Unarchiver vs DBReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unarchiver
Easily extract, browse, and create archives. Supports a wide range of formats including RAR and ZIP, even password-protected ones. Preview files within archives without full extraction.
- Extracts various archive formats
- Browses archive contents
- Previews files within archives
- Creates new archives
- Supports password-protected archives
- Integrates with share sheets
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Unarchiver is a utility that supports extracting files/folders from archives, browsing, viewing documents in archives and creating archives from files/folders. It support reading rar, zip, 7z, cab, xar, tar, ar, iso, bz2, gz, lz4, lzma, lzip, xz, zst... formats. It also supports reading multi-volume archives and password protected archives. Open a document by opening from the Open an Archive button, or open from share sheet from other apps. Browse the archived contents, click on a folder to view contents of the folder, click on a file to preview the content of the file without unarchiving. Unarchive, unarchive selected items or all items in current directory Archive, by selecting files from the Create an Archive button, support passphrase encryption
DBReader
Access and query data within SQLite files directly on your device. Customize searches by specifying tables and columns. Easily share your database results, regardless of file size.
- Fetch SQLite file data
- Customize search by table and column
- Share search results
- Supports any database size
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DBReader is a simple app allows you to fetch SQLite file data. Customize your search by selecting desired search table and column . Sharing result is easier than you think . No matter the size of your database .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unarchiver at 95% against DBReader's 0%. Unarchiver also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (310 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Unarchiver holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unarchiver has 310 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Unarchiver's written reviews are positive against 0% of DBReader's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unarchiver | DBReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (310 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 310 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 林峰 李 | NAYTEL |
Customer experience
Unarchiver
DBReader
In-app purchases
Unarchiver
No in-app purchases
DBReader
No in-app purchases
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