.

To conclude, Portable Simplyzip is a pretty decent piece of software. However, its response time leaves a bit to be desired, and it lacks many features other similar apps integrate.