# WinZip: #1 zip & unzip tool — user reviews > 300 indexed App Store user reviews of WinZip by WinZip Computing LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 2,351 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winzip-1-zip-and-unzip-tool/id500637987/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/winzip-1-zip-and-unzip-tool/id500637987.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,791 · 4★ 145 · 3★ 84 · 2★ 39 · 1★ 292 ## What do users think of WinZip? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Awesome - 👍 Excellent - 👍 Works well **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🔒 Requires subscription to use - 🔒 Paywalls basic features - 🐛 Unstable after updates - 🐛 Difficult to use **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to open files - Unable to unzip files - Freezes when accessing certain features - Corrupts files during extraction **Most requested features** - Allow zipping of entire folders - Improve integration with cloud storage - Add more compression formats support - Simplify user interface ## Newest reviews (17 of 300) ### 3/5 — iOS 12 crashes *2026-05-18, version 7.14* Tried downloading it on my older ipad mini and it crashes on open, looks good and useful though ### 3/5 — Winzip *2026-05-04, version 7.14* File size is displayed as precise mumber of bites, file size also only shown when individually selected, no option to split a file for email size limit☹️ ### 4/5 — WinZip is easy to use and fast *2026-03-24, version 7.14* I haven’t used WinZip for a long time. I installed it on my IPhone. It works like a champ and it is straight forward to use. ### 2/5 — Disappointing *2026-01-23, version 7.14* unlike its siblings for Windows and MacOS, WinZip for iOS does not support gzip (gz) files, and many others, just zip, zipx, rar and 7zs. They should make this more explicit before the customer commits to a purchase decision. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2026-01-06, version 7.14* Didn’t subscribed to this and I was being charged! ### 1/5 — SCAM! *2025-10-25, version 7.14* This app does not work unless you buy the subscription, and it doesnt even work then. Worst app I’ve downloaded so far. ### 1/5 — Can’t zip *2025-10-10, version 7.14* I just tried it, it isn’t work. From 42.2BM zipped to 40.0 BM . It didn’t zip properly. ### 1/5 — Does not compress documents *2025-08-14, version 7.14* This doesn’t work. Had to upgrade to a $9.99/month plan and now the app is frozen and can’t undo to cancel. ### 2/5 — Paywalls *2025-05-21, version 7.14* I downloaded this so i can unzip some files i recently got and i couldn’t without having to pay. Why is one of the advertised features locked behind a stupid paywall????? ### 1/5 — Crash happy App *2025-05-15, version 7.14* iPhone 16 Pro Max 1Tb. iOS 18.5 - So I downloaded this to unzip a simple automotive service manual. App crashed every time it try’s to finalize the decompression. As a tech this is not just annoying, forces me to look at other decompression apps. ### 1/5 — WinZip on iPad *2025-04-25, version 7.14* Not intuitive on iPad ### 1/5 — Stole my money *2025-04-15, version 7.14* Signed up for free trial but it charged me $22 😡 ### 1/5 — 微信视频无法使用 *2025-04-11, version 7.14* 现在大家都广泛使用微信，尤其是微信视频很多，许多微信视频既无法收藏进文件夹，也无法转发到任何其他平台，就是没提供可供转换的链接功能，所以微信视频使用不了你们这个软件 ### 3/5 — Figuring it out *2025-03-23, version 7.14* Difficult to figure out. The old version was more obvious ### 1/5 — CLICK BAIT DO NOT DOWN LOAD *2025-03-16, version 7.14* FALSE REVIEWS CLICK BAIT DO NOT DOWN LOAD APPLE IS NOT BETTING APPS ANYMORE MONEY GRABBING OLIGARCHS JUST WANY YOUR CASH ### 3/5 — Google drive wont allow winzip access *2025-03-12, version 7.14* I have using winzip for several years with no problem. Now win i try to access google drive to unzip a file i am refused access because goole says that Winzip would have access to sensitive data on my ipad? ### 1/5 — Zipx cannot be attached to gmail what’s the point useless app *2025-01-23* Zipx cannot be attached to gmail what’s the point useless app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It doesn't work *2026-07-18, version 7.14* It keeps asking for password. I didn't create a password for the zip file. Create a password and re-zip the file. Enter the password. It still ask me for a password. ### 1/5 — Does Not Work *2026-06-27, version 7.14* Can't Use it. ### 1/5 — Opaque and Counterintuitive *2026-06-17, version 7.14* Cant even figure out how to go to my downloads folder to unpack a zip. The “downloads” folder in the app is not the downloads folder on my iPad. Horrible UI. Android version is much better and is actually wasy to navigatw ### 1/5 — Complete Failure *2026-06-05, version 7.14* iPhone Pro Max 17, latest OS, literally cannot create a zip, when I press "Done" adding files it crashes. Complete waste of money. Completely useless. ### 1/5 — Login failed *2026-05-19, version 7.14* I have logged into my cloud services but when I go to select it later, it reads ‘login failed’. There are broken links on FAQ and to the website. Is this service still functioning? I downloaded 19/05/26 and money was taken from my acco7nt… today. Unusable… ### 1/5 — No me los descomprimió *2026-05-18, version 7.14* Malo ### 1/5 — Ripoff *2026-05-12, version 7.14* Requires a subscription to use, there is no free option. Ridiculous that unzipping folders is monetized nowadays ### 1/5 — Videos *2026-05-03, version 7.14* App doesn’t download videos ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-04-28, version 7.14* This app is exploiting a loophole to appear as free on the app store but will not function at all without signing up for a 3 day trial in hopes you forget to cancel so you pay 10 bucks monthly. Reported. ### 1/5 — No splitting archives on ipad version *2026-04-21, version 7.14* I can’t believe it can’t split archives to send in gmail. What a waste of space. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — TVE best app *2026-02-20, version 7.14* Great Awesome ### 5/5 — ام ار ای محمد *2026-01-08, version 7.14* محمد ### 5/5 — TVE best app *2025-07-26, version 7.14* Great Awesome ### 5/5 — WinZip *2024-12-13, version 7.14* Es Excelente ### 5/5 — Had crash issues *2024-10-10, version 7.14* App had crash issues they fixed the problem asap 5 star app ### 5/5 — Gracias *2024-10-05, version 7.13.1* Esta aplicación es muy buena ### 5/5 — TVE best app *2024-09-30, version 7.13.1* Great ### 5/5 — Merci *2024-03-29, version 7.13.1* L’Exellence ### 5/5 — WinZip has been around since literally right before Windows 95 *2023-04-25* They have always been there for me and is a very easy program to operate ### 5/5 — Nicolas *2023-01-14, version 7.8* Love It --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*