Zipper Tools

Zipper Tools is a tool pack which enables you to create ZIP archives, as well as decompress them, with just a few clicks.

The installation process is a piece of cake, as it does not last very long and it does not bring any kind of unpleasant surprises. Once you finalize it, you come face to face with a GUI which can only be described as minimal and clean, although not particularly appealing. It is comprised only of a few buttons and boxes therefore enabling all user categories to work with it, regardless of their previous experience with computers.

It is comprised of two simple utilities, one dedicated to archiving files, and the other to extracting data from specified packs. The only type of format supported is ZIP, which can be considered as a small setback.

In order to add items to the program, you are required to use the built-in file browser, as the “drag and drop” function is not supported. Moreover, you should know that creating archives is only possible with changed files between custom dates, and with specified extensions.

The CPU and memory usage is minimal at all times, which means that the app is not going to hamper the system’s performance and you can run it alongside others without facing any kind of problems. The response time is quite good, the interface is suitable to both power and novice users, yet it is important to keep in mind that it lacks many options that other similar products present. Moreover, in our tests archiving has failed a number of times.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say Zipper Tools is a pretty decent piece of software, yet it requires more work.